ANYTHING AT AMAZON.COM
Technically, you can’t yet use bitcoins to pay for your purchases on Amazon.com. However, there’s an indirect way to spend bitcoins on items in your Amazon cart. At gyft.com you can buy Amazon gift cards with bitcoin. The cards never expire, so you can stock up on gift cards whenever you want to “sell” your bitcoins and then spend them at Amazon.com at your leisure.
BEER
Pubs around the world were early adopters of bitcoin. In 2013, Sydney’s Old Fitzroy Hotel became the first pub in Australia to accept the cryptocurrency. Originally, a pint of beer cost just 0.05 bitcoin, or about seven Australian dollars at the time. Since then, bitcoin acceptance has spread to additional pubs, wineries, cafes and even bakeries around the world.
LAS VEGAS CASINO HOTELS
Las Vegas is the gambling capital of the world, so it makes sense that a volatile gamble like bitcoin would find a home there as well. In 2014, the D Las Vegas Casino Hotel, along with its sister Golden Gate Hotel & Casino, became the first casino properties to accept bitcoin. Although the downtown hotels do not accept bitcoin for gaming, you can use the cryptocurrency at both hotels’ front desks, and the D’s gift shop and two restaurants.
COMIC BOOKS
In 2014, Los Angeles comic book store Meltdown Comics began accepting bitcoin for in-store purchases, becoming the first brick-and-mortar comic book shop to accept the cryptocurrency in the process. The store intends to entice bitcoin users with special discounts, events, offers and swag.
LOTTERY TICKETS
Investors in bitcoin must feel like they are playing the lottery every day because the value of the cryptocurrency fluctuates so dramatically. Now you can buy actual lottery tickets with bitcoin. The Jackpocket app lets you purchase lottery tickets via phone with bitcoin if you are in Minnesota or New Hampshire.