The United States is not one market. Real-money online casino, online sports betting and sweepstakes sites are each legislated state by state, and the rules changed materially in 2025 and 2026. Pick your state to see what applies.
Your state
Every state and DC, coloured by whether a regulator licenses online casino play. Equal tiles rather than real geography: two of the eight regulated markets are among the smallest states in the country.
These states license real-money online casino operators directly.
No state regulator licenses online casino here. What varies is everything else: whether sports betting is legal, whether sweepstakes sites are tolerated, and the age at which any of it applies.
| State | Online casino | Sports betting | Sweepstakes | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Illegal | Illegal | Allowed | 21+ |
| Alaska | Illegal | Illegal | Allowed | — |
| Arizona | Illegal | Legal online | Restricted | 21+ |
| Arkansas | Illegal | Legal online | Allowed | 21+ |
| California | Illegal | Illegal | Banned | 18+ |
| Colorado | Illegal | Legal online | Allowed | 21+ |
| District of Columbia | Bills pending | Legal online | Unclear | — |
| Florida | Illegal | Legal online | Allowed | 21+ |
| Georgia | Illegal | Illegal | Allowed | — |
| Hawaii | Illegal | Illegal | Allowed | — |
| Idaho | Illegal | Illegal | Restricted | 18+ |
| Illinois | Illegal | Legal online | Restricted | 21+ |
| Indiana | Illegal | Legal online | Banned | 21+ |
| Iowa | Illegal | Legal online | Restricted | 21+ |
| Kansas | Illegal | Legal online | Allowed | 21+ |
| Kentucky | Illegal | Legal online | Allowed | — |
| Louisiana | Illegal | Legal online | Banned | 21+ |
| Maryland | Not authorised | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| Massachusetts | Not authorised | Legal online | Allowed | 21+ |
| Minnesota | Not authorised | Illegal | Restricted | 18+ |
| Mississippi | Not authorised | Retail only | Unclear | 21+ |
| Missouri | Not authorised | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| Montana | Illegal | Retail only | Banned | 18+ |
| Nebraska | Not authorised | Retail only | Unclear | 21+ |
| Nevada | Not authorised | Legal online | Banned | 21+ |
| New Hampshire | Bills pending | Legal online | Unclear | 18+ |
| New Mexico | Not authorised | Retail only | Unclear | 21+ |
| New York | Bills pending | Legal online | Banned | 21+ |
| North Carolina | Not authorised | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| North Dakota | Not authorised | Retail only | Allowed | 21+ |
| Ohio | Bills pending | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| Oklahoma | Not authorised | Illegal | Banned | 18+ |
| Oregon | Not authorised | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| South Carolina | Illegal | Illegal | Unclear | 21+ |
| South Dakota | Not authorised | Retail only | Unclear | 21+ |
| Tennessee | Illegal | Legal online | Banned | — |
| Texas | Illegal | Illegal | Allowed | 21+ |
| Utah | Illegal | Illegal | Banned | — |
| Vermont | Not authorised | Legal online | Restricted | — |
| Virginia | Bills pending | Legal online | Unclear | 21+ |
| Washington | Illegal | Retail only | Banned | 18+ |
| Wisconsin | Not authorised | Retail only | Unclear | 21+ |
| Wyoming | Not authorised | Legal online | Unclear | 18+ |
Offshore crypto casinos hold licences from places like Curaçao or Anjouan. Those licences give them no standing with any US state regulator, and most of them block US residents in their own terms. A state that has not legalised online casino has not made an offshore site legal either.
