States / Wisconsin
Wisconsin
- Wisconsin's market is dominated by Class III tribal gaming under compacts with 11 tribes and bands, and there is no commercial casino industry.
- Sports betting is offered only through tribal compact amendments on tribal-owned apps geofenced to tribal lands, not statewide.
- A 2026 law would extend mobile sports betting statewide, but nothing is live yet.
More detail
- Tribal gaming. The market is dominated by Class III tribal gaming under compacts with 11 federally recognized tribes and bands. The Department of Administration's Division of Gaming (Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance) regulates it. There is no commercial casino industry.
- Sports betting. Sports wagering was authorized in July 2021 (effective November 2021) exclusively through tribal-state compact amendments under a "hub-and-spoke" model. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6 excludes from the definition of an illegal "bet" certain mobile and electronic sports and event wagers. This applies where the wagering server sits on qualifying tribal trust land under a pre-April 1, 1993 compact. Amended tribes can offer betting on tribal-owned mobile apps geofenced to their own lands rather than statewide.
- Tribes offering sports betting. As of September 30, 2025, Oneida Nation, Forest County Potawatomi, St. Croix Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) and Red Cliff were offering sports wagering at some or all of their properties. Bad River, Ho-Chunk Nation, Menominee, and Stockbridge-Munsee were not yet offering it.
- Pending legislation. On April 9, 2026, Gov. Evers signed 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 (Assembly Bill 601). It extends the hub-and-spoke model statewide for mobile sports betting. Nothing is live yet, pending individual compact renegotiation with all 11 tribes and federal approval. A taxpayer lawsuit challenges the Act's constitutionality.
- Prediction markets. AG Josh Kaul separately sued Kalshi, Robinhood and Coinbase in April 2026 over sports event contracts. A federal court denied the CFTC's bid to block that suit.
- Lottery. The state lottery (authorized 1987, launched 1988) funds property-tax relief.
- Charitable gaming. The Office of Charitable Gaming licenses roughly 13,000 raffles and 350 bingo organizations a year.
- Online casinos. No iGaming, online poker, or commercial casino statute exists.
Reviewed Oct 11, 2026 · 24 sources
Legal status
LiveLegal, not launchedLimitedContestedProhibitedNot authorizedRepealedNA
| Vertical | Status | Launched | Model | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sports (online) | Legal, not launched | Legalized Apr 9, 2026 | Monopoly Tribal | Pre-2026, only the narrow "hub-and-spoke" exception applied: mobile/electronic sports and event wagers were excluded from the statutory definition of an illegal "bet" only where the wagering server sat on qualifying tribal trust land under a pre-April 1, 1993 compact, geofenced to each tribe's own lands (not statewide); as of Sept. 30, 2025, Oneida Nation, Forest County Potawatomi, St. Croix Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) and Red Cliff offered sports wagering this way. Gov. Evers signed Assembly Bill 601 as 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 on April 9, 2026, extending the hub-and-spoke model statewide: a mobile wager placed anywhere in Wisconsin is routed through a server on tribal land, so the bet is deemed to occur under IGRA/tribal-compact authority rather than under the state's non-tribal gaming ban. Nothing is live yet -- each of the 11 tribes must individually renegotiate its compact (mobile revenue sharing expected near the existing 1.75%-6.5% land-based range) and secure Bureau of Indian Affairs approval; Gov. Evers (who is not seeking re-election, term ending Jan. 4, 2027) began compact talks June 1, 2026, with no launch date set as of this research date. A taxpayer lawsuit (reported filers include a taxpayer association and a conservative legal group) challenges Act 247 as exceeding legislative/gubernatorial authority under the state's 1993 constitutional gambling-ban amendment and as an unconstitutional racial classification (because legality turns on the wagering device being physically located on tribal land); no ruling was confirmed as of this research date. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6; 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 (Assembly Bill 601) [1],[2],[3],[4] |
| Sports (retail) | Live | Nov 1, 2021 | Monopoly Tribal | Retail sportsbooks at tribal casino properties under individual compact amendments; Oneida Nation was the first to launch (Nov. 2021). Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6 [1],[5],[2] |
