Alabama
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
There is no legal sports gambling market in the state of Alabama. Bills aiming to legalize sports betting were introduced in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 but ultimately failed. Bill 151 (HB 151) was introduced in 2024 proposing the legalisation of sports betting, establishing a state lottery, and allowing in-person casino gambling. The bill was later amended by the Senate and provisions for sports betting and casino gambling were removed.
State lawmakers are paying attention to the growing US legal market, which includes two of Alabama's neighbours, Tennessee and Mississippi. Anyone living near the border can cross over to place a legal bet.
Alabama lawmakers have revived the effort in 2026. SB 257 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would put sports betting, a state lottery, and casinos to a public vote. It still needs substantially more legislative support before it can advance, so nothing is likely to change here in the near term.
Alaska
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
There are no legal sports betting options in Alaska, although there are ten tribal casinos, bingo halls, and pari-mutuel facilities spread across nine cities throughout the state.
The most recent attempt, HB 145, was introduced on March 21, 2025 and has not moved since. There has been no vote and no committee action as of August 2026. For now, Alaskans are limited to daily fantasy sports and prediction markets.
Arizona
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, bet365, Desert Diamond, Hard Rock Bet, Bally Bet, Golden Nugget, theScore Bet, and Fanatics.
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Both online and in-person sports betting are legal in Arizona. In April 2021, the Arizona Senate passed HB 2772 by a 23-6 margin, which paved the way for both online and retail sports betting in the state. It has been legal to bet on sports in Arizona since September 2021, and 14 online sportsbooks now operate in the state while tribal casinos handle most of the retail action.
Arizona is also one of the most aggressive states on prediction markets. The attorney general filed 20 criminal counts against Kalshi in March 2026, and a federal judge blocked that prosecution two months later. See the prediction markets section below for where that stands.
Arkansas
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: Betly, Bet Saracen, Oaklawn Sports, DraftKings, and FanDuel.
It is legal to bet on sports in Arkansas, both online and in person. The mobile market launched on March 7, 2022, and the state's 51% revenue share long kept the national brands out.
That changed in March 2026. DraftKings and FanDuel entered Arkansas as technology vendors, partnering with Southland and Oaklawn respectively. It is the first time either operator has been available in the state, and it meaningfully widens what had been one of the thinnest markets in the country.
California
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
California came close to legalizing sports betting in 2022, but voters turned down both propositions.
Two initiatives were filed at the end of October 2023: the Tribal Gaming Protection Act (23-0031) and the Sports Wagering Regulation and Tribal Gaming Protection Act (23-0030). Both aimed to keep in-person and online sports gambling wholly owned by California tribes. The petition needed 874,641 signatures before the end of April to reach the November 2024 ballot, but it was withdrawn after opposition from the California Nations Indian Gaming Association and multiple tribes.
California is home to 21 major professional sports franchises, more than any other state, and it is the most populous state in the country. The potential market is the largest untapped prize in US sports betting.
No new sports betting bills were introduced in 2025, and nothing advanced in 2026 either. Industry consensus now points to a 2028 ballot measure at the earliest, with licenses unlikely to be issued before 2029. Californians can still use prediction markets: three California tribes sued Kalshi in July 2025, but a federal judge declined to issue an injunction and the case is on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.
Colorado
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars, BetMGM, Fanatics, bet365, BetRivers, theScore Bet, SBK (Smarkets), Bally Bet, BetMonarch, Circa Sports, and Sporttrade.
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Legal sports betting launched in Colorado in May 2020, and state law requires online sportsbooks to partner with a local casino. Colorado has one of the deepest operator pools in the country, which is good news if you like to shop lines.
In May 2026, the Colorado State Senate passed a consumer protection bill that would place significant new restrictions on online sportsbooks operating in the state. It was awaiting the governor's signature as of publication. Colorado also prohibits player prop bets on college athletes.
Connecticut
✅ Online sports betting legal
✅ Retail sports betting legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics.
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Connecticut has had legal sports betting since Governor Ned Lamont struck a deal with the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan tribes in May 2021, giving the tribes and the state lottery the right to offer retail and online wagering. Retail bets started in October of that year, with mobile following soon after.
Three online sportsbooks is on the low side, which limits your ability to line-shop and keeps promo competition softer than in neighbouring New York or New Jersey. On the plus side, Connecticut does allow wagering on college player props for out-of-state teams.
