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Nearly three years removed from the Supreme Court striking down a 1994 ruling that banned sports betting, it seems as if a new state legalizes sports betting every day. We got a slow start with New Jersey leading the way, but have since added nearly two dozen additional states.
Most recently Colorado legalized both in-person and online sports betting, and your state may be next! As of June 2020, 23 states have legalized sports betting, another 4 have already passed bills, and an additional 18 states have pending sports betting bills.
Just because your state has passed a sports betting bill does not mean that sports betting is available in your state. In some cases there is a pending affective date, in some cases, the startup costs or tax rates were set unrealistically high. Click on your state below to find out where sports betting stands as of today.
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Where is Sports Betting Legal?
New states seem to be legalizing sports betting every month. As of March 2023, there are 33 states that have legal sports betting. Of those 23, only 5 have not yet permitted legal mobile or online betting. Below is the complete list of states that currently offer legal sports betting.
| State | Date Legal | Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 4/12/2021 | Yes |
| Arkansas | 7/1/2019 | Yes |
| Colorado | 5/1/2020 | Yes |
| Connecticut | 10/19/2021 | Yes |
| Delaware | 6/5/2018 | No |
| Illinois | 5/9/2020 | Yes |
| Indiana | 5/8/2019 | Yes |
| Iowa | 5/13/2019 | Yes |
| Kansas | 9/12/2022 | Yes |
| Louisiana | 1/28/2022 | Yes |
| Maine | 8/8/2022 | No (determining regulations) |
| Maryland | 5/18/2021 | Yes |
| Massachusetts | 8/1/2022 | Yes (starting March 2023) |
| Michigan | 12/11/2019 | Yes |
| Mississippi | 8/1/2018 | Yes |
| Montana | 5/3/2019 | Yes (offshore only) |
| Nebraska | 5/15/2021 | No |
| Nevada | 2010 | Yes |
| New Hampshire | 7/12/2019 | Yes |
| New Jersey | 5/1/2018 | Yes |
| New Mexico | 10/16/2018 | No |
| New York | 6/10/2019 | Yes |
| North Carolina | 7/26/2019 | No |
| Ohio | 9/15/2019 | Yes |
| Oregon | 8/27/2019 | Yes |
| Pennsylvania | 5/1/2019 | Yes |
| Rhode Island | 6/22/2018 | Yes |
| South Dakota | 9/1/2021 | Yes (while in casino) |
| Tennessee | 5/1/2019 | Yes |
| Virginia | 7/1/2020 | Yes |
| Washington | 3/25/2020 | Yes (tribal only) |
| Washington D.C. | 3/1/2020 | Yes |
| West Virginia | 8/1/2019 | Yes |
| Wyoming | 4/5/2021 | Yes |
When Will Sports Betting Be Legal in the Remaining States?
So, what about the other 17 states? The list below gives you a projected date for each of the states that has a sports betting bill in progress. If there are no prospects for legal sports betting in the near future you will simply see NA next to the state. Most of these states already have legal DFS through both FanDuel and DraftKings.
| State | Expected Date |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 2023 |
| Alaska | NA |
| California | 2023 |
| Florida | 2023 |
| Georgia | 2023 |
| Hawaii | NA |
| Idaho | NA |
| Kentucky | 2023 |
| Minnesota | 2023 |
| Missouri | 2023 |
| North Dakota | 2023 |
| Oklahoma | NA |
| South Carolina | 2023 |
| Texas | 2023 |
| Utah | NA |
| Vermont | 2023 |
| Wisconsin | NA |