| Online casino | Not authorized | No statute or compact provision authorizes online casino-style games.[1] | ||
| Online poker | Not authorized | No statute authorizes real-money online poker.[1] | ||
| Commercial casinos | Not authorized | Wisconsin has no commercial (non-tribal) casinos; all Class III gaming is tribal.[2] | ||
| Tribal casinos | Live | Monopoly Tribal | 11 federally recognized tribes/bands operate Class III gaming facilities statewide (Bad River, Red Cliff, Sokaogon Chippewa, Lac du Flambeau, Stockbridge-Munsee, Forest County Potawatomi, Oneida Nation, Menominee, Lac Courte Oreilles, St. Croix Chippewa, Ho-Chunk Nation), per the Division of Gaming's January 2026 Class III Gaming Locations map. 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq. (IGRA); individual tribal-state gaming compacts [2] | |
| Lottery | Live | Sep 16, 1988 | Monopoly State | Legislature authorized the lottery in 1988 per Wisconsin Lottery's own history; a Dept. of Revenue-run game funding property-tax relief. (One secondary source on Oneida Nation's own history states the statewide lottery "did not begin operations until 1991" -- this conflicts with the more lottery-specific source used here; flagged for follow-up.) Wis. Stat. ch. 565 [6],[1] |
| iLottery | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online sale of lottery draw tickets/e-instants.[6] | ||
| Daily fantasy | Contested | Wisconsin has no DFS-specific statute; the state constitution bans gambling with exceptions for raffles, bingo, the state lottery, and tribal casinos, and whether DFS falls under that ban turns on an untested skill-vs-chance question. In 2016, AG Brad Schimel's office said it had received no complaints about DraftKings/FanDuel and had no position on whether DFS is skill or chance, neither banning nor authorizing play; Rep. Tyler Vorpagel introduced AB 800 to register and classify DFS as a game of skill, but enactment was not confirmed. The conflict between an inconclusive AG non-position and other states' (NY, IL) contrary "DFS is gambling" determinations, with no Wisconsin resolution, supports contested rather than operational or not_authorized.[7],[8] | ||
| VGTs / VLTs | Not authorized | No video-lottery-terminal statute exists outside tribal Class III gaming.[1] | ||
| Historical horse racing | Not authorized | No HHR statute identified; ch. 562 pari-mutuel definition does not reference historical race replay wagering.[1] | ||
| Sweepstakes casinos | Contested | No Wisconsin statute or court ruling specifically addresses dual-currency sweepstakes casinos; industry marketing guides claim they operate legally in Wisconsin under promotional-sweepstakes principles distinct from the Wis. Stat. ch. 945 gambling definition, but this is an industry claim, not a regulator or court determination, and no AG enforcement action was found as of this research date.[9] | ||
| Prediction markets | Contested | AG Josh Kaul sued Kalshi, Robinhood, and Coinbase in Dane County Circuit Court on April 23, 2026, alleging their sports "event contracts" violate the commercial-gambling statute (Wis. Stat. § 945.03(1m)) and constitute a public nuisance, and seeking to bar sports contracts for Wisconsin-located customers. Defendants removed the case to federal court the next day (State of Wisconsin v. Kalshi, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-00378, W.D. Wis.). The CFTC separately sought to block the state suit on federal-preemption grounds; a federal judge denied the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction in July 2026 (exact date/judge not independently confirmed this session), finding Wisconsin's gambling statute likely applies. Separately, the Ho-Chunk Nation's own suit against Kalshi over online sports gambling in Wisconsin was allowed to proceed. As of this research date, no court order actually stops Kalshi/Robinhood from offering sports-related contracts in Wisconsin.[10] | ||
| Skill games | Limited | Statute exempts "skill-based amusement devices" from the "gambling machine" definition only if they award non-cash merchandise capped at 7 times the cost of play or $5, whichever is less; cash-payout "grey machines" are not covered by this exemption and fall under the general gambling-machine prohibition. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(3) [1] | ||
| Card rooms | Not authorized | No freestanding (non-tribal) card room statute; card games occur only within tribal Class III facilities.[2] | ||
