Is online gambling legal in Maryland? Online casinos, sweepstakes, sports betting and Stake
Is online gambling legal in Maryland?
No law in Maryland licensing real-money online casinos was found. Sweepstakes casinos face state enforcement action but no confirmed statutory ban. Online sports betting is licensed by the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency. Stake.com’s terms list the United States as restricted. Stake.us excludes Maryland 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 Maryland?
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 Maryland 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 Maryland: 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 Maryland
- Real-money online casino
- No law found.Maryland Lottery and Gaming says licensed sports wagering and registered fantasy contests are the only legal online options: "No other forms of real-money online/mobile gaming or wagering are operating legally in Maryland."Source: mdgaming.com , retrieved
- Online sports betting
- Licensed, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency.Sports wagering through licensed operators is one of the two legal online options the agency lists.Source: mdgaming.com , retrieved
A crypto casino that takes a player from Maryland is not offering a product licensed by the state.
Sweepstakes casinos in Maryland
No statutory ban is confirmed for Maryland, but state authorities have acted against sweepstakes casinos. Maryland Lottery and Gaming lists the operators it has sent cease-and-desist letters, including sweepstakes brands such as Stake.us, Chumba Casino and McLuck. The page does not use the word sweepstakes.Source: mdgaming.com , retrieved
Of the 26 sweepstakes brands on the register, 5 exclude Maryland in their own terms, 9 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 | No | |
| Crown Coins Casino | Not verifiedThe brand’s terms were not read, so its excluded-state list is not on record. | |
| DoubleU Casino | No | |
| Fliff | No | |
| 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 | No | |
| Pulsz | Yes | |
| Punt | Not verifiedThe record counts 6 excluded states but the names could not be reconciled with that count. | |
| RealPrize | No | |
| 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 Maryland
21 of the 24 casino operators on the register name the United States in their restricted-territory clause, which covers Maryland. 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 Maryland 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 Maryland
The state licenses these, through the regulator named. Check an operator against the regulator’s own list before depositing.
- Online sports betting: Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency
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
- No Maryland 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 Maryland 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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