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Gambling self-exclusion in Hawaii

Hawaii: no self-exclusion program is recorded here yet. This is not everything in Hawaii.

Reviewed 2026-10-01 against official sources. Every fact below links to the agency that published it. How we check facts.

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We haven't found a self-exclusion program for Hawaii yet. The gambling types below show what we checked.

Gambling types in Hawaii

One self-exclusion list rarely blocks every kind of gambling. Here is what we found for each type of gambling in this state.

What we found for each gambling type in Hawaii
Gambling typeWhat we foundSources
commercial casino — land-based commercial casinosNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, plus the Attorney General's 2025 testimony on H.B. 1308 and the DCCA site search.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. HRS §712-1223: "A person commits the offense of gambling if the person knowingly participates in any gambling activity." §712-1222 makes it a class C felony to "negligently advance or profit from gambling activity". The only defense in the part is social gambling (§712-1231), which requires that no other "person, corporation, unincorporated association, or entity" profits and that play is not "in or at a hotel, motel, bar, nightclub ... or any business establishment of any kind". The commentary on that section quotes the Senate committee: the limit on places "clarifies the legislature's intent to prevent the intrusion of hotel and casino type operations into this State." In 2025 the Attorney General testified that H.B. 1308 "legalizes and regulates sports wagering" and that Hawaii's laws "currently provide an exception for 'social gambling'"; the bill shows no enactment (conferees discharged 2026-04-02). No casino licensing statute appears in the part. The DCCA site search for 'casino' returned 'Nothing Found' (2026-09-24). Limits: the claim is about this part of the statute and these sources, not every Hawaii law.

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tribal casinosOfficial sources don't settle it
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online casino / iGamingNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, and Attorney General Op. 16-1 (2016).
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1220 defines gambling as staking "something of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under his control or influence"; it names no medium and has no internet exception, and §712-1223 makes knowingly participating in "any gambling activity" a misdemeanor. The only defense, social gambling (§712-1231), excludes anything where another person or entity profits or play is "in or at ... any business establishment of any kind", which rules out an operator-run site. The Attorney General's Op. 16-1 (2016) applied the same definitions to FanDuel and DraftKings, "websites allowing Hawai‘i residents to participate", and concluded the contests are "illegal gambling under Hawai‘i law". No source read licenses an online casino. Limit: no source addresses online casino games by name; the finding rests on the technology-neutral statute and the opinion's treatment of websites.

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sports betting — retail sports bettingNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, the Attorney General's 2025 testimony on H.B. 1308, and the DCCA site search.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1220: "Bookmaking" means "advancing gambling activity by accepting bets from members of the public upon the outcomes of future contingent events." §712-1221(1)(a) makes bookmaking above five bets or $500 in seven days a class B felony; §712-1222 makes negligently advancing or profiting from gambling a class C felony; §712-1223 makes betting a misdemeanor. In 2025 the Attorney General testified that H.B. 1308 "legalizes and regulates sports wagering" and "Hawaii's gambling laws currently provide an exception for 'social gambling' ... a typical 'poker night' or Super Bowl 'betting pool' at a friend or family member's home". That bill's measure page ends with conferees discharged on 2026-04-02, with no enactment shown. The DCCA site search for 'sports betting' returned 'Nothing Found' (2026-09-24). Limit: a private pool that meets every social-gambling condition is the one lawful form; it is not a venue anyone could self-exclude from.

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sports betting — online sports bettingNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, the Attorney General's 2025 testimony, and the text and status of S.B. 1572 and H.B. 1308.
Why

Same statutes as retail sports betting; none distinguishes by medium. The sponsors of S.B. 1572 (2025), which would license sports wagering, wrote in its findings that "tens of thousands of residents in the State participate in illegal online sports gambling on unregulated internet sites each year". That is a bill's finding, not law, but it states the same reading of current law as the Attorney General's testimony on H.B. 1308 that the bill "legalizes" sports wagering. S.B. 1572's measure page lists only "Carried over to 2026 Regular Session" after its January 2025 referral; H.B. 1308 shows conferees discharged 2026-04-02. No enactment found, and no online or mobile carve-out in the statute read 2026-10-01.

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lotteryNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1220: "Lottery" means a gambling scheme in which players pay for chances and the winning chances are drawn or otherwise determined by chance. The Supplemental Commentary records that Act 201 (1973) changed "lottery" from "an unlawful gambling scheme" to "a gambling scheme", so every lottery is covered, not only unlawful ones. §712-1221(1)(b) makes receiving money or records "in connection with a lottery, or mutuel scheme" from a non-player a class B felony, and §712-1229: "It is no defense ... that the lottery itself is drawn or conducted outside this State and is not in violation of the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is drawn or conducted." No state lottery statute was found in the part. Limit: this is the statute on lotteries; it is not a statement about a lottery proposal pending in the Legislature.

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fantasy/prediction — fantasy sportsNo program foundWhat we checked: Attorney General Op. No. 16-1 (2016) on daily fantasy sports contests, HRS §712-1220 and the Attorney General's 2025 testimony on H.B. 1308. Season-long leagues are not decided.
Why

Attorney General Op. No. 16-1 (2016), written for a state senator on daily contests such as FanDuel and DraftKings: "We conclude that daily fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling under Hawai‘i law." It finds chance "a material element for most people participating" and the outcomes "future contingent events". The statute page itself carries the opinion as an annotation to §712-1220 (read on the official site 2026-10-01), whose definition of "contest of chance" says skill may also be a factor. In 2025 the Attorney General testified that H.B. 1308 would remove fantasy sports contests from the definition of gambling and so "decriminalizes fantasy sports contest activity altogether"; that bill shows conferees discharged on 2026-04-02 and no enactment. Limits: an opinion is the Attorney General's reading, not a court ruling; it covers daily contests and contrasts them with season-long leagues without deciding those. A private league that meets every social-gambling condition in §712-1231 is a separate question this record does not decide.