Delaware
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: BetRivers
Delaware became the first state besides Nevada to launch a legal sports betting market in June 2018, a month after the Supreme Court overturned PASPA. Online betting arrived on December 26, 2023, and BetRivers has been the only legal online sportsbook in the state ever since. There are three retail locations. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is banned.
Florida
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: Hard Rock Bet
Florida launched a legal market briefly between November and December 2021 before a federal judge ruled against the agreement between the state and the Seminole Tribe. That ruling was overturned by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in June 2023, and the Supreme Court denied West Flagler Associates' final request in October 2023. Hard Rock Bet relaunched on November 7, 2023, and in-person betting resumed on December 7.
Hard Rock Bet remains the only online sportsbook in Florida, and that is unlikely to change for the foreseeable future. The Seminole compact gives the tribe exclusivity, so there is no line-shopping here. If you bet in Florida, you are taking Hard Rock's number or no number at all. New customers can now sign up directly through the app rather than at a casino.
Georgia
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Georgia has no legal sports betting, with bills failing for several consecutive years.
Three obstacles keep coming up:
Each form of gambling the state wants to legalize lacks support, either individually or combined.
The state has almost no retail gambling infrastructure.
Legal scholars are split on whether legalization requires a constitutional amendment.
Supporters include the ownership groups behind the Falcons, Hawks, Braves, and Atlanta United, along with Republican Lt. Governor Burt Jones.
In 2025, two House measures reached the floor for debate before missing the legislative deadline, which was further than any previous attempt. HB 910, introduced in 2026, would legalize mobile betting under the Georgia Lottery and sidestep the constitutional amendment question entirely. It has not passed. With Gov. Brian Kemp leaving office in January 2027, expect another push in the next session. Georgia is the most-watched holdout in the country right now, but the practical timeline is still years rather than months.
Hawaii
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Hawaii and Utah are the only two US states with no legal gambling of any kind, so no sportsbooks operate on the islands.
Multiple bills introduced in 2025 sought to establish and regulate online sportsbooks, and all of them died before the legislative deadline. Hawaii took a small procedural step forward in February 2026, but opposition remains strong and legalization is not realistically close. Separately, Hawaii introduced HB 2198 in January 2026, which would explicitly define prediction market platforms offering sports contracts as illegal gambling.
Idaho
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
There is no sports betting in Idaho, and even DFS is off limits. Seven tribal casinos operate in the state, but no sports betting legislation has been proposed as of 2026. Idaho remains one of the most restrictive online gambling states in the country.
Illinois
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, BetRivers, theScore Bet, Caesars, Circa Sports, Fanatics, Hard Rock Bet.
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Retail betting launched in March 2020 and online followed in June that year, after Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the state's sports betting law in June 2019.
Ten online sportsbooks operate in Illinois. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited. Illinois has also become one of the more active states on prediction markets: it introduced SB 4168 in March 2026 to require state licensing, and the CFTC sued the state in April to block enforcement.
Indiana
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, BetRivers, Caesars, bet365, Fanatics, theScore Bet, SBK Sportsbook, Hard Rock, and Bally Bet.
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Indiana bettors have access to legal in-person and mobile betting across multiple tribal and commercial casino venues. The first retail sportsbook opened in September 2019, with mobile following in October, months after Gov. Eric Holcomb signed the bill into law.
Eleven online sportsbooks operate in the state. Wagering on college games is allowed, but college player props are prohibited.
Iowa
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, BetRivers, Caesars, bet365, Fanatics, theScore Bet, Circa Sports, Q Sportsbook, DRF Sportsbook, Bally Bet, and Sporttrade.
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Betting on sports online has been legal in Iowa since May 2019, with the market launching in August that year. Bettors originally had to register in person, which suppressed signups until online registration arrived in 2021.
Iowa carries the lowest sports betting tax rate in the country at 6.75%, which is part of why operators run relatively generous promotions there. College player props are prohibited. In April 2026, Iowa became the first legislative chamber in the country to advance a bill that would license and tax prediction markets rather than ban them.
Kansas
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, Fanatics, and theScore Bet.
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Kansas launched its retail and mobile market in September 2022 after a short regulatory setup, timed deliberately to beat the start of the NFL season.
Six online sportsbooks operate in Kansas, one of the smaller pools among fully competitive states. College player props are prohibited.
Kentucky
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, bet365, Circa, theScore Bet, and Fanatics.
HB 551 passed the House and Senate in 2023, and sportsbooks opened in September of that year, with retail on September 7 and online on September 28.