| Lottery couriers | Prohibited | Wis. Stat. § 565.17(1m), "Ticket couriers prohibited," states: "No person may operate a ticket courier service in this state." This is a direct, in-force statutory ban on third-party lottery courier services (Jackpocket, Lotto.com-style apps), separate from and in addition to § 565.17(1)'s general rule that only a retailer or the department may sell lottery tickets. Consistent with a July 2026 multistate regulatory review naming Wisconsin as one of seven states that expressly prohibit lottery courier services (with California, Florida, Indiana, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia). Wis. Stat. § 565.17(1m) [11],[12] | ||
| Pick'em fantasy | Not authorized | No Wisconsin statute or AG opinion separately addresses player-vs-house pick'em contests; under the same unresolved skill-vs-chance question affecting classic DFS (see dfs vertical), pick'em operators' legal status in Wisconsin was not independently confirmed as authorized or offered in this research pass.[7] | ||
| Pari-mutuel | Limited | Pari-mutuel wagering on horse/dog racing is a recognized statutory exception to the gambling prohibition (ch. 562), but no live, operating racetrack was confirmed as of research date; Wisconsin's dog tracks closed in the 2000s-2010s per general industry knowledge not independently re-verified this session. Wis. Stat. ch. 562 [1] | ||
| Advance deposit wagering | Not authorized | No Wisconsin statute defines or separately licenses "advance deposit wagering" as its own category. Ch. 562's interstate-wagering mechanism is narrower: § 562.01(8g) defines an "out-of-state legal wagering entity," and § 562.08(4) lets the department permit a Wisconsin-licensed racetrack or intertrack-wagering licensee (under § 562.05(1)(b)) to "simulcast races to any out-of-state legal wagering entity, and to commingle the licensee's wagering pools on those races with those of any out-of-state legal wagering entity" -- i.e., any account-wagering access would have to be routed through a Wisconsin-licensed in-state intermediary, not offered directly by an out-of-state hub. No live, operating racetrack or intertrack-wagering licensee was identified in Wisconsin (see pari_mutuel), so that statutory intermediary route is dormant. Secondary sources are mixed but mostly describe Wisconsin as excluded: a 2015 industry report and several current-era aggregator lists (WorldPopulationReview, BettingUSA's TVG review, Gambling911) consistently place Wisconsin among the states where TVG/TwinSpires account wagering is not available, while one 2023 promotional list and a separate BettingUSA Wisconsin-specific guide claim bettors there in practice use TwinSpires/AmWager informally -- neither source identifies a Wisconsin license, rule, or state authorization for that access. Treated as not_authorized (no statute authorizes a stand-alone ADW channel) rather than inferred from other states. Wis. Stat. ch. 562 [13],[14],[15] | ||
| Charitable gaming | Live | Office of Charitable Gaming issues roughly 13,000 raffle licenses and licenses about 350 bingo organizations annually (over 7,000 bingo occasions/year). Raffle original license application fee $50, bingo occasion fee $20 (effective 7/3/2025); a clerical statute error kept the raffle renewal fee at $25 despite a nominal $50 increase, with refunds issued for overpayments collected July 2025-March 2026. Fees confirmed on audit (2026-10-10) directly against primary statute text - Wis. Stat. § 563.13(4) ("A license fee of $20 for each bingo occasion ... and an annual license fee of $10 for the designated member responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts"); § 563.92(2) ("The fee shall be $50 for a raffle license"). No fixed statutory minimum player age exists for bingo - Wis. Stat. § 563.51(13)(a) permits a minor to play a bingo game if an adult relative/guardian is present, and § 563.51(13)(b) only bars a minor from conducting or assisting in the conduct of bingo; subch. VIII (raffles) contains no separate age restriction on raffle ticket purchasers. Wis. Stat. ch. 563 (bingo/raffles) [16],[17],[18],[19] | ||
| Esports betting | Not authorized | Wisconsin sports wagering exists only through tribal-state gaming compact amendments (9 of 11 federally recognized tribes as of late 2024), which authorize wagering on professional leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, etc.), pro drafts, and nationally televised awards shows, with an under-19 participant-age restriction; no amendment or source reviewed mentions esports. Gov. Evers signed AB 601 (2026-04-09) authorizing a statewide online/mobile hub-and-spoke model routed through tribal-land servers, but statewide online sports wagering (and any esports catalog) had not launched as of this research pass pending further compact amendments.[20],[21] | ||
