Florida has exactly one legal online gambling product, and it isn't a casino. Hard Rock Bet, the Seminole Tribe's mobile sportsbook, came back online statewide in October 2023 after the Eleventh Circuit upheld the tribe's 2021 compact with the state. Nothing in that compact touches online casino games — no slots, no blackjack, no live-dealer tables carry a Florida license today, and nothing on the near-term horizon changes that.
Amendment 3: why the legislature can't just vote this in
Florida voters passed Amendment 3 in 2018, and it did something most states' gambling laws don't: it took casino-expansion authority away from the legislature and handed it to a citizen ballot initiative requiring 60% approval. Any bill that tried to license online casino operators would still need voters to clear that bar separately. Combined with the Seminole Tribe's compact exclusivity over new gaming types, it's a structural wall, not just a lack of political will.
Feb 3, 2025: the day two picks on this list got the same letter
The Florida Gaming Control Commission used Super Bowl week in 2025 to send cease-and-desist letters to three offshore operators at once: Harp Media B.V. (Bovada), Gaming Services Provider N.V. (MyBookie), and Milvus Ltd. (BetUS). All three were accused of taking illegal wagers from Florida residents. More than a year later, none of the three has added Florida to a published block list — the letters and the continued access have simply coexisted.
HB 591 would have changed the math for players, not just operators
Florida's 2025 legislative session carried three gambling bills touching this space — HB 189, HB 591, and SB 1164 — and all three died in committee. HB 591 is the one worth remembering: it would have created a new misdemeanor for players who place internet wagers and felony exposure for the operators and promoters behind them, with a carve-out only for the Seminole compact. Today, using an offshore site isn't itself a crime in Florida. A revived version of HB 591 in the 2027 session is the thing to watch if that changes.
The offshore shortlist Florida hasn't touched
Strip out the brands with active Florida history and the honest shortlist is five: Bovada and MyBookie, both named in the same February 2025 letter and both still open; Cafe Casino and Ignition Casino, sharing a five-state block list that has nothing to do with Florida; and Chumba Casino, a sweepstakes site running on free Gold Coins that has never appeared in any Florida action at all.
The short list
- 1. Bovada — Named in a Florida warning letter, never actually blocked
Florida Gaming Control Commission sent Bovada's parent, Harp Media B.V., a cease-and-desist on February 3, 2025. Fifteen years of US payouts later, Florida still isn't on Bovada's 20-jurisdiction block list — the letter and the access have coexisted for more than a year.
- 2. Cafe Casino — Casino-only, outside the five states it actually blocks
Blocks Delaware, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, and New York — not Florida. Full house-banked table floor plus Hot Drop Jackpots, no sportsbook competing for cashier space, and no Florida enforcement action on record against it specifically.
- 3. Ignition Casino — Casino and anonymous poker, same five-state wall
Identical DE/MD/NV/NJ/NY block list as Cafe Casino, with the anonymous-table poker room it kept after splitting from Bovada in 2016. Open to Florida on the same terms.
- 4. MyBookie — Got the identical Feb 3, 2025 Florida letter — also not blocked since
The same FGCC batch that named Bovada also named MyBookie's parent, Gaming Services Provider N.V., the same week. MyBookie publishes no fixed state block list, and Florida access hasn't changed since the letter landed.
- 5. Chumba Casino — Sweepstakes casino, untouched by any Florida action
Gold Coins for play, Sweeps Coins for redemption, running since 2017. Chumba's only hard exclusions are Washington and Michigan, with Nevada and Idaho partially restricted — Florida isn't named in any of them.
The honest verdict
Bovada leads this list because Florida has never added it to a block list, even after naming it directly in a February 2025 enforcement letter. Cafe Casino sits second as the casino-only option, outside the five states (Delaware, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York) it actually walls off — Florida isn't one of them, and no Florida action has touched it. Ignition Casino takes third on the same five-state list with anonymous poker layered in. MyBookie is the one worth watching closest: it received the exact same February 3, 2025 cease-and-desist as Bovada, sent in the same Super Bowl-week batch, and like Bovada it has published no Florida block in the year-plus since. Chumba Casino rounds out the list as the sweepstakes option — not named in Washington, Michigan, or Nevada's exclusions, so it still takes Florida accounts on free Gold Coins rather than a real-money deposit. None of this is a way to make money, and every entry here carries real cost, 21+.
Questions this list actually answers
Is there a licensed online casino in Florida?
No. Florida's only legal online gambling product is Hard Rock Bet, the Seminole Tribe's mobile sportsbook, which relaunched statewide in October 2023 after the Eleventh Circuit upheld the tribe's 2021 compact. That compact authorizes sports betting, not online casino games, and no other operator holds any Florida online gaming license.
What is the best online casino in Florida right now?
Bovada, among the offshore sites Florida hasn't blocked. It was named directly in a February 2025 state warning letter and is still fully accessible to Florida players more than a year later. Cafe Casino and Ignition Casino are close runners-up for readers who want a casino-only account or a poker room attached.
Did Florida ban Bovada and MyBookie?
Not exactly. On February 3, 2025 — the week of that year's Super Bowl — the Florida Gaming Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to Bovada's parent Harp Media B.V., MyBookie's parent Gaming Services Provider N.V., and BetUS's parent Milvus Ltd., demanding they stop taking Florida bettors. None of the three has published a Florida block since, and neither the state nor the operators have said publicly how the letters were resolved.
Will Florida ever legalize online casino gambling?
It's a harder path than most states. Florida's 2018 Amendment 3 requires any expansion of casino gambling to clear a citizen-initiative ballot with 60% voter approval — the legislature cannot authorize it alone. Layer the Seminole Tribe's compact exclusivity on top, and three different 2025-session bills (HB 189, HB 591, SB 1164) touching online gambling all died in committee without addressing legalization, pushing any real movement to the 2027 session at the earliest.
Could Florida players get in legal trouble for using offshore casinos?
Not under current law — playing is not itself a crime in Florida today. HB 591, one of the bills that died in the 2025 session, would have changed that by creating a new misdemeanor for players and felony penalties for operators and promoters of unlicensed internet gambling. It didn't pass, but it signals where Florida enforcement could head if a similar bill returns in 2027.