Kentucky's law allows an open, competitive market with no restrictions on college wagering, a legal age of 18, no requirement to use official league data, and a 14.25% tax rate. That makes it one of the most permissive markets in the country: you can bet college games and college player props, including in-state schools.
Kentucky has taken the hardest line in the country on prediction markets. Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Kalshi, Polymarket, Coinbase, Robinhood, and Webull in June 2026 for alleged illegal sports betting, and the CFTC sued Kentucky a week later. The state also enacted a 14.25% excise tax on prediction market contracts, which the industry is challenging in federal court.
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Louisiana
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, bet365, Fanatics, BetRivers, and theScore Bet.
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Louisiana is divided into parishes, and at the end of 2020, 55 of the state's 64 parishes approved legal sports betting, including New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette. Retail launched in October 2021 and mobile at the end of January 2022.
Eight online sportsbooks are licensed. If you live in one of the nine parishes that voted no, you cannot legally bet inside your parish, though you can drive to one that allows it. College player props are prohibited.
Maine
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings and Caesars.
Online and retail sports betting launched in Maine on November 3, 2023. Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 585 into law in May 2022, and all four of Maine's federally recognized tribes can acquire a license.
High taxes have kept operator interest low, and only two books have launched. Betting on in-state college games and college athletes is not allowed. Maine is also on track to become the eighth state with legal online casino gaming, which the AGA expects to launch in late 2026.
Maryland
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, Fanatics, BetRivers, theScore Bet, Crab Sports, Bally Bet, betPARX, and LetsBetMD.
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Maryland voters legalized sports betting in November 2020, but the market did not launch until November 2022, the longest go-live period in the US market so far.
Eleven online sportsbooks operate in Maryland. College games are open for wagering, but college player props are prohibited. [Editor note: the live page lists Fanatics twice in the operator list — duplicate removed above.]
Massachusetts
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, Fanatics, theScore Bet, and Bally Bet.
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Massachusetts lawmakers legalized in 2022, retail launched January 31, 2023, and online followed on March 10, in time for that year's NCAA Tournament.
Seven online sportsbooks operate in the state. In-state college games are only bettable when the school is in a tournament with four or more teams, such as March Madness. College player props are banned outright. Massachusetts was also the first state regulator to go on offense against prediction markets, winning a preliminary injunction against Kalshi's sports contracts in January 2026.
Michigan
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, Fanatics, theScore Bet, Play Gun Lake, Eagle Casino & Sports, Four Winds, and FireKeepers.
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Retail betting has been legal in Michigan since March 2020, with mobile launching January 22, 2021. Eleven online sportsbooks operate in the state, making it one of the larger markets in the industry.
Michigan is one of only three states, alongside Nevada and Massachusetts, to win a court order blocking Kalshi. A federal court granted the injunction on July 5, 2026.
Minnesota
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Minnesota tribes want full control of any sports betting market, and no bill can pass without their support. The unresolved question is what role the state's two horse racing tracks, Canterbury Park and Running Aces, would play.
The House and Senate reached an agreement with the Minnesota Indian Gaming Association and the state's professional teams during the 2026 session, but the racetracks were left out and the compromise collapsed in conference. Legalization is now expected to carry into 2027 at the earliest.
Minnesota did make national news for a different reason. On May 18, 2026, Gov. Tim Walz signed SF4760, making Minnesota the first state in the country to formally ban prediction markets. The Trump administration sued within 24 hours, and a federal judge stayed the ban on July 27, days before its August 1 effective date. The state retains its appeal rights.
Mississippi
❌ Online sports betting is not legal (except when physically at a licensed casino)
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Mississippi was one of the first states to move after PASPA fell, launching retail in August 2018 with a mobile option attached. The catch: to place a mobile bet, you have to be physically inside a licensed casino.
The House has repeatedly tried to fix this. During the 2026 session it passed two statewide mobile bills, including HB 4074 by a 100-11 vote, and both died in the Senate after the Gaming Committee declined to hold hearings. Committee Chairman David Blount has consistently blocked these efforts and holds his seat until 2028, so statewide mobile betting is unlikely before the 2027 session at the absolute earliest.
Missouri
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, bet365, Fanatics, theScore Bet, and Circa Sports.
Following the narrow passage of Amendment 2 in November 2024, which carried by just over 50% of the vote, the Missouri Gaming Commission launched both online and retail sports wagering statewide on December 1, 2025.