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racing/pari-mutuel — racing / pari-mutuelNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, and the DCCA site search.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1220: "Mutuel" means "a form of lottery in which the winning chances or plays are not determined upon the basis of a drawing or other act on the part of persons conducting or connected with the scheme, but upon the basis of the outcome or outcomes of a future contingent event or events otherwise unrelated to the particular scheme." That brings pari-mutuel wagering inside the lottery definition. §712-1221(1)(b) makes receiving money or records "in connection with a lottery, or mutuel scheme" from a non-player a class B felony, and §712-1225(1)(b) makes possessing articles used in a mutuel scheme a misdemeanor. The part has no racing or pari-mutuel licensing. The DCCA site search for 'racing' returned 'Nothing Found' (2026-09-24). Limit: no source read names horse racing; the finding rests on the mutuel definition.

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skill games — video gaming terminals / gambling machinesNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, and a 2013 Attorney General enforcement release.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1226 makes it a misdemeanor to manufacture, sell, transport, place or possess "any gambling device", defined in §712-1220 as "any device, machine, paraphernalia, or equipment that is used or usable in the playing phases of any gambling activity, whether that activity consists of gambling between persons or gambling by a person involving the playing of a machine", knowing it is for gambling that is not social gambling; §712-1230 provides forfeiture. The Attorney General enforced this in 2013: a search warrant at a Honolulu arcade and the seizure of five illegal gambling machines (News Release 2013-20, read 2026-09-24).

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charitable/bingo — charitable gamingNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes §712-1231, the social gambling defense, the only lawful gambling exception in chapter 712, part III (read on the official site 2026-10-01).
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. The only defense in the part is social gambling (§712-1231), which requires that no person, corporation, unincorporated association, or entity other than a player profit "directly or indirectly", and bars play at "any business establishment of any kind, public parks, public buildings, public beaches, school grounds, churches or any other public area". A charity or nonprofit that takes in proceeds is an entity profiting, so no charitable exception exists in the part. Limit: the statute read is part III of chapter 712, and a charitable-gaming exemption in another chapter would not show there. Site searches of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and the Attorney General for 'raffle' (both) and 'bingo' (Attorney General; the DCCA hit was an unrelated investor-education release) found no such exemption on 2026-10-01, which is silence, so the finding rests on §712-1231.

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card roomsNo program foundWhat we checked: Hawaii Revised Statutes chapter 712, part III (§712-1220 to §712-1231), read on the live capitol.hawaii.gov host on 2026-10-01, and the DCCA site search.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. A commercial card room "advances" and "profits from gambling activity" (§712-1220) and is a promoting offense under §712-1221 or §712-1222, class B or class C felony. §712-1231 excludes play at any business establishment and play where anyone but a player profits. The DCCA site search for 'card room' returned 'Nothing Found' (2026-09-24).

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skill gamesNo program foundWhat we checked: HRS §712-1220's contest of chance definition and §712-1223, read on the official site 2026-10-01, with Attorney General Op. 16-1 on the skill-versus-chance test. Games and devices with a material chance element only.
Why

Read on the official site 2026-10-01. §712-1220: "Contest of chance" means "any contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an element of chance, notwithstanding that skill of the contestants may also be a factor therein." So a game with a material chance element is gambling in Hawaii even when skill matters, §712-1223 criminalizes playing it, and §712-1226 criminalizes the device. Attorney General Op. 16-1 applies the Hawaii Supreme Court's State v. Prevo test, "the average skill of a majority of players likely to play the game", and quotes the Court that games can be gambling "notwithstanding that some of the players may be deemed so skilled as not to be gambling." No skill-game licensing or regulation appears in the part. Limit: a contest with no material chance element is not "gambling" under this definition, so this finding covers skill-based games and machines that keep a material chance element, which is the sense the category has elsewhere in this record. Pure-skill contests are not addressed.

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How we checked

These are the kinds of gambling we checked. The list may not include every way to gamble in the state.

We found no self-exclusion program in Hawaii, which has almost no legal gambling for one to attach to. Hawaii law makes taking part in any gambling activity a misdemeanor, makes bookmaking and promoting gambling felonies, and criminalizes lottery and mutuel schemes, with no exception for the internet. The one narrow exception is social gambling, which covers only private, non-commercial play among equals. No organization can profit from it, and it can't happen at a hotel, motel, bar, nightclub or other business, or in a public park, public building, beach, school ground or church. A search of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' site found nothing on casinos, sports betting, fantasy sports, racing or card rooms, which fits with there being no licensing system. The Attorney General's 2016 opinion concludes that daily fantasy sports contests are illegal gambling, and a 2013 Attorney General news release documents the seizure of illegal gambling machines from a Honolulu arcade. Hawaii does not appear in the federal NIGC Gaming Tribe Report, which lists tribal gaming facilities in 29 other states. That silence doesn't amount to an official statement that no tribal gaming exists, so tribal casinos stay unresolved. We recorded every other category as having no program, based on the statewide sources we read, which is not a claim about every Hawaii law. We checked the official sources linked on this page, not every gambling option in the state.

Official Hawaii links and forms

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