{"id":1949,"date":"2016-10-10T07:50:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T12:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackjackinfo.com\/?page_id=1949"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:58:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:58:26","slug":"es-legal-jugar-al-blackjack-online-en-estados-unidos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blackjackinfo.com\/es\/online-blackjack\/is-it-legal-to-play-online-blackjack-in-the-us\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfEs legal jugar al blackjack en l\u00ednea en EE.UU.?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"is_it_legal_to_play_online_blackjack_in_the_us\"Resumiendo;<\/strong> No hay ninguna ley federal que proh\u00edba jugar al blackjack online<\/a>. Hay algunos estados en los que est\u00e1 declarado ilegal, sin embargo, el enjuiciamiento ser\u00eda extremadamente raro y lo m\u00e1s probable es que fuera contra cualquier establecimiento y no contra el jugador.<\/p>\n

For players in almost every state, it is safe to play blackjack online for real money.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A menudo se informa de que jugar al blackjack online con dinero real es ilegal en Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n

Pero, \u00bflo es realmente?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abordemos esta cuesti\u00f3n sin rodeos y resolvamos este problema confuso y com\u00fanmente malinterpretado.<\/p>\n

Aclaremos una cosa:<\/p>\n

Jugar al Blackjack en l\u00ednea NO est\u00e1 legalmente prohibido de ninguna manera por la Ley Federal<\/h2>\n

\"playing_blackjack_online_is_not_legally\"Hay ninguna ley<\/strong> contra los juegos de azar en l\u00ednea a nivel federal, que es un mito que se ha establecido muy probablemente a partir de una interpretaci\u00f3n err\u00f3nea de la Ley de 2006 para la represi\u00f3n del juego ilegal en Internet<\/a> que establece:<\/p>\n

The Act prohibits gambling businesses from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in a bet or wager that involves the use of the Internet and that is unlawful under any federal or state law (termed “restricted transactions” in the Act). <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Esto significa b\u00e1sicamente que est\u00e1 prohibido que los bancos acepten a sabiendas transacciones que sean resultado de una apuesta ilegal en l\u00ednea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

No establece en modo alguno que sea ilegal que un jugador participe en juegos de azar en l\u00ednea.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another reason why some people may think it is illegal is the confusion of the Federal Wire Act, a 1961 law aimed at operators sending bets across state lines, not at the person playing. The Justice Department briefly argued in a 2018 opinion that the Wire Act covered all online gambling, but in 2021 a federal appeals court, in New Hampshire Lottery Commission v. Rosen<\/em>, ruled that it applies only to sports betting, and that ruling still stands. So it has no bearing on whether playing online blackjack is legal.<\/p>\n

\u00bfExisten leyes estatales que permitan expl\u00edcitamente el blackjack en l\u00ednea?<\/h2>\n

Otra raz\u00f3n por la que es confuso determinar si es legal apostar en l\u00ednea es el hecho de que la mayor\u00eda de los estados en realidad no tienen leyes espec\u00edficas<\/strong> que se aplican al juego en l\u00ednea en general.<\/p>\n

Si no hay ninguna ley espec\u00edfica que proh\u00edba el juego en l\u00ednea, se considera legal.<\/p>\n

However there are now seven<\/strong> states that have explicitly passed laws to license and regulate their own online casinos, which are:<\/p>\n

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  1. Nueva Jersey<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Delaware<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Pensilvania<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Virginia Occidental<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. Michigan<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Connecticut<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Rhode Island<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Maine<\/a> has also legalized online casino play and is preparing to launch. Nevada is a special case: it allows regulated online poker and sports betting but has not licensed online casino games.<\/p>\n

