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Online casino
Real-money online casino gambling is legal and live in 7 states: Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia, as of Oct 11, 2026. Maine has legalized it but not yet launched.
Online casino games (slots, table games, live dealer).
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By state
| State | Status | Launched | Model | Current tax | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | Live | Oct 12, 2021 | Monopoly Tribal | 20% GGR (online) 18% GGR (online) | Online casino gaming (slots, table games, live dealer) offered only through the two tribal-affiliated skins (DraftKings/Foxwoods, FanDuel/Mohegan Sun); taxed at 18% of GGR, rising to 20% in 2026. |
| Delaware | Live | Oct 31, 2013 | Monopoly State | 42.5% GGR (online) 15.5% GGR (online) | Run directly by the Lottery (not a licensed-operator model) at the 3 casinos; Delaware became the first state to launch regulated online real-money casino games, on October 31, 2013 (games provided by 888 Holdings), narrowly ahead of New Jersey. Online poker followed within about 1-2 weeks once the multistate Nevada-Delaware poker network pieces were in place; sources differ on whether poker was part of the October 31 launch or followed in mid-November 2013, so the poker-specific go-live date is not pinned down to the day. |
| Michigan | Live | Jan 22, 2021 | Competitive | 20% AGR (online) $0–$4.0M 22% AGR (online) $4.0M–$8.0M 24% AGR (online) $8.0M–$10.0M 26% AGR (online) $10.0M–$12.0M 28% AGR (online) $12.0M–∞ | Online casino (slots, table games, live dealer) tethered to the 3 Detroit commercial casinos and compacted tribes; one skin per land-based casino. Graduated commercial tax of 20-28% of adjusted gross receipts (see tax_rates); tribal operators are taxed under a parallel structure in MCL 432.314(2) tied to compact terms rather than the commercial tiers. |
| New Jersey | Live | Nov 21, 2013 | Competitive | 19.75% GGR (online) | Online casino revenue overtook land-based Atlantic City casino win for the first time in 2025. |
| Pennsylvania | Live | Jul 15, 2019 | Competitive | 54% GGR (online) | Licenses limited to the state's existing casino/racino operators; separate skins for slots, table games and poker. |
| Rhode Island | Live | Mar 1, 2024 | Monopoly State | 61% GGR (online) 15.5% GGR (online) | Online slot and table gaming ("iGaming") launched March 1, 2024 through Bally Interactive, the only operator; players must be 21+ and physically located in Rhode Island, verified by the server-based system. Online slot revenue splits 61% state / 22.55% platform vendor / 15% game vendor / 1.45% to the Towns of Lincoln and Tiverton; online table gaming splits 15.5% state / 35% platform vendor / 48.5% game vendor / 1% to Lincoln and Tiverton (80%/20%). |
| West Virginia | Live | Jul 1, 2020 | Competitive | 15% AGR (online) | HB 2934 (2019) made WV the 5th state to legalize online gambling; first legal online casinos launched July 2020. Authorized only at the state's 4 racetracks and the Greenbrier historic resort hotel; each may apply for 1 operator license covering up to 3 online skins (max 15 online casinos statewide). |
| Maine | Legal, not launched | Monopoly Tribal | 18% AGR (online) | LD 1164 became law without Governor Mills' signature on Jan. 11, 2026, creating a tribal-exclusive online casino ("Internet gaming") regime: only a federally recognized tribe physically located in Maine may hold an Internet gaming license (1 per tribe, $50,000 fee, 1-year term); min age 21; taxed at 18% of adjusted gross Internet gaming receipts. Covers blackjack, poker, craps, roulette, baccarat and similar approved games via app/platform; excludes slots/table games at casinos, pari-mutuel, fantasy contests, sports wagering, and ADW. As of Oct. 2026, no operator has launched: the Gambling Control Unit's implementing rules (Chapters 70-84, covering licensing, house rules, internal controls, cybersecurity, geolocation, RG, and advertising) remain in rulemaking, with comment periods closing June 5, July 27, and (a third round) Oct. 30, 2026, and no chapters yet listed as adopted. Churchill Downs' Oxford Casino sued the Gambling Control Unit's executive director in the U.S. District Court for Maine on Jan. 23, 2026, calling the tribal-exclusive licensing scheme an unconstitutional "race-based monopoly" under equal-protection and Commerce Clause theories; all 4 Wabanaki tribes intervened, and the suit's outcome was unresolved as of the research conducted. Commercially, Caesars Entertainment announced June 24, 2026 that it is expanding its existing Wabanaki sports-wagering partnership to cover online casino gaming, bringing 3 brands (Caesars Palace Online Casino, Caesars Sportsbook & Casino, Horseshoe Online Casino) pending regulatory approval; DraftKings is separately partnered with the Passamaquoddy Tribe. One low-confidence industry blog (DeucesCracked) claims specific operators already went live Mar.-May 2026, but this conflicts with the open rulemaking status and more credible reporting framing 2026 as a target, not a confirmed launch, so it is not relied on here and the vertical is kept at legal_prelaunch rather than operational. | |
