Sweepstake Casinos in Florida
Sweepstake Casinos in Florida are currently considered as promotional contest, rather then gambling. That’s the good news. The Florida Gaming Control Commission has not yet prohibited sweepstakes and their Goldcoins. But proposals were made in 2025 to classify sweepstake casinos as Internet gambling. Both sides, sweepstakes operators and Regulators are in working of drafts to support their cases. Free play in may US states are becoming under scrutiny. Social casinos, in many states still legal, are under fire to become declared illegal by more and more states.
In this article:
- List of sweepstake Casinos
- Regulations in Florida
- List of Sports betting casinos in Florida
- FAQs Sweepstake Florida Casinos
List of Sweepstake Casinos in Florida
Sweepstake Casinos in Florida are not quite as plentiful. There are not more registered than a dozen, but some operators are offering their sweepstake gold coins within some grey zones. In no particular order or ranking:
- Mr Luck, registered
- High5 Casino,registered
- Hello Millions,registered
- Crown Coins,registered
- WOW Vegas,registered
- Stake.us ,registered
Land-based casinos, or in-person casinos, are run by by Tribals or companies as such
- Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino (Tampa & HollywoodSeminole
- Brighton Casino Seminole
- Miccosukee Resort & Gaming (Miami)
- Casino Immokale
- Seminole Casino Immokale
The legality of real money casinos and online casinos is debated across the US and Florida has shown similar movements towards a complete ban on sweepstake in the future.
Regulations in Florida
Regulations in Florida are coming under more pressure to ban or restrict the use of sweepstake casinos.
Real Money Casinos or Online Casinos accepting Real Money are illegal in Florida
Can I play with real money in land-based Casinos?
Yes, those land-based casinos are legal
Sweepstake Casinos are still considered legal, but proposal are already in motion to ban gold coin promotions and sweepstakes in general in Florida.
e.g. Stake.us and Chumba casino
Is Sports betting legal in Florida?
Here is the kicker, it is legal in Florida, BUT the only legal operator is Hard Rock Bet ( operated by Seminole Tribe of Florida) .
There are less than a dozen other land-based retailers run by Seminole tribe across Florida.
Since Seminole has the monopole on sports betting in Florida, many believe the market is to restricted and some argue, its to limited.
Courts have upheld so far any complaint to federal law, and the tribals can rule the betting world in Florida.