Missouri has now completed its first full NFL and college football season as a legal market. It is the most recent state to go live anywhere in the country.
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Montana
❌ Online sports betting is not legal (except when physically at a licensed location)
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
People in Montana over 21 can legally bet on sports in person or via a mobile sportsbook at a retail location. The market launched in March 2020 through the state lottery, and the law allows all licensed lottery retailers to offer sports betting on their premises. That structure is why mobile options are so limited.
The lottery director decides which sports are available and what kinds of wagers can be placed, so the menu is narrower than what you would find in a competitive commercial market.
Nebraska
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Gov. Pete Ricketts signed sports betting into law on May 25, 2021, but the law only authorized in-person wagering. Retail sportsbooks operate at licensed casinos, and there is no legal path to a mobile app under current law. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited.
That could change this year. A referendum to legalize online sports betting is on pace to reach the November 2026 general election ballot. If it passes, Nebraska would still need a regulatory setup period before any app goes live.
[Editor note: the live page said "Online sports betting is legal but not yet launched," which is wrong. Nebraska never legalized online betting. This was also flagged in the "Legalizing Soon" section below.]
Nevada
✅ Online sports betting is legal (in-person registration required)
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Online sports betting is legal in Nevada, but state law requires you to register in person at a casino before you can wager online. Nevada launched online betting in 2010, eight years before any other state.
Despite being the historic centre of US gambling, Nevada is now a mid-sized online market by handle. The in-person registration requirement is the main reason, and there is no active effort to remove it.
Nevada has been the most aggressive state in the country against prediction markets. It secured court orders against both Kalshi and Polymarket, and the Nevada Supreme Court denied Kalshi's emergency stay request on July 5, 2026.
New Hampshire
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings
New Hampshire legalized online sports betting in December 2019 with HB 480 and launched on January 2, 2020. The state signed a six-year contract with DraftKings, which holds a monopoly on the mobile market.
One operator means no line shopping and no promo competition, so New Hampshire bettors consistently take worse prices than neighbours in Massachusetts. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited.
New Jersey
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, bet365, Borgata, theScore Bet, Fanatics, Hard Rock Bet, Golden Nugget, Prime Sportsbook and betPARX.
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New Jersey's legal fight is what brought PASPA down in May 2018, and the state launched retail and mobile operations shortly after, opening its first sportsbooks on June 14, 2018.
New Jersey remains one of the deepest and most competitive markets in the country. The one notable restriction is that all betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited, which is unusual for a state that is otherwise this permissive.
The Third Circuit ruled in April 2026 that the Commodity Exchange Act preempts state gambling laws for sports event contracts, which was a landmark win for prediction markets and the ruling that set up the current circuit split.
New Mexico
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
New Mexico was one of the first states to offer legal sports betting after PASPA, but it exists only in person at tribal casinos. No sports betting legislation has ever passed. Instead, the tribes interpreted their gaming compact in a way that allows them to offer any form of Class III gaming.
Four New Mexico tribes and pueblos sued Kalshi in May 2026, alleging the platform enables sports gambling on tribal land in violation of gaming compacts. The CFTC then sued New Mexico in June, and Polymarket sued the state attorney general in July.
New York
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, Fanatics, Resorts World, Bally Bet, and theScore Bet.
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New York's first retail sportsbooks launched in July 2019, and mobile followed on January 8, 2022 after lawmakers folded it into the state budget bill.
New York is the largest online sports betting market in the US by handle, but it also carries the highest tax rate in the country at 51%. That cost gets passed to bettors in the form of thinner promotions and slightly worse pricing than you would find in New Jersey. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited.
New York has become the central battleground for prediction markets. A federal judge ruled on July 9, 2026 that New York's gambling laws are not preempted by federal commodities law, directly contradicting the Third Circuit. Attorney General Letitia James then sued Kalshi on July 31, seeking to bar it from the state and forfeit its profits.
North Carolina
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, bet365, Fanatics, theScore Bet, Caesars, and Underdog.
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Retail betting at Cherokee tribal properties launched in March 2021, and statewide online betting followed on March 11, 2024.
North Carolina bans prop bets on college athletes. The state also moved in July 2026 toward imposing a state tax on prediction market revenue rather than trying to ban the platforms outright.
North Dakota
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Because of the language in the compacts between North Dakota and its federally recognized tribes, in-person sports betting is allowed but there is no mobile option. Bettors have to show up at one of the tribal venues located throughout the state.