| Social casino | Live | Competitive | No Wisconsin statute, DOA Division of Gaming rule, or AG action restricts free-to-play social casino apps with no cash-redeemable prize; such apps fall outside Wisconsin's constitutional gambling prohibition (which bans games played for "something of value," not pure free play) and are treated as operational nationally, consistent with the research guide's default for this vertical.[1] |
Sports betting in Wisconsin: status, tax rate, sportsbooks and bills →
Tax rates
| Vertical | Channel | Rate | Base | Tier | Promos deductible | Since | Statute |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skill games | retail | No tax regime exists because the exempted category carries no taxable cash revenue. Wis. Stat. § 945.01(3) excludes 'skill-based amusement devices' from the statutory 'gambling machine' definition only when payouts are non-cash merchandise capped at the lesser of 7 times the cost of play or $5; such devices are therefore unlicensed and untaxed as a matter of definition. Cash-payout 'grey machines' purporting to be skill games do not qualify for this exemption and are simply illegal unlicensed gambling machines under the general prohibition, not a taxed category. | OTHER | No | 1990 | Wis. Stat. § 945.01(3) Effective date approximate; exact enactment date of the current skill-based-amusement-device exemption language was not independently confirmed. [1] | |
| Sports (retail) | retail | 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 | No | Nov 1, 2021 | Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6; individual tribal-state compact amendments The exact current per-tribe percentage(s) were not independently confirmed against primary compact text in this research pass; the 1.75%-6.5% range is as reported in secondary coverage of the broader casino compact structure, not a single statutory figure. Separately, 2025 Act 247 (AB 601) authorizes statewide mobile sports betting but leaves the mobile revenue-share percentage to be set compact-by-compact on a tribe-by-tribe basis; no mobile rate has been confirmed as finalized as of this research pass. [22] |
Rules and requirements
Casinos
Legislation
- Summary of significant pending gambling legislation this session
- 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 (signed April 9, 2026) authorizes statewide tribal-exclusive mobile sports betting but requires individual compact renegotiation with all 11 tribes plus federal (BIA) approval before launch; Gov. Evers began compact talks June 1, 2026. A taxpayer lawsuit challenging the Act's constitutionality was pending as of this research date, with no ruling confirmed.[3],[4]
Lottery
Minimum age
- Minimum age to purchase lottery
- 18Added on audit (2026-10-10), confirmed directly against primary text: Wis. Stat. § 565.17(4)(a) ("A person under 18 years of age may not purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share. This paragraph does not prohibit a person 18 years of age or older from giving a lottery ticket or lottery share to a person under 18 years of age."); § 565.17 (4)(b)-(c) also bar a seller from selling to, or paying a prize to, anyone known to be under 18 (fetched via docs.legis.wisconsin.gov).[11]
Skill games
- Summary of skill-game legal status/litigation
- Skill-based amusement devices are exempt from the 'gambling machine' definition only if prizes are non-cash merchandise capped at 7x cost of play or $5; cash-payout machines remain prohibited.[1]
Sports betting rules
- Online sports wagering available statewide (not tethered to premises)
- NoMobile wagering is geofenced to each compacted tribe's own trust land (hub-and-spoke), not available statewide.[1]
Tax revenue
- Where gaming tax revenue goes (education fund
- Wisconsin Lottery proceeds fund property-tax relief for state residents ($4.6B cumulative per Wisconsin Lottery's own reporting as of the source retrieved).[6]
Tribal gaming
- Compact notices in the Federal Register
- 44 · first notice Apr 20, 1998, latest Mar 10, 2026
Payments from tribes to the state
| Year | Amount | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $72.8M | Compact revenue-sharing payments Up from SFY2024 partly because of COVID-19 settlement agreements. [23] |
Tribal gaming revenue in the NIGC St. Paul Region
NIGC St. Paul RegionFederal fiscal years
$2.0B$4.0B$6.0BFY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025$5.3B
The National Indian Gaming Commission reports revenue only by region. This region also includes Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska.[24]
Compact notices
