{"id":64460,"date":"2024-06-12T11:56:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T11:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonusfinder.com\/?page_id=64460"},"modified":"2024-07-23T11:18:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T11:18:29","slug":"states-where-gambling-is-legal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bonusfinder.com\/guide\/states-where-gambling-is-legal","title":{"rendered":"Gambling Laws by state"},"content":{"rendered":"
As of May 24, 2024,<\/p>\n
As per the American Gaming Association (AGA), there are 36 jurisdictions in which commercial casinos or sports betting and gaming operations in 2023. 27 states have land-based commercial casinos. The Las Vegas strip in Nevada is the biggest commerical gaming hub in the US in terms of market and year-on-year gains. <\/p>\n
The American Gaming Association (AGA) defines commercial casino locations as follows:<\/p>\n
\nlicensed, individual land-based casinos, riverboat casinos, and racetrack casinos (racinos). Commercial casino locations do not include other forms of commercial gaming locations, such as bars, taverns or truck stops with video lottery terminals, or other locations in which gaming is incidental to the location’s primary business. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
The data here does not include horse or dog racetracks without electronic gaming devices (such as slot machines, poker machine, VLTs), historical horse racing terminal locations or off-track betting, lottery retail locations, charitable gaming venues, tribal gaming<\/a> facilities as defined by the National Indian Gaming Commission, card rooms or other locations.<\/p>\n
The data above can be very confusing. That is why break it down below for you according to online casino gaming, sports betting, and traditional casinos. You will note that it is a slightly complicated situation in the US; a state with retail or tribal casinos may not have legalized online casinos or online sportsbooks. What is more common is that a state with online casinos has online sports betting options too. <\/p>\n
\u2b50 State-by-State iGaming or Online Casino Regulations<\/h2>\n
Online casinos, or iGaming, are regulated and legally available in seven states in the US. Six states\u2014Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia have a full range of online casino games. The state of Nevada permits strictly online poker games. Rhode Island recently passed a law to legalize iGaming in 2023 with Bally’s as the sole operator online and offline. <\/p>\n
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