Ohio
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, bet365, BetRivers, Fanatics, theScore Bet, Bally Bet, Hard Rock, SuperBook, MVGBet, betPARX, betJACK, and Prime Sportsbook
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Ohio sportsbooks began taking bets at midnight on New Year's Day 2023, after lawmakers passed a bill at the end of 2021 and Gov. Mike DeWine signed it into law.
Ohio has one of the largest operator pools in the country, which makes it one of the better states for line shopping. Ohio also prohibits prop bets on individual college athletes.
The Ohio Casino Control Commission announced its intent to fine Kalshi $5 million in April 2026, and a federal court in Ohio ruled in March that sports event contracts are not "swaps" under federal law, a significant setback for the prediction market industry's core argument.
Oklahoma
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Sports betting in Oklahoma keeps stalling on the same fault line: Gov. Kevin Stitt wants a free-market system and has said he would veto any bill granting tribes exclusive rights, while the state's tribes hold the leverage.
The Oklahoma House passed two bills, HB 1047 and HB 1101, in early 2025. Both stalled in the Senate. Nothing has advanced in 2026 either. With more than 30 federally recognized tribes operating casinos under Class III compacts, no bill passes without tribal buy-in, and no bill Stitt would sign gives them what they want.
Four of Oklahoma's neighbours already have legal sports betting: New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and Arkansas.
Oregon
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings
Oregon launched its legal market in August 2019 through the state lottery rather than legislative action, so bets initially had to be placed through a single lottery-run app that bettors found limiting.
At the start of 2022, Oregon switched from that app to DraftKings as its sole sportsbook.
Multiple tribal casinos in Oregon take in-person bets. All betting on college games and college player props is prohibited statewide, which is one of the strictest college restrictions in the country.
Pennsylvania
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, theScore Bet, Fanatics, SugarHouse, bet365, Betfred, and betPARX
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Pennsylvania took its first legal sports bet at a casino sportsbook in 2018, with mobile launching in 2019. The combined operation is consistently a top-five US market by handle.
Residents can also bet at racetracks and casinos and buy state lottery tickets.
Rhode Island
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: Sportsbook RI (odds provided by Caesars) and Bally Bet
Rhode Island was one of the first states to launch after PASPA fell in 2018, with its two commercial casinos taking bets immediately. Online betting launched on September 4, 2019, and handle increased once legislators ended the in-person registration requirement. The state's small population caps how large the market can get.
In May 2026, Bally's was granted the state's second online license, ending a seven-year single-operator monopoly. Betting on in-state college games and college player props remains prohibited.
[Editor note: the live page says "the U.S. Senate overturned PASPA," which is wrong. It was the Supreme Court. Corrected above.]
South Carolina
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
South Carolina lawmakers have kept pushing. In February 2026, a Senate committee held a hearing on S.444, which would establish a Sports Wagering Commission to regulate online betting in the state. An earlier bill, the South Carolina Sports Wagering Act, proposed a nine-member commission, an eight-operator cap, $100,000 application fees, $1 million five-year licenses, and a 12.5% tax on operator revenue earmarked for mental health programs.
Gov. Henry McMaster's opposition to gambling expansion remains the main obstacle, and near-term legalization is unlikely.
South Dakota
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sports betting in South Dakota launched in September 2021, but wagers can only be placed in person in Deadwood and at the state's tribal casinos. A 2022 bill, SJR 502, would have added a mobile option and passed the Senate before failing in the House.
With just over 900,000 residents, South Dakota's retail market generates very little action. Betting on in-state college games and college player props is prohibited.
Tennessee
✅ Online sports betting is legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, Hard Rock, theScore Bet, Betly, Action 247, Wagr, Fanatics Sportsbook, ZenSports, and Bally Bet.
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Tennessee has no casinos, so it went online-only from the start, launching in November 2020. The market is regulated by the state's Sports Wagering Council.
College game outcomes are bettable, but college player props are prohibited. Tennessee also produced one of the more consequential prediction market rulings: in February 2026, a federal judge granted Kalshi a preliminary injunction against the state's Sports Wagering Council, finding sports event contracts are likely CFTC-regulated swaps. That decision runs directly opposite to the Ohio ruling.
Texas
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Texas has no legal sports betting. A Democrat-backed bill, HJR 102, passed the House in 2023 but never reached the Senate. HJR 134 and SJR 65 followed, proposing a constitutional amendment to put legalization to a public vote.
