After the US Supreme Court’s ruling to repeal the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in May 2018, a lot more states allow sports betting. In fact, there’s plenty more that began the process to legalize sports wagering in their region since then. At the time, only a handful of states had legal sports betting. Since then, more than two dozen states have started entertaining the concept of sports gambling in their jurisdiction.

Not all 50 states have passed legislation to allow retail stores and online bookies from offering sports betting. Nevertheless, US players now have the option to either visit sportsbooks at a local retailer or website online in Nevada, Delaware, New Jersey, Mississippi, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and many other states.

States with Legal Online Sports Betting

For a long time, most states in America weren’t able to enjoy some of the luxuries of collecting taxes from the billion-dollar industry due to their longstanding gambling laws. More recently, lawmakers in states such as Georgia have also begun proceeding over possibly enacting legislation that allows sports betting in the region. Additionally, Maine had passed a sports betting bill in the legislature back in 2019 before it was vetoed by the governor.

Here’s a list of states that allow sports betting either from a land-based retailer/casino or gambling online:

State
Retail or Casino
Online
Date when it was officially launched

Arkansas
No
Yes
1 July 2019

Colorado
Yes
Yes
1 May 2020

Delaware
No
Yes
5 June 2018

Illinois
Yes
Yes
9 March 2020

Indiana
Yes
Yes
30 August 2019

Iowa
Yes
Yes
15 August 2019

Michigan
Yes
Yes
11 March 2020

Mississippi
No
Yes
1 August 2018

Montana
On-Premises Only
Yes
9 March 2020

Nevada
Yes
Yes
1931

New Hampshire
Yes
Yes
30 December 2019

New Jersey
Yes
Yes
15 May 2018

New Mexico
No
Yes
16 October 2018

New York
No
Yes
16 June 2019

Oregon
Yes
Yes
27 August 2019

Pennsylvania
Yes
Yes
15 November 2018

Rhode Island
Yes
Yes
26 November 2018

Tennessee
Yes
Yes
1 November 2020

West Virginia
Yes
No
1 September 2018

Washington, DC
Yes
Yes
28 May 2020

Virginia
Yes
Yes
21 January 2021

States Where Gambling Is Illegal

Even though there has been progress made by some states, the more conservative states regarding gambling have yet to amend their laws. Here’s a list of states that either does not allow sports betting or have bills pending approval from the regulators:

Louisiana
Maryland
North Carolina
South Dakota
Washington

The following states have has begun the process of discussion at the state legislature level but the bill has not been passed:

Arizona
California
Connecticut
Kansas
Kentucky
Maine
Missouri
Ohio
Georgia
Massachusetts
Oklahoma
South Caroline
Alabama
Alaska
Florida
Hawaii
Idaho
Minnesota
Nebraska
North Dakota
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming