| Sports (online) | Not authorized | | | Repeated bills (SB 386/SR 579 in 2024; HR 450/HB 686 in 2025 and 2026) would have authorized online sports wagering pending a constitutional amendment; none has passed. See legislation.pending_summary fact.[1],[2],[3],[4],[5] |
| Sports (retail) | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes retail sports wagering; general gambling prohibition applies. Legalization requires a constitutional amendment (two-thirds vote), which has failed every session since 2018.[1],[2],[6] |
| Online casino | Not authorized | | | No casino gaming of any kind, land-based or online, is authorized in Georgia.[1],[2] |
| Online poker | Not authorized | | | Wagering money on a card game is gambling under O.C.G.A. 16-12-21(a)(3); no carve-out exists for poker, online or otherwise.[1] |
| Commercial casinos | Not authorized | | | No commercial casino licensing statute exists; operating or sharing in the earnings of a gambling place is a felony under O.C.G.A. 16-12-22.[2] |
| Tribal casinos | Not authorized | | | No federally recognized tribe holds Indian lands in Georgia, so no IGRA Class II/III gaming facility operates in the state.[2],[7] |
| Lottery | Live | Jun 29, 1993 | Monopoly State | Created by the Lottery for Education Act in November 1992; funds the HOPE Scholarship/grant programs and the Georgia Pre-K Program. First tickets sold June 29, 1993. O.C.G.A. Title 50, Chapter 27 (Georgia Lottery for Education Act) [8],[9],[10] |
| iLottery | Live | Nov 2012 | Monopoly State | Georgia Lottery sells draw-game tickets (Powerball, Mega Millions, Millionaire for Life, Fantasy 5, Cash 3/4, KENO!, etc.) and e-games directly through galottery.com with mandatory age/identity verification before purchase. Online sales launched November 2012, initially limited to Powerball, Mega Millions and Fantasy 5.[11],[12] |
| Daily fantasy | Not authorized | | | No Georgia statute specifically authorizes or exempts peer-to-peer daily fantasy sports; general gambling prohibition theoretically applies but is not enforced against it.[1],[13] |
| VGTs / VLTs | Limited | Apr 10, 2013 | Hybrid | Coin Operated Amusement Machines (Class A entertainment-only; Class B skill-based redemption machines) are licensed (location/master/manufacturer-distributor licenses via gacoam.com) and regulated by GLC's COAM Division. Winners redeem non-cash prizes; 2024's HB 353 switched redemption from store-specific merchandise to gift cards usable statewide for any legal product. O.C.G.A. Title 50, Chapter 27, Article 2; 2024 HB 353 [14],[15],[16]?Specific per-play cash-equivalent prize caps were not confirmed in the sources available. |
| Historical horse racing | Not authorized | | | No HHR machines are authorized; Georgia has no pari-mutuel racing infrastructure to host them.[17] |
| Sweepstakes casinos | Contested | | | No Georgia statute specifically bans or authorizes dual-currency sweepstakes casinos. VGW (Chumba/Luckyland) has won three rounds of litigation in Georgia federal court (2023 arbitration order, 2024 standing dismissal, July 2025 dismissal) against class actions challenging its legality under Georgia's 2012 internet-cafe/sweepstakes enforcement framework; some operators (McLuck, Hello Millions, SpinBlitz, PlayFame, Zula Casino, Fortune Coins) re-opened to Georgia players in August 2025 while others (Mega Bonanza, Jackpota, Sportzino) still exclude it.[18] |
| Prediction markets | Not authorized | | | Georgia has taken no enforcement action, lawsuit, or legislation specifically addressing CFTC-registered event-contract platforms such as Kalshi or Polymarket. No statute authorizes them, so they fall under Georgia's general gambling prohibition (O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-21, 16-12-22). Georgia sits in the 11th Circuit, which has not ruled on Kalshi's CFTC-preemption theory as of October 2026.[1],[2] |
| Skill games | Limited | | Monopoly State | Georgia regulates skill-based "games of skill" terminals as Class B Coin Operated Amusement Machines (COAM) under GLC, rather than as a separate unregulated grey-machine category. See vgt for the licensing/tax detail.[14] |
| Card rooms | Not authorized | | | Card rooms outside the home are not licensed; wagering on card games is gambling under O.C.G.A. 16-12-21.[1],[6] |
| Lottery couriers | Not authorized | | | No Georgia-specific courier statute, regulation, or AG/GLC action (unlike recent courier fights in TX, MS, SC, IN) was identified. Jackpocket's own current (July 2026) state-availability list does not include Georgia, consistent with no courier presence; the Georgia Lottery Corporation instead sells tickets and e-games directly online (ilottery) through galottery.com, reducing demand for a third-party courier.[19] |
| Pick'em fantasy | Not authorized | | | PrizePicks, a player-vs-house pick'em DFS operator, is headquartered in Atlanta and has operated nationally, including in jurisdictions where sports betting is prohibited such as Georgia, without Georgia-specific authorizing legislation.[1],[13] |
| Pari-mutuel | Not authorized | | | Horse and dog racing and off-track wagering are prohibited; Georgia has no pari-mutuel statute or racing commission.[17],[2] |
| Advance deposit wagering | Not authorized | | | No advance deposit wagering is possible without an underlying authorized pari-mutuel market.[17] |
| Charitable gaming | Limited | | | Only nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations may hold a bingo license (issued by the Georgia Secretary of State, $100/year, 12 months' prior existence required); a narrow one-time annual exception exists for nonprofit schools. Charitable raffles are also permitted. O.C.G.A. 16-12-50 et seq. [20],[21],[22],[23] |
| Esports betting | Not authorized | | | No statute authorizes wagering on esports; general gambling prohibition applies.[1] |
| Social casino | Live | | | Free-to-play social casino apps with no cash prize redemption fall outside Georgia's definition of a "bet" (an agreement to win or lose something of value), so they are not restricted as gambling.[24] |