Nothing passed in 2025, and nothing passed in 2026. The structural problem has not changed: legalization requires a two-thirds majority in both chambers before it can even reach voters, and Lt. Governor Dan Patrick remains opposed in the Senate.
What has changed is the lobbying pressure. The state's professional franchises have pushed hard over the past six months, and Texas is now widely viewed as the most likely large state to legalize next, with 2027 the earliest realistic session. Texas has also moved against alternatives: the Texas Racing Commission ordered TwinSpires to stop taking online horse racing wagers in February 2026, and Patrick has called for closing the gray areas that let prediction markets operate in the state.
Utah
❌ Online sports betting is not legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Utah's constitution explicitly prohibits all forms of gambling. Changing that requires a two-thirds legislative supermajority plus voter approval, which is why Utah is the one state with essentially no path to legalization.
Utah has also gone after prediction markets. Kalshi sued Gov. Spencer Cox and state officials in February 2026, and on August 5, 2026 a federal judge ruled Utah may enforce its anti-gambling laws against the platform.
Vermont
✅ Online sports betting is legal
❌ Retail sports betting is not legal
Legal sportsbooks: FanDuel, DraftKings, Fanatics.
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Rep. Matthew Birong introduced Vermont's sports betting bill in February 2023. It cleared a Senate committee in late April, passed the full Senate in early May, and Governor Phil Scott signed it into law on June 14. The law allows between two and six mobile sportsbooks, and the market opened on January 11, 2024.
Vermont is online-only with no retail locations, and that is unlikely to change.
Virginia
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, Fanatics, bet365, theScore Bet, Bally Bet, Hard Rock Bet, Sporttrade, and Betr.
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Legal sports betting launched in Virginia at the start of 2021 and now supports 12 sportsbook apps. More casinos are in the works thanks to provisions in the sports betting law that called for building those venues.
Betting on in-state college games and prop bets on all college athletes is prohibited.
Washington
❌ Online sports betting is not legal (except when physically at a licensed casino)
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Washington lawmakers passed a sports betting bill in 2020, and the market launched in September 2021. Bets can only be placed at one of the state's tribal casinos on tribal land, including online wagers, which only work inside those casinos using tribal apps.
More than 15 casinos in the state offer in-person betting. There is still no movement toward a statewide online market. Robinhood pre-emptively sued Washington in April 2026 in anticipation of state action against its prediction markets platform.
Washington DC
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: Caesars, BetMGM, DraftKings, Fanatics, and FanDuel.
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DC has both retail and mobile betting. The district used to be a single-operator jurisdiction tied to the DC Lottery app, but it has since opened to national operators, and residents can now use the major sportsbooks district-wide rather than only inside stadium footprints.
[Editor note: the live page still describes DC as a "sole-source operator jurisdiction" limited to GamBetDC, with Caesars restricted to Capital One Arena and BetMGM to a two-block radius around Nationals Park. That is out of date, but please confirm the current operator list with the DC Office of Lottery and Gaming before publishing this replacement paragraph.]
West Virginia
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, BetRivers, Fanatics, theScore Bet, Golden Nugget, and Betly.
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West Virginia was the fifth state to legalize sports betting after PASPA fell in 2018, and residents have a choice of 10 sportsbook apps.
West Virginia is one of the friendliest states in the country for college bettors: you can bet college player props, including on in-state schools. Very few states allow that.
Wisconsin
✅ Online sports betting is legal but not yet launched
✅ Retail sports betting is legal
Gov. Tony Evers signed online sports betting into law on April 9, 2026. Retail sportsbooks were already operating inside tribal casinos across the state before that, including at Oneida Nation properties in the Green Bay area.
The law gives Wisconsin's federally recognized tribes exclusive rights to run mobile sportsbooks, so DraftKings, FanDuel, and the other national brands cannot launch independent apps in the state. Expect tribal-branded apps instead, and expect to wait several more months before anything goes live.
Wisconsin also sued Kalshi, Robinhood, Coinbase, Polymarket, and Crypto.com in April 2026 over what it called illegal sports betting. The CFTC sued Wisconsin in response days later.
Wyoming
✅ Online sports betting is legal
✅ Retail sports betting is legal (tribal casinos only)
Legal sportsbooks: DraftKings, FanDuel, Caesars, BetMGM, and Fanatics
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Wyoming's market launched in September 2021, timed for that NFL season. There are tribal casinos but no commercial ones, so the market exists primarily through mobile apps. Five apps are available, and the legal betting age is 18 rather than 21.
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