| Virginia | Contested | HB 161 (House) and SB 118 (Senate) both passed their chamber in Feb. 2026 but a conference committee failed to reconcile tax-rate and regulator differences before the session ended; both bills carry a reenactment clause for the 2027 session. JLARC projected ~$4.1B in net revenue over the first 5 years. | |||
| Hawaii | Prohibited | No enabling legislation; covered by the general gambling prohibition. | |||
| Idaho | Prohibited | Online casino games are casino-style gambling, barred even as to the constitution's own exceptions. | |||
| Montana | Prohibited | SB 555 (signed May 23, 2025, effective Oct. 1, 2025) rewrote "internet gambling" to explicitly include online casinos "by whatever name known," with felony penalties; carves out only platforms using no currency at all. | |||
| Utah | Prohibited | Online casino games are "online gambling"; no licensing framework exists. | |||
| Washington | Prohibited | Transmitting or receiving gambling information by telephone/internet is a felony under RCW 9.46.240 with narrow exceptions (lawful pari-mutuel, lottery); no online casino authorized for tribal or commercial operators. | |||
| Wyoming | Prohibited | Wyoming Gaming Commission's May 2025 public warning states online casino games (slots, blackjack, roulette) for real money "remain strictly prohibited" and that no online casino/iGaming site is licensed. | |||
| Alabama | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; not part of the 2024 or prior comprehensive packages, which focused on lottery, retail/online sports betting, and up to 7 land-based casinos. | |||
| Alaska | Not authorized | No licensing framework exists for real-money online casino games; secondary trackers describe Alaska as having no regulated online gaming. | |||
| Arizona | Not authorized | HB 2772 (2021) authorized event wagering, DFS and keno only; it did not authorize online casino games (slots/table games/live dealer). No igaming bill has been enacted as of Oct. 2026. | |||
| Arkansas | Not authorized | Companion bills (SB 524 and HB 1861) to license the state's three casinos for online casino gaming were filed in March 2025; SB 524 was withdrawn and HB 1861 was pulled and referred to a House Judiciary Committee interim study ahead of the 2026 fiscal session, so no iGaming authorization has passed as of this research. | |||
| California | Not authorized | No statute or ballot measure has authorized online casino games; this was not part of either 2022 proposition. | |||
| Colorado | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; a Feb. 2026 poll (commissioned by an anti-iGaming advocacy group) found 80% of CO voters opposed legalizing it, and no igaming bill has advanced in the General Assembly as of early 2026. | |||
| District of Columbia | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games (slots/table/live dealer); the general gambling-device prohibition applies. | |||
| Florida | Not authorized | No Florida statute or compact provision authorizes online casino games generally; the 2021 compact's exclusivity for Covered Games (slots, banked card games, craps, roulette, sports betting, fantasy sports) is limited to those enumerated activities, and the compact commits the Tribe and State only to negotiate in good faith within 36 months toward possible online/mobile expansion of all Covered Games. | |||
| Georgia | Not authorized | No casino gaming of any kind, land-based or online, is authorized in Georgia. | |||
| Illinois | Not authorized | No Illinois statute authorizes online casino games; the Criminal Code's Internet-gambling prohibition (720 ILCS 5/28-1(a)(12)) applies. No igaming bill has passed the General Assembly as of October 2026. | |||
| Indiana | Not authorized | No statute authorizes real-money online casino games. HB 1432 (2025, 26% tiered AGR tax proposal) never got a Ways & Means vote. A 2026 iGaming amendment was attached to HB 1052 but the committee took no vote on it, and the sponsor shelved iGaming for 2026 in favor of the lottery and sweepstakes-ban bills. Legislative leaders (Speaker Huston) have said they are open to it but no consensus version exists as of October 2026. | |||
| Iowa | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games (slots/table games) in Iowa; ch. 99F covers only land-based gambling games plus sports wagering. | |||
| Kansas | Not authorized | No Kansas statute authorizes online casino games; not referenced in KELA or KRGC materials reviewed. | |||
| Kentucky | Not authorized | No iGaming/online casino statute identified in Kentucky. | |||
| Louisiana | Not authorized | No Louisiana statute authorizes online casino games (slots/table/live dealer); casino-style gaming is confined to licensed riverboat/land-based premises and tribal facilities. | |||
