Legal Sports Betting Legislation Tracker

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STATE	STATUS	BILL/LEGISLATION	MOBILE / RETAIL SPORTSBOOK
Alabama	No action
Alaska	No action
Arizona	Pending	A new bill introduced in 2019 would legalize sports betting, only at "federally recognized Indian tribes" with a tribal-state compact with AZ.	Probably retail only
Arkansas	Legal	A referendum on the Nov. 6 2018 ballot allows several casinos to open and permit legal sports betting. First retail sportsbook opened in July 2019 at Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs, Ark.	Retail only
California	No recent action	It's a mess and may be a while. A bill proposing a constitutional amendment to permit legal wagering didn't go anywhere.	N/A
Colorado	Legal, not yet live	Voters narrowly approved sports betting through a Nov. 2019 ballot referendum.	Both coming
Connecticut	Pending	Several bills are on on table but a tug-of-war between stakeholders and tribal-state compacts have stalled progress.	Would be both in any final bill
Delaware	Legal	Grandfathered under PASPA; no new legislation deemed necessary	Retail only
District of Columbia	Legal but not live	The Sports Wagering Lottery Amendment Act of 2018 legalized sports betting in D.C. The Council voted in February to bypass an RFP process and award a sole-source contract to Intralot to roll out the city's only mobile sportsbook.	Both
Florida	Pending	There's been some chatter and one bill on the matter but ultimately, the Seminole Tribe will likely play a big role in how and whether legal sports betting proceeds	To be determined
Georgia	No action
Hawaii	No recent action	A bill to study legal sports betting went nowhere
Idaho	No action
Illinois	Legalized at the last minute in June '19. Regulations forthcoming	Well, they did it. SB 690 was the vehicle.	Retail sportsbooks will come first and those properties will be allowed to go online -- however, with in-person registration required for the first 18 months. A "penalty box" basically shuts out DraftKings and FanDuel, which will be able to apply for a mobile-only license in early 2021 (for just $20 mm).
Indiana	Legal	An 11th hour bill passed before the session closed in April '18. First retail sportsbooks launched in early September '19.	Both. Remote online sportsbook registration allowed.
Iowa	Legal	First retail sportsbooks launched in August 2018, many followed shortly online	Both but in-person registration required for online sportsbooks until Jan. 2021
Kansas	Pending	Lot of bills on table, lot of talk, no real action.
Kentucky	Pending	Lot of bills on table, lot of talk, no real action. Proponents saw major pushback from conservative/religious groups
Louisiana	Pending	Bill has passed state senate to legalize on casino premises. Vote would ultimately have to go to parish-by-parish vote.	Retail
Maine	Pending	They're moving forward with a "concept bill"	To be determined
Maryland	Pending	Big topic of conversation but an effort to get it on the ballot for a referendum failed in 2019.
Massachusetts	Pending	Whole lot of bills on table and a governor in support. There's a decent chance for it to happen in 2019.	Would be both
Michigan	Pending	The legislature passed Brandt Iden's sports betting and iGaming bill at the end of 2018, however the outgoing governor vetoed it. Iden will press on this session and there's been movement.	Would be both
Minnesota	Pending	Rep. Pat Garofolo will introduced a bill that legalizes sports wagering on premises of tribal casinos, only.	Retail only
Mississippi	Legal	Sportsbooks went live in August 2018, however a measure to allow statewide online/mobile sports betting failed in 2019.	Retail only
Missouri	Pending	There's several bills bouncing around the legislature, with various degrees of support. To be determined.	Probably both
Montana	Legal, not yet live	Bill passed in May 2019 to legalize through the Montana Lottery in bars and taverns	Retail only
Nebraska	No action
Nevada	Legal	Mecca of sports betting since 1949 or so	Both
New Hampshire	Legal	The New Hampshire Lottery will be the regulator and a new Division of Sports Wagering will be created. The NH Lottery selected DraftKings Sportsbook only for the state, to the exclusion of all others.	Both. Remote registration allowed for online sportsbooks. Physical locations can be “co-located with other commercial businesses or general commercial retail locations.”
New Jersey	Legal	Went live in June 2018	Both
New Mexico	Legal-ish	There's sportsbooks operating at three tribal sportsbooks currently, a pair of them near Albuquerque, as the state AG has interpreted the tribal-state compacts as allowing sports wagering	Retail only
New York	Legal in-person at four upstate casinos and at several Native American casinos.	Regulations approve in-person sports betting. There's language in the Upstate New York Gaming Development Act of 2013 that permits this, but not online/mobile.	Retail only
North Carolina	Pending	A bill on the table would legalize at a pair of tribal casinos	Retail only
North Dakota	Pending	Two bills to legalize are were on the table but didn't pass before the 2019 session closed.	Unclear
Ohio	Pending	Ohio policymakers are taking their time behind the scenes; House and Senate differ as to who will regulate.	Probably will be both once they reach consensus on other issues
Oklahoma	Pending	In a holding pattern. Need buy-in from state tribes
Oregon	Pending	Oregon's Sports Action Lottery, which allowed parlay wagering on NFL and NBA games at times from 1989-2007, was grandfathered in under PASPA. The State Lottery now has plans to roll out a sports betting game on its app for 2020	To be determined
Pennsylvania	Legal	Just waiting for mobile platforms to become available	Both
Rhode Island	Legal	Legalized in 2018 at the state's two casinos, Twin River in Lincoln and the Tiverton, which launched in late 2018.	Both, although there's a constitutional challenge to the 2019 law allowing mobile wagering
South Carolina	No action
South Dakota	No action
Tennessee	Legal, not yet live	The first online/mobile-only bill	Online only
Texas	No action
Utah	Never
Vermont	Pending	Legislature has seen a few bills but none yet with traction	Unclear
Virginia	Pending	In 2019 were three bills on the table. HB 1638, HB 2210, SB 1238, in a state with no casinos and one racetrack.	Likely at least mobile at some point
Washington	Pending	There's two House bills in the legislature, HB 1992 the other HB 1975. HB 1992 would legalize sports betting at horse tracks, OTBs and tribal casinos.	Unclear
West Virginia	Legal	Senate Bill 415, aka the "West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act" passed in March, legalizing sports betting in the Mountain State.	Both, but no online/operators after the only one went offline
Wisconsin	No action
Wyoming	No action

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