| Published | Tribe | Notice | Federal Register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin | Amendment took effect without action | 91 FR 11560 |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Oneida Nation | Amendment took effect without action | 90 FR 27874 |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Ho Chunk Nation | Amendment took effect without action | 90 FR 1539 |
| Oct 16, 2024 | Stockbridge-Munsee Community | Amendment took effect without action | 89 FR 83514 |
| Apr 9, 2024 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 89 FR 24853 |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Sokaogon Chippewa Community | Amendment approved | 87 FR 69040 |
| Oct 5, 2022 | Menominee Indian Tribe | Amendment approved · effective Sep 30, 2022 | 87 FR 60409 |
| Sep 20, 2022 | Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 87 FR 57507 |
| Apr 25, 2022 | St Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 87 FR 24339 |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Forest County Potawatomi Community | Compact extended | 87 FR 21667 |
| Aug 20, 2021 | Oneida Nation | Amendment approved | 86 FR 46866 |
| Jul 23, 2020 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 85 FR 44545 |
| Apr 16, 2019 | Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 84 FR 15630 |
| Jul 18, 2017 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 82 FR 32866 |
| Jun 9, 2014 | Sokaogon Chippewa Community | Amendment approved | 79 FR 32975 |
| May 8, 2013 | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 78 FR 26801 |
| Jan 3, 2011 | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 76 FR 165 |
| Nov 8, 2010 | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewas | Amendment approved | 75 FR 68618 |
| Aug 19, 2009 | Stockbridge-Munsee Community | Amendment approved | 74 FR 41930 |
| Jun 17, 2009 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 74 FR 28723 |
| Dec 12, 2008 | an the the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, now known as the Ho-Chunk Nation | Amendment approved | 73 FR 75764 |
| Jan 31, 2006 | Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin | Compact approved | 71 FR 5068 |
| Dec 9, 2003 | Stockbridge-Munsee Community | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 68649 |
| Sep 16, 2003 | St Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin and the Red Cliff Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 54243 |
| Sep 8, 2003 | Forest County Potawatomi Community | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 52953 |
| Jul 22, 2003 | Lac Courte Oreilles Bank of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 43366 |
| Jul 3, 2003 | Sokaogon Chippewa Community | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 39964 |
| Jul 3, 2003 | Ho-Chunk Nation | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 39964 |
| May 8, 2003 | Forest County Potawatomi Community | Amendment took effect without action | 68 FR 24754 |
| Apr 8, 2003 | Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 68 FR 17072 |
| Oct 19, 2000 | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Compact approved | 65 FR 62749 |
| Apr 29, 1999 | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 64 FR 23096 |
| Mar 26, 1999 | Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 64 FR 14746 |
| Mar 11, 1999 | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 64 FR 12176 |
| Feb 1, 1999 | Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 64 FR 4891 |
| Feb 1, 1999 | Ho-Chunk Nation | Amendment approved | 64 FR 4890 |
| Feb 1, 1999 | Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 64 FR 4890 |
| Dec 22, 1998 | Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 63 FR 70792 |
| Oct 2, 1998 | Stockbridge-Munsee Community | Amendment approved | 63 FR 53093 |
| Aug 21, 1998 | St Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin | Amendment approved | 63 FR 44921 |
| Aug 21, 1998 | Oneida Tribe of Indians | Amendment approved | 63 FR 44920 |
| Aug 21, 1998 | Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 63 FR 44920 |
| Apr 20, 1998 | Sokaogon Chippewa Community | Amendment approved | 63 FR 19508 |
| Apr 20, 1998 | Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians | Amendment approved | 63 FR 19508 |
The Interior Department publishes a notice when a compact or amendment is approved or takes effect. Older compacts published before 1994 are not included.
Economy
- Adults 21 and over
- 4.5M (2024; 6.0M residents)
- Gambling taxes collected
- $290K in FY2025 · 0% of all state taxes
- Gambling jobs
- 5,091 in 2025 · $50,078 average annual payUndercount: the Bureau of Labor Statistics withholds some figures to protect individual employers.
