U.S. gambling law, by state

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Legal status

Status matrix

Coming up

• Jul 1, 2027 · New Mexico · Commercial casinos
  Gaming Control Act's 60-2E-47 net-take gaming tax rate is scheduled to revert from 24.8% to 26% (SB336's temporary reduction expires; HB159, which would have cancelled this, died in 2024)

Recent changes

• Oct 10, 2026 · Illinois · Sweepstakes casinos
  Bill to explicitly criminalize sweepstakes-casino gambling devices (SB 1705) remains pending, last re-referred to Assignments
• Oct 10, 2026 · Illinois · VGTs / VLTs
  Bill to raise VGT tax from 35% to 45% (SB 2671) stalls in Senate committee without passage
• Oct 7, 2026 · Missouri · Pick'em fantasy
  PrizePicks suspends its Team Picks sports-contract product for Missouri users amid prediction-market crackdown
• Oct 5, 2026 · Kansas · Pari-mutuel
  KRGC licensing office reopens at Eureka Downs ahead of return of live racing
• Oct 2026 · Connecticut · Online casino
  Online casino gaming tax rate rises from 18% to 20% for the October 2026 reporting period
• Sep 30, 2026 · Ohio · Online casino
  HB 298 sponsor says igaming bill unlikely to move before 2027 gubernatorial transition
• Sep 25, 2026 · Ohio · Prediction markets
  6th Circuit decides KalshiEX LLC v. Schuler, affirming denial of Kalshi's preliminary injunction against OCCC enforcement
• Sep 25, 2026 · Tennessee · Prediction markets
  Sixth Circuit vacates Tennessee's Kalshi injunction and remands, holding Kalshi did not show its sports-event contracts are CFTC-exempt "swaps" and that the Commodity Exchange Act would not preempt state law regardless; affirms denial of Kalshi's injunction in the parallel Ohio case
• Sep 24, 2026 · Pennsylvania · Sweepstakes casinos
  HB 2801 (sweepstakes ban + skill-game licensing framework) referred to House Gaming Oversight Committee
• Sep 18, 2026 · Missouri · Prediction markets
  AG Hanaway sends cease-and-desist letters to Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Robinhood, Underdog and Novig over unlicensed sports event contracts
• Sep 9, 2026 · Iowa · Prediction markets
  Federal judge denies Kalshi's preliminary-injunction request against Iowa, holding sports event contracts are not "swaps" under the Commodity Exchange Act
• Sep 2026 · Kentucky · Prediction markets
  CFTC sues Kentucky over its new prediction-market excise tax and event-contract restrictions, reported as the 9th state the CFTC has sued on this issue
• Sep 2026 · New Jersey · Pick'em fantasy
  Underdog surrenders DFS licenses in seven states including New Jersey to offer CFTC-licensed contracts instead
• Aug 28, 2026 · Washington · Prediction markets
  Ninth Circuit rules against Kalshi on CFTC-preemption grounds in KalshiEX v. Assad (Nevada), consistent with Washington's state-court position
• Aug 28, 2026 · Nevada · Prediction markets
  Ninth Circuit rules Kalshi's sports-event contracts are sports bets, not CFTC-regulated swaps, siding with Nevada; remands election-contracts dispute