New Jersey and Nevada are kings in terms of the amount of money wagered on sports betting. But since the introduction of online sports betting, the amount of sports betting in New York is much higher. However, these are only three of the more than 30 states that report their sports betting numbers. When it comes to the amount of money wagered on U.S. sports betting, 2021 saw more than $57 billion in bets placed. In total, U.S. sports betting generated $4.29 billion in revenue from legal sports betting. However, that was their sum before they sent taxpayers` money to local governments. Among them, several states have laws in the works to legalize sports betting, while others have yet to take significant steps toward legalization. Click on your status to find out if online sports betting might come to you in the near future. Legal: Sports betting is legal in the country`s capital, both online and in person. Mobile options are limited based on location.
Mobile sports betting is not allowed on federal property, and other betting options are limited to sports venues such as Nationals Park. Illinois launched head-to-head betting on March 9, 2020 (just before an NCAA tournament that didn`t take place) and launched online betting in June 2020. It was a forerunner in the legalization of online betting in 2022 and is expected to be again in 2023. The good news: In addition to a growing appetite in the legislature, Governor Roy Cooper is a strong advocate of online sports betting. His term expires in 2025. The Hawkeye State has been completely legal for online, mobile and physical sports betting since May 2019 and offers a very good selection of online sports betting. Thanks to a limited exception in the federal sports betting ban that allowed it to offer parlay cards, Oregon officials found that the state lottery could accept betting without a separate piece of legislation. The state lottery app took its first bet in 2019, but with only one legal mobile betting option, it couldn`t compete with competitive markets. D.C. is technically a single operating jurisdiction. The only legal district-wide mobile app, GamBetDC, is run by the lottery and, in part because it has no legal competition, has offered lines worse than the market average.
In addition, the application is geolocated from all federal real estate, a big problem in the nation`s capital. Minnesota nearly legalized sports betting in 2022, and lawmakers are expected to resume it in 2023. Retail sports betting was introduced in many municipalities in October 2021. Mobile sports betting was launched in January 2022. New York passed a law in 2013 that legalized statewide sports betting, but the state didn`t open its first official bookmaker until July 2019. Mobile sports betting was introduced on January 8, 2022 and there are now nine live online sports betting in the Empire State. However, all betting on state college games and events, including betting on player accessories, is prohibited. Both online sports betting and physical sports betting became legal in the first half of 2020. Currently, players are required to register for online betting at a licensed physical casino. Legal: Sports betting is legal in Oregon, both online and in person. But the online action is limited to the official state bookmaker: DraftKings. Vermont initially allows very little gambling, but there is a bill to legalize mobile sports betting in the state.
A bill was considered in 2021 but has not been legalized. Online only: Online sports betting is legal in Tennessee, but personal acts are prohibited. It is one of only two states in the United States (along with Wyoming) to have such an agreement. With a handful of states already offering legal sports betting and tons more ready to join us, there`s never been a better time to be a sports fan in the United States. In July 2018, FanDuel signed a deal with Paddy Power Betfair and merged with Betfair US, TVG and DRAFT to become part of the FanDuel group. FanDuel`s first stop was in New Jersey`s Meadowlands, where it became a pioneering sports betting brand on horse racing. FanDuel has since launched online sports betting apps in several states, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, West Virginia and Indiana. Online betting offers bettors different conveniences depending on the restriction of a state`s sports betting regulations. Under current state laws, sports betting is not expressly prohibited, nor is Class III gaming prohibited in gambling contracts shared between tribes and the state. This allowed the Pueblos of the Santa Ana tribe to open their own non-legal, but also technically non-illegal bookmaker in their state-owned casino.
