Alaska Gambling Sites
What types of gambling are legal in Alaska?
Alaska has little in the way of legalized gambling. Charities may offer bingo and other numbers games. This permits Alaska Natives to offer the same. Daily fantasy sports sites accept players in the state under the skill gaming exception. This has never been challenged in court and allowed to exist by state government without regulation. There are some odd wildlife betting opportunities, mostly within state fairs or offered by charities.
There are no other forms of legalized gambling in the state. There is a push to bring in a state lottery in recent years. However, it has failed to gain enough support to become reality.
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This list shows the types of online gambling that are allowed in Alaska:
- Daily Fantasy Sports Apps
- Sweepstakes Casino Sites
- Sweepstakes Sportsbooks
Alaska Online Gambling
Most forms of online gambling are illegal in Alaska. Daily fantasy sports sites accept players from the state, operating under the premise of being a game of skill. DFS contests are not regulated in Alaska.
Online Gambling Laws in Alaska
All forms of online gambling are illegal in Alaska under 11.66.200–11.66.280 of the state code. Gambling is defined as risking something of value on a contest of chance or future contingent event with a prize awarded. Players are likely guilty of a misdemeanor. Operators commit a class C felony.
Alaska Online Casinos
There are NO legal Alaska online casinos in operation, with the exception of Sweepstakes casinos.
The only land-based casinos in Alaska are on Native Alaskan land. However, these are more like high-stakes bingo halls. Gaming devices are illegal in Alaska, even on native land.
Casino Laws in Alaska
Casinos are illegal in Alaska under 11.66.200–11.66.280 of the state code.
Alaska Sports Betting Sites
Sports betting sites are illegal in Alaska, and there are no retail sportsbooks. Social sportsbooks based on sweepstakes gaming laws are available.
There appears to be little interest among lawmakers to make legalize online sports betting in Alaska. Since the Supreme Court decision, no legislation has been introduced in Alaska to change gambling laws to allow sports wagers.
Offshore operators that offer sports betting for residents of Alaska do so contrary to state law, and the safety and legality of betting at offshore betting sites is questionable at best.
The best bet, for now, is to stick with betting sites that are legal in Alaska: daily fantasy sports apps and sweepstakes sportsbooks.
Hopefully, Alaskan lawmakers will see the need for change and legalize online sports betting. As one of the most anti-gambling states, the odds of legal sports betting coming to Alaska anytime soon remain low.
Alaska Sports Betting Laws
Sports betting falls under the state’s ban on possession of gambling records. Anyone accepting sports bets from five or more people, and is in operation for more than 30 days or generates $2,000 in revenue on a single day, is committing a crime.
It is a class A misdemeanor or class C felony on the first offense, depending on the associations involved in the bookmaking.
Alaska Daily Fantasy Sports Apps
Fantasy sports are presumed to be legal in Alaska as a game of skill. The attorney general has never opined about it and there have been no court challenges. Nearly all of the most popular daily fantasy sports sites accept customers from Alaska.
Alaska Fantasy Sports Laws
There are no laws covering fantasy sports contests in Alaska. It is presumed to be a game of skill, so the activity has been permitted in the state.
Alaska Horse Racing Betting
Alaska racing is unusual. Bets may be made on dog sled races, salmon migration, and even weather events, but wagering online is not permitted. These are typically done at fairs and operated by organizers or charities.
Horse racing betting remains illegal in Alaska in all forms.
Alaska Horse Racing Laws
Bookmakers that accept wagers in an organized way on greyhound and horse racing is guilty of possession of gambling records if the enterprise runs longer than 30 days or generates more than $2,000 in revenues in a single day. Dog sled racing and other exempted activities are not included in this crime.
Alaska Online Poker
Online poker in Alaska is not yet legal, nor is live poker in a commercial setting. There is an exception for home poker games. A couple of sweepstakes poker sites accept players from Alaska.
Alaska Poker Laws
Poker games in a commercial setting are illegal in Alaska. This is covered under code 11.66.280 in the state.
Home poker games are exempted from state gambling laws in Alaska. The game must be fair with no fees paid to the house. Most forms of gambling can fall under this social exception if it is not part of a commercial enterprise.
Alaska Online Lottery
It is not legal to buy lottery tickets online in Alaska and third-party courier services are not available.
There is no Alaska state lottery, but municipalities are permitted to hold lotteries with state permission. None ever have.
Charities and Native Alaskan groups may also hold lotteries.
Alaska Lottery Laws
Alaska’s state government is not permitted to hold lotteries. A bill in the 2020 legislature hopes to change that. The COVID-19 closures put the plans on hold until the legislature reconvenes. Lotteries, charities and Native Alaskan groups may hold lotteries.
Alaska Skill Games
Games that are not determined by chance are legal in Alaska. This includes participants in a test of speed, strength or skill. Daily fantasy sports contests currently fall under this exemption.