Is online gambling legal in Maine? Online casinos, sweepstakes, sports betting and Stake
Is online gambling legal in Maine?
Maine has authorised online casinos, regulated by the Maine Gambling Control Unit, but none had launched. Sweepstakes casinos are banned by statute (LD 2007). Online sports betting is licensed by the Maine Gambling Control Unit. Stake.com’s terms list the United States as restricted. Stake.us excludes Maine in its own terms. Not legal advice. Read 2026-10-08. Sources are linked below.
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Not legal advice. This page reports what state agencies and operator terms say, with the date each was read. It ranks nothing and links to no operator.
Is Stake legal in Maine?
Stake.com and Stake.us are different products. Stake.com is the crypto casino on the register; its restricted-territory clause lists the United States, so a player in Maine is outside the territories its terms accept.Source: Stake.com terms , retrieved
Stake.us is a sweepstakes casino with Gold Coins and redeemable Stake Cash. Its terms exclude Maine: the state is one of the 22 named in clause 2.1.Source: Stake.us terms , retrieved
On the public record: Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, 2025-03, Cease-and-desist letter to Stake.us. The full record is on the Stake.us check.
Online casino and sports betting law in Maine
- Real-money online casino
- Authorised, not launched, Maine Gambling Control Unit.LD 1164 became law in January 2026 and authorises the tribal governments to operate online gambling; the Governor expects the Gambling Control Unit to write the rules. No launch was found in a primary source.Source: maine.gov , retrieved
- Online sports betting
- Licensed, Maine Gambling Control Unit.The Unit licenses mobile operators; wagers may be placed through a mobile operator’s applications and digital platforms.Source: maine.gov , retrieved
A crypto casino that takes a player from Maine is not offering a product licensed by the state.
Sweepstakes casinos in Maine
Maine bans dual-currency sweepstakes casinos by statute: LD 2007 (2026), Public Law chapter 645, signed 2026-04-06. New 8 MRSA 1352 makes it a civil violation to operate or promote an online sweepstakes game, with fines of $10,000 to $100,000. The chaptered text read carries no effective-date clause, so the date is not verified.Source: legislature.maine.gov , retrieved
Of the 26 sweepstakes brands on the register, 8 exclude Maine in their own terms, 6 do not list it, and 12 have no excluded-state list on record. A brand that does not exclude the state is not thereby lawful there.
| Brand | Excluded per its terms | Terms read |
|---|---|---|
| Chumba Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Cider | Yes | |
| Crown Coins Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| DoubleU Casino | No | |
| Fliff | Yes | |
| Fortune Coins | No | |
| Funrize | No, limited (see check) | |
| Hello Millions | Yes | |
| High 5 Casino | Yes | |
| Lavish Luck | Not verifiedThe record counts 14 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| Legendz | No | |
| Lucky Legends | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| McLuck | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Modo Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| MoonSpin | Yes | |
| Pulsz | No, limited (see check) | |
| Punt | Not verifiedThe record counts 6 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| RealPrize | Yes | |
| Rolla | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Rolling Riches | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Sixty6 | Yes | |
| Spree | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Stake.us | Yes | |
| Sweeptastic | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Wow Vegas | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| Zula Casino | No |
Crypto casinos that accept or restrict Maine
21 of the 24 casino operators on the register name the United States in their restricted-territory clause, which covers Maine. Jackbit: the record says the United States is not restricted anywhere in the terms. None of these operators holds a licence from a US state regulator in the register’s records, so playing there from Maine is outside the state’s licensed market either way. The licence column shows the authority each record names.
| Operator | US in restricted list | Licence on record | Terms read |
|---|---|---|---|
| BC.GAME | Yes, restricted | Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan, under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005 | |
| BetFury | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Bets.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | |
| Bitcasino | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Cloudbet | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Coins.game | Not verified | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | no data |
| Duelbits | Not verified | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Flush | Yes, restricted | Government of the Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of Comoros | |
| FortuneJack | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Offshore Finance Authority | |
| Gamdom | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own FAQ | |
| Jackbit | No, per the record | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Lucky Block | Yes, restricted | Gaming Services Provider N.V., named in the terms as the licensing body | |
| mBit | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Metaspins | Yes, restricted | Anjouan Gaming Authority, Autonomous Island of Anjouan, Union of the Comoros | |
| Rakebit | Yes, restricted | Offshore Finance Authority of the State of Anjouan, via Anjouan Licensing Services Inc., under the Computer Gaming Licensing Act 007 of 2005 | |
| Rollbit | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Roobet | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Shuffle | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Sportsbet.io | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Stake | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority | |
| Thunderpick | Yes, restricted | Curacao Gaming Authority / Gaming Control Board | |
| Vave | Yes, restricted | Curacao, per the operator's help centre | |
| Wild.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own terms and footer | |
| Winz.io | Yes, restricted | Anjouan, Union of Comoros, per the operator's own terms and footer |
Legal routes in Maine
The state licenses these, through the regulator named. Check an operator against the regulator’s own list before depositing.
- Online sports betting: Maine Gambling Control Unit
Help
National Problem Gambling Helpline (NCPG): 1-800-MY-RESET (1-800-697-3738), call, text or chat. NCPG lists call, text and chat at 1-800-MY-RESET. Its SMS terms say texting 1-800-522-4700 also reaches the helpline. 1-800-GAMBLER is not listed on the NCPG page.Source: NCPG , retrieved
What we could not verify
- Sweepstakes: The chaptered text read carries no effective-date clause, so the date is not verified.
- The effective date of the sweepstakes statute was not confirmed from the statute text.
- No Maine helpline was confirmed from a state source in this pass; the national line is given instead.
- The excluded-state lists of 12 sweepstakes brands are not on record, so their position on Maine reads not verified: Chumba Casino, Crown Coins Casino, Lavish Luck, Lucky Legends, McLuck, Modo Casino, Punt, Rolla, Rolling Riches, Spree, Sweeptastic, Wow Vegas.
- No court ruling on whether a specific sweepstakes or offshore casino is lawful in the state was searched for.
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