Gambling taxes collectedState fiscal years
$500K$1.0M$1.5MFY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2025$290K
Census Bureau tax collections on amusements and pari-mutuel wagering. Most states book casino, sports betting and video gaming taxes here; amusement taxes can also include admissions taxes unrelated to gambling.
Gambling jobsAnnual average
5,00010.0K2015201720192021202320255,091
Casinos, casino hotels, card rooms, bingo halls, off-track betting and slot-route operators, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Racetracks are not included. Jobs at tribal casinos are counted as government jobs.
Gambling jobs by industry, 2025
| Industry | Ownership | Employers | Jobs | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambling industries | tribal and other government-owned | 16 | 4,975 | $49,220 |
| Gambling industries | privately owned | 20 | 116 | $86,967 |
| Casino hotels | tribal and other government-owned | withheld |
Taxes by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Amusement taxes | Pari-mutuel taxes | Share of state taxes |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $290K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2024 | $243K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2023 | $262K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2022 | $176K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2021 | $83.0K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2020 | $616K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2019 | $772K | $0 | 0.00% |
| FY2018 | $810K | $239K | 0.01% |
| FY2017 | $694K | $131K | 0.00% |
| FY2016 | $746K | $0 | 0.00% |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates: Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, States (NST-EST2025-ALLDATA); U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of State Government Tax Collections (STC): Historical Dataset; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025 annual averages, NAICS 7132 (Gambling industries)
Timeline
- Jul 1, 2026 · Court Ruling · Prediction marketsFederal court denies the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against Wisconsin's enforcement suit over sports event contracts (exact date approximate)[10]
- Jun 1, 2026 · Other · Sports (online)Gov. Evers begins tribal compact-amendment talks to implement statewide mobile sports betting under Act 247[3]
- Apr 23, 2026 · Cease And Desist · Prediction marketsAG Josh Kaul sues Kalshi, Robinhood and Coinbase in Dane County Circuit Court over sports event contracts; case removed to federal court as State of Wisconsin v. Kalshi, Inc., No. 3:26-cv-00378 (W.D. Wis.)[10]
- Apr 9, 2026 · Legalized · Sports (online)Gov. Evers signs AB 601, authorizing a statewide online/mobile sports-wagering hub-and-spoke model routed through tribal-land servers[21]
- Apr 9, 2026 · Legalized · Sports (online)Gov. Evers signs Assembly Bill 601 as 2025 Wisconsin Act 247, authorizing statewide hub-and-spoke mobile sports betting pending compact renegotiation with all 11 tribes[3]
- Mar 17, 2026 · Other · Sports (online)Wisconsin Senate passes Assembly Bill 601 (statewide tribal-exclusive mobile sports betting), 21-12[3]
- Sep 30, 2025 · Expanded · Sports (online)Division of Gaming map records 7 of 11 compacted tribes (Oneida, Forest County Potawatomi, St. Croix Chippewa, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon Chippewa, Red Cliff) offering sports wagering at some or all locations[2]
- Jul 7, 2025 · Tax Change · Charitable gamingOffice of Charitable Gaming raffle/bingo license fee increases take effect (non-retroactive)[16]
- Nov 1, 2021 · Launched · Sports (retail)Oneida Nation launches Wisconsin's first legal sports betting[5]
- Jul 1, 2021 · Legalized · Sports (retail)Wisconsin authorizes tribal sports wagering via Wis. Stat. § 945.01(1)(b)6 compact-amendment exclusion[5],[1]
- Jan 1, 2010 · Expanded · LotteryWisconsin Lottery adds Mega Millions[6]
- Apr 19, 1992 · Expanded · LotteryWisconsin Lottery begins offering Powerball, replacing original Megabucks[6]
- Aug 10, 1989 · Expanded · LotteryWisconsin joins multistate Lotto*America game; first Megabucks drawing held[6]
- Sep 16, 1988 · Launched · LotteryWisconsin Lottery begins ticket sales[6]
- Apr 7, 1987 · Legalized · LotteryWisconsin voters/legislature authorize a state lottery[6]
Regulators
- Wisconsin Division of Gaming (Dept. of Administration) — Tribal casinos, Sports (retail), Sports (online), Charitable gaming
- Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance — Tribal casinos, Sports (retail), Sports (online)
- Office of Charitable Gaming (Dept. of Administration) — Charitable gaming
- Wisconsin Lottery (Dept. of Revenue) — Lottery
Sources
- Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 945 — Gambling · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“mobile or electronic event or sports wagers, where the server is on qualifying tribal land under a pre-April 1, 1993 Indian gaming compact”
- Class III Gaming Locations (map) · Wisconsin Division of Gaming, Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Locations offering sports wagering as of September 30, 2025 are noted with an asterisk.”