| Maryland | Not authorized | The regulator states no real-money online casino games are legal in Maryland; multiple bills to legalize iGaming have been introduced but not enacted as of 2026. | |||
| Massachusetts | Not authorized | Not authorized. H.4431 (filed Aug 18, 2025) would have created an MGC-regulated iGaming market tethered to the 3 existing casinos plus new licenses, while simultaneously banning sweepstakes casinos. The Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies voted 11-0 on Mar. 16, 2026 to send the bill to study, which effectively killed it for the 2025-2026 session; sponsor Rep. David Muradian said he plans to refile for 2027-2028. iGaming remains illegal in Massachusetts as of Oct. 2026. | |||
| Minnesota | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; "gambling device"/"video game of chance" definitions in § 609.75 apply outside licensed charitable or tribal contexts. | |||
| Mississippi | Not authorized | No Mississippi statute authorizes online casino games (slots/table/live dealer); casino gaming is confined to licensed land-based/riverboat premises under the Gaming Control Act. | |||
| Missouri | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; Chapter 572/573 general gambling prohibitions apply outside licensed riverboat casinos. | |||
| Nebraska | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; "game of chance" under the Racetrack Gaming Act is defined around in-person operation within a licensed racetrack enclosure. | |||
| Nevada | Not authorized | Interactive gaming under Regulation 5A is limited to poker; blackjack, roulette, slots and other banked casino games were excluded when the regulation was adopted in 2011 due to land-based industry opposition. A 2021 proposal to remove the poker-only limit was shelved; 2026 Regulation 5A amendments addressed definitions and interactive systems but did not add banked casino games. | |||
| New Hampshire | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; RSA 647:2's general gambling prohibition applies outside the specific carve-outs (lottery, sports book, fantasy sports, charitable games of chance, private home poker, family entertainment centers, antique machines, cruise ships). | |||
| New Mexico | Not authorized | Neither the Gaming Control Act (which licenses only land-based gaming machines/non-house- banked card games at fixed premises) nor the 2015 tribal compacts authorize online casino games. Compact Section 17 is not itself a ban: it provides that "[i]n the event that internet gaming is authorized within the State, the State and the Tribe agree that they will reopen good faith negotiations" on compact adjustments. A February 2025 AG opinion applied this reopener clause to a lottery-courier app, concluding that a phone-based "first step of playing" is sufficient to constitute "internet gaming" for Section 17 purposes -- a reading that, if extended, would treat most igaming as compact-impacting even though no NM statute affirmatively authorizes it. | |||
| New York | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games in New York; only mobile sports wagering and interactive fantasy sports are permitted online. | |||
| North Carolina | Not authorized | No iGaming/online casino statute identified; not addressed by Chapter 18C. | |||
| North Dakota | Not authorized | State law prohibits online gaming in North Dakota, per the Attorney General's Gaming Division. | |||
| Ohio | Not authorized | Not legal as of Oct. 2026. HB 298 (Rep. Brian Stewart, filed May 2025; 28% GGR tax, licenses limited to the 4 casinos/7 racinos, would also ban sweepstakes casinos) and SB 197 (Sen. Nathan Manning; broader bill adding igaming, ilottery and ADW, rates up to 40%) both stalled in committee with no vote. Gov. DeWine has repeatedly opposed online casino expansion; sponsor says a push is unlikely before a new governor takes office in 2027. | |||
| Oklahoma | Not authorized | No statute or compact provision authorizes online casino games. | |||
| Oregon | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games through the Lottery or otherwise. | |||
| South Carolina | Not authorized | No authorizing statute; online casino games fall under the general prohibitions on banked/table games and gambling machines (§§16-19-40, 16-19-50, 12-21-2710). | |||
| South Dakota | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games. | |||
| Tennessee | Not authorized | No iGaming statute; Tennessee has no commercial casino industry. | |||
| Texas | Not authorized | No igaming legislation advanced in 2025; tied to the same failed casino/gambling expansion push (HJR 137/SJR 82). | |||
| Vermont | Not authorized | No statute authorizes online casino games; 13 V.S.A. ch. 51 general gambling/lottery prohibitions apply outside the Lottery, sports wagering, and licensed charitable break-open-ticket carve-outs. | |||
| Wisconsin | Not authorized | No statute or compact provision authorizes online casino-style games. |