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Online Sports Betting Legalization Timeline: Launches by State
30 states and DC have launched full statewide online sports betting. Nevada was first (2010); the most recent statewide launch is Missouri (Dec 1, 2025).
The busiest year was 2019, with 7 launches.
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Number of states with online sports betting live, statewide or limited/geofenced · through Oct 20, 2026 · Online sports betting
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Data
| State | Launched |
|---|---|
| Missouri | Dec 1, 2025 |
| North Carolina | Mar 11, 2024 |
| Vermont | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Delaware | Jan 3, 2024 |
| Florida | Nov 7, 2023 |
| Maine | Nov 3, 2023 |
| Kentucky | Sep 28, 2023 |
| Massachusetts | Mar 10, 2023 |
| Ohio | Jan 1, 2023 |
| Maryland | Nov 23, 2022 |
| Kansas | Sep 1, 2022 |
| Louisiana | Jan 28, 2022 |
| New York | Jan 8, 2022 |
| Arkansas | 2022 |
| Washington | Dec 2021 |
| Connecticut | Oct 12, 2021 |
| Arizona | Sep 9, 2021 |
| Wyoming | Sep 2021 |
| Michigan | Jan 22, 2021 |
| Virginia | Jan 21, 2021 |
| Tennessee | Nov 2020 |
| Illinois | Jun 18, 2020 |
| Colorado | May 1, 2020 |
| Montana | May 2020 |
| District of Columbia | 2020 |
| New Hampshire | Dec 30, 2019 |
| Indiana | Oct 3, 2019 |
| Oregon | Oct 2019 |
| Rhode Island | Sep 2019 |
| West Virginia | Aug 26, 2019 |
| Iowa | Aug 15, 2019 |
| Pennsylvania | May 28, 2019 |
| New Jersey | Aug 1, 2018 |
| Mississippi | Jul 21, 2018 |
| Nevada | 2010 |
Notes
Mississippi, Montana, Washington and Delaware allow online sports betting only in a limited, geofenced form — mobile wagering on the physical premises of a casino or tribal property, not statewide — so they appear in the chart and table above but not in the statewide count.