- Evers signs a law legalizing online sports betting in Wisconsin · The Gazette (Janesville) · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Taxpayers take on Wisconsin online sports betting law · Courthouse News Service · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Sports betting in the United States · Wikipedia · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“Legalized on April 30, 2019; allows only online betting.”
- Wisconsin Lottery · Wikipedia (secondary) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Legislator Proposing Bill To Legalize, Regulate Daily Fantasy Sports Websites · Wisconsin Public Radio · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin representative makes push to classify DFS as game of skill · Gaming Intelligence · press · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin Online Casinos Guide: WI Casino Legality & More · RotoWire · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Is Kalshi legal in Wisconsin? · CoinStats · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin Statutes § 565.17 — Limitations on ticket and share sales and purchases · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“565.17(1m) Ticket couriers prohibited. No person may operate a ticket courier service in this state. ... A person under 18 years of age may not purchase a lottery ticket or lottery share. This paragraph does not prohibit a person 18 years of age or older from giving a lottery ticket or lottery share to a person under 18 years of age.”
- Lottery Courier Services in the US: Latest Regulatory Developments Explained · Vixio · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“five states, Arkansas, Colorado, New Jersey, New York, and Oregon, now expressly regulate lottery courier services”
- Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 562 — Regulation of Racing and On-Track Pari-Mutuel Wagering · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“The department may permit a licensee under s. 562.05 (1) (b) to simulcast races to any out-of-state legal wagering entity, and to commingle the licensee's wagering pools on those races with those of any out-of-state legal wagering entity to which the licensee is permitted to simulcast those races.”
- Can't Open a Betting Account at TVG, TwinSpires From Wisconsin, Missouri, More · Gambling911 · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Wisconsin Horse Racing Betting · BettingUSA · secondary · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Office of Charitable Gaming · Wisconsin Department of Administration · regulator page · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“issues about 13,000 raffle licenses a year”
- Wis. Stat. § 563.13 Affidavits and fees · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“A license fee of $20 for each bingo occasion proposed to be conducted and an annual license fee of $10 for the designated member responsible for the proper utilization of gross receipts.”
- Wis. Stat. § 563.92 License · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“The fee shall be $50 for a raffle license and shall be remitted with the application. A raffle license shall be valid for 12 months...”
- Wis. Stat. § 563.51(13) Age limitations · Wisconsin Legislature (Legislative Reference Bureau) · statute · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
“A minor may not play a bingo game conducted by a licensed organization unless an adult who is a relative of the minor by blood, marriage, or adoption, or the minor's guardian, is present in the building or on the premises while the minor plays the game. ... A minor may not conduct or assist in the conduct of bingo.”
- Wisconsin Tribal Gaming Market Deep Dive 2026 · TribalGaming.com · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin Online Sports Betting 2026 Launch Status · Deuces Cracked (operator-facing secondary source) · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin Approves Tribal-Exclusive Mobile Sports Betting - What Bettors Need To Know · Gambling.com · secondary · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
- Wisconsin Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance, Gaming 2024-2025 Annual Report · Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming · regulator report · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“The Compacts with the Native Nations in the State of Wisconsin contain provisions that require the Nations to share a portion of Class III gaming revenue with the state. These provisions are unique to each Nation's Compact... pursuant to the requirements of the Compacts, Class III gaming revenue data is not subject to public release except in the aggregate.”
- NIGC FY 2025 Gross Gaming Revenue Report · National Indian Gaming Commission · regulator report · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
“FY 2025’s GGR of $46.2 billion marks the highest ever GGR for the Indian gaming industry.”