    Estados en los que el blackjack online es t\u00e9cnicamente ilegal<\/h2>\n

    \"sates_where_online_blackjack_is_technically_illegal\"A handful of states still have statutes on the books that address online gambling: Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington and Wisconsin.<\/strong> The one to take seriously is Washington<\/strong>, where transmitting or receiving gambling information online is a Class C felony under state law (RCW 9.46.240). Even there, no individual playing from home has ever been prosecuted. In the other states the statutes exist, but their real target is the casinos en l\u00ednea<\/a> themselves and not the player, so the likelihood of a player being charged is extremely low, and even then it would most likely be considered s\u00f3lo un delito menor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    S\u00f3lo he podido encontrar un incidente que se remonta a 2003 en Dakota del Norte, en el que un jugador, Jeffrey Trauman, se declar\u00f3 culpable por realizar una apuesta superior a $500 y fue acusado de un delito menor y posteriormente multado con $500. (fuente: https:\/\/digitalscholarship.unlv.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=1146&context=grrj<\/em><\/a>)<\/p>\n

    So for further clarity, here is every state grouped by how its laws treat online blackjack, so you can easily see where the state you reside in stands.<\/p>\n

    In the table below, Regulated<\/strong> means the state licenses and runs its own online casinos; No specific law<\/strong> means no state law makes it a crime for you to play online, though no state-licensed casino operates there; and Prohibido<\/strong> means the state has a statute that specifically addresses online gambling. Even in the Prohibited states the target is the operators rather than players, and no home player has ever been prosecuted apart from the single 2003 case above. For the regulated picture and licensed sites in your state, see our US online casinos hub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Estado<\/th>\nEstado<\/th>\nEstado<\/th>\nEstado<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
    Alabama<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Montana<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Alaska<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nebraska<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Arizona<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nevada*<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Arkansas<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nuevo Hampshire<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    California<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nueva Jersey<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Colorado<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nuevo M\u00e9xico<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Connecticut<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Nueva York<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Delaware<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Carolina del Norte<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Florida<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Dakota del Norte<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Georgia<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Ohio<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Hawai<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Oklahoma<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Idaho<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Oreg\u00f3n<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Illinois<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Pensilvania<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Indiana<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Rhode Island<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Iowa<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Carolina del Sur<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kansas<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Dakota del Sur<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Kentucky<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Tennessee<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Luisiana<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Texas<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Maine<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Utah<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Maryland<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Vermont<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Massachusetts<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Virginia<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Michigan<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Washington<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Minnesota<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Virginia Occidental<\/td>\n
    Regulated<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Mississippi<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Wisconsin<\/td>\n
    Prohibido<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Missouri<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n
    		Wyoming<\/td>\n
    No specific law<\/center><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

    *Nevada regulates online poker and sports betting but has not licensed online casino games, so for online blackjack it sits in the same no-specific-law group as most states.<\/p>\n

    Si no est\u00e1 seguro, busque asesoramiento jur\u00eddico<\/h2>\n

    En caso de duda, solicite asesoramiento jur\u00eddico profesional: Este sitio web sirve para asesorar a los jugadores y no es jur\u00eddicamente vinculante. Por lo tanto, si alguna vez tiene preguntas m\u00e1s matizadas, considere la posibilidad de consultar a un profesional del Derecho.<\/p>\n

    \u00bfC\u00f3mo puedo depositar y retirar dinero teniendo en cuenta la UIGEA y d\u00f3nde puedo jugar?<\/h2>\n

    The UIGEA has made it considerably more difficult for US residents to deposit and withdraw money from casinos. For example, e-Wallet services such as PayPal or Skrill (formerly Moneybookers), which are commonly used to transfer funds to and from casinos, generally will not work for US residents playing at offshore sites. PayPal does work at the licensed casinos in regulated states, but not for offshore play.<\/p>\n

    Most often, players from the US will be able to use debit cards, direct bank wire transfer, checks, and automated clearing house (ACH). For offshore play, the most reliable method is cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin, which is quick and avoids the card declines. Read our complete guide on how to buy Bitcoin for gambling online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    If your state licenses its own online casinos, those regulated operators are the safest option, and you can find them on our US online casinos hub<\/a>. For US residents in states without a regulated market, we recommend Bovada<\/a> o Betonline<\/a>, and our guide to US offshore online casinos<\/a> covers how to choose one and get paid.<\/p>\n

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