Where is sports betting legal?
Sports betting is legal in 39 states and DC as of Oct 11, 2026. 30 states and DC allow online betting statewide, and 9 states allow it only in person or in limited form. It is not legal in Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.
Online and in personIn person only, or limited onlineLegal, not launchedNot legalProhibited
By channel: online sports betting · in-person sports betting · revenue by state · tax rates
By state
| State | Online | In person | Launched | Tax rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Live | Live | Sep 9, 2021 | 10% AGR (online) |
| Arkansas | Live | Live | 2022 | No separate sports-wagering tax; online (mobile) sports-wagering net revenue, run through the licensed casinos' mobile partners, is folded into the same tiered 13%/20% net-casino-gaming-receipts tax (see casino_commercial). NET_REVENUE (online) |
| Colorado | Live | Live | May 1, 2020 | Promotional-bet deduction eliminated entirely OTHER (total) 10% NET_REVENUE (total) |
| Connecticut | Live | Live | Oct 12, 2021 | 13.75% GGR (online) |
| District of Columbia | Live | Live | 2020 | 20% GGR (total) 10% GGR (total) 30% GGR (total) |
| Florida | Live | Live | Nov 7, 2023 | 13.75% GGR (total) 10% GGR (total) |
| Illinois | Live | Live | Jun 18, 2020 | $0.25 per wager for the first 20,000,000 combined annual wagers; $0.50 per wager thereafter (per operator, per fiscal year). PER_WAGER (online) 20% AGR (online) $0–$30.0M 25% AGR (online) $30.0M–$50.0M 30% AGR (online) $50.0M–$100M 35% AGR (online) $100M–$200M 40% AGR (online) $200M–∞ 2% AGR (online) |
| Indiana | Live | Live | Oct 3, 2019 | 9.5% AGR (online) |
| Iowa | Live | Live | Aug 15, 2019 | 6.75% NET_REVENUE (total) |
| Kansas | Live | Live | Sep 1, 2022 | 10% GGR (total) |
| Kentucky | Live | Live | Sep 28, 2023 | 14.25% AGR (online) |
| Louisiana | Live | Live | Jan 28, 2022 | 21.5% NET_REVENUE (online) |
| Maine | Live | Live | Nov 3, 2023 | 10% AGR (online) |
| Maryland | Live | Live | Nov 23, 2022 | 20% OTHER (online) |
| Massachusetts | Live | Live | Mar 10, 2023 | 20% AGR (online) |
| Michigan | Live | Live | Jan 22, 2021 | 8.4% AGR (online) |
| Missouri | Live | Live | Dec 1, 2025 | 10% AGR (online) |
| Nevada | Live | Live | 2010 | 6.75% GGR (online) |
| New Hampshire | Live | Live | Dec 30, 2019 | 51% GGR (online) |
| New Jersey | Live | Live | Aug 1, 2018 | 19.75% GGR (online) |
| New York | Live | Live | Jan 8, 2022 | 51% GGR (online) |
| North Carolina | Live | Live | Mar 11, 2024 | 18% GGR (total) |
| Ohio | Live | Live | Jan 1, 2023 | 20% GGR (online) |
| Oregon | Live | Live | Oct 2019 | Not a tax; this is the Lottery's commercial revenue split with its contracted mobile sportsbook operator. Under Section 11 of the Oregon Lottery-DraftKings contract, DraftKings receives 49% of net sports-wagering revenue and the Lottery (state) retains 51%; DraftKings' share could rise to 85-95% if the state's single-operator mobile model were opened to competition, per a 2023 legislative committee document, but no such change is confirmed as triggered. OTHER (online) |
| Pennsylvania | Live | Live | May 28, 2019 | 36% AGR (online) |
| Rhode Island | Live | Live | Jul 1, 2019 | 51% GGR (online) |
| Tennessee | Live | Not authorized | Nov 2020 | 1.85% HANDLE (online) |
| Vermont | Live | Not authorized | Jan 11, 2024 | 20% AGR (online) |
| Virginia | Live | Limited | Jan 21, 2021 | 15% AGR (online) |
| West Virginia | Live | Live | Aug 26, 2019 | 10% AGR (online) |
| Wyoming | Live | Not authorized | Sep 2021 | 10% GGR (online) |
| Delaware | Limited | Live | Jan 3, 2024 | 50% OTHER (online) |
| Mississippi | Limited | Live | Jul 21, 2018 | 8% GGR (online) |
| Montana | Limited | Live | May 2020 | Same state-lottery-monopoly structure as sports_retail (mobile play is geofenced to licensed premises, not a standalone statewide product): no separate operator GGR tax; licensed host locations receive a 3% commission on gross sales, remainder to the State Lottery Fund. OTHER (online) |
| Nebraska | Not authorized | Live | 20% GGR (retail) | |
| New Mexico | Not authorized | Limited | Oct 16, 2018 | No New Mexico statute specifically authorizes or taxes sports wagering; tribal casinos (e.g. Santa Ana Star Casino since Oct. 2018) offer retail sportsbooks on the theory that sports wagering is already a Class III gaming activity covered by their existing tribal- state compacts. Sports-wagering revenue is therefore not separately taxed: it falls within the same compact-based "Adjusted Net Win" revenue-sharing schedule already recorded under casino_tribal (see the tiered rows citing the Pueblo of Jemez 2015 compact), not a standalone sports-wagering tax. OTHER (retail) |
| North Dakota | Not authorized | Limited | Dec 1, 2021 | No North Dakota state tax applies. Tribal retail sportsbooks (Dakota Magic, Spirit Lake, Sky Dancer, 4 Bears) operate as an amenity under each tribe's existing IGRA Class III tribal-state gaming compact rather than under any state sports-wagering statute; compact texts are held by the Governor's Office and not independently reviewed in this file, but no state statute imposes a tax or revenue-sharing requirement on sports wagering specifically, and the state's 2022 request for exclusive tribal sports-betting rights (and the HCR 3002 legislative route) did not result in any enacted tax. OTHER (retail) |
| South Dakota | Not authorized | Live | 9% AGR (retail) | |
| Washington | Limited | Limited | Dec 9, 2021 | Same tribal-compact structure as sports_retail above; mobile sports wagering is likewise confined to tribal lands/apps under the same 2020-2021 compact amendments, with no separate state revenue-share tax mechanism identified. OTHER (online) |
| Wisconsin | Legal, not launched | Live | Nov 1, 2021 | No separate state sports-wagering tax. Retail sports wagering operates under individually negotiated tribal-state Class III compact amendments (Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6); tribes already share a percentage of overall casino net win with the state under their general compacts, commonly reported as roughly 1.75% to 6.5% depending on the tribe/compact, and sports-wagering revenue simply adds to that general net-win base rather than carrying its own rate. In the first such deal (Oneida Nation, 2021), the state confirmed the sports-wagering amendment did not require an increased payment rate, though the state's overall dollar take rises if tribal sports-wagering revenue is added to net win. OTHER (retail) |
| Alabama | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| Alaska | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| California | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| Georgia | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| Minnesota | Not authorized | Not authorized | 6% HANDLE (total) | |
| Oklahoma | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| South Carolina | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| Texas | Not authorized | Not authorized | ||
| Hawaii | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
| Idaho | Prohibited | Prohibited | ||
| Utah | Prohibited | Prohibited |