Mississippi gambling law changes https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/ New laws, launches, tax changes and enacted bills on gambling in Mississippi. en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch joins a multistate coalition letter urging federal regulators to return control of mobile/prediction-market betting to the states https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2026-05-04:Mississippi AG Lynn Fitch joins a multistate coalition lette Mon, 04 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT SB 2104 sweepstakes-casino ban dies in the House Gaming Committee ahead of the crossover deadline, ending the 2026 effort https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2026-03-03:SB 2104 sweepstakes-casino ban dies in the House Gaming Comm Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act (H.B. 4074) and companion H.B. 1581 die in the Senate after House passage, extending Mississippi's lack of statewide mobile sports wagering https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2026-03-03:Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act (H.B. 4074) and compa Tue, 03 Mar 2026 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Senate unanimously passes SB 2104 banning internet sweepstakes casinos (52-0) https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2026-02-06:Mississippi Senate unanimously passes SB 2104 banning intern Fri, 06 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT VGW completes wind-down of its dual-currency Sweeps Coins program in Mississippi (last redemption date) following the MGC cease-and-desist letter https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2025-09-04:VGW completes wind-down of its dual-currency Sweeps Coins pr Thu, 04 Sep 2025 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Gaming Commission sends cease-and-desist letters to 10 unlicensed operators, including offshore sportsbooks and Chumba Casino (VGW) https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2025-06-17:Mississippi Gaming Commission sends cease-and-desist letters Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:00:00 GMT 2025 Mississippi legislative session sees a Senate-passed sweepstakes-casino ban die in conference after the House attached statewide online sports-wagering language https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2025-01-01:2025 Mississippi legislative session sees a Senate-passed sw Wed, 01 Jan 2025 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Attorney General issues an opinion concluding lottery ticket courier services are not authorized under the Lottery Law https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2024-02-08:Mississippi Attorney General issues an opinion concluding lo Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:00:00 GMT Miss. Att'y Gen. Op. (Feb. 8, 2024, responding to Sen. Jeremy England) Mississippi Lottery begins scratch-off ticket sales statewide, more than $2.5 million sold in the first 24 hours https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2019-11-25:Mississippi Lottery begins scratch-off ticket sales statewid Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:00:00 GMT Governor approves S.B. 2001 (Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law), creating the Mississippi Lottery Corporation; law takes effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-09-01:Governor approves S.B. 2001 (Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lot Sat, 01 Sep 2018 12:00:00 GMT Laws 2018, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 2 (S.B. 2001) Mississippi House gives final passage (58-54) to the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law in special session https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-08-28:Mississippi House gives final passage (58-54) to the Alyce G Tue, 28 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians opens its sportsbook at Pearl River Resort/Bok Homa Casino, among the first tribal sportsbooks outside Nevada https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-08-02:Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians opens its sportsbook at Thu, 02 Aug 2018 12:00:00 GMT Legal sports wagering begins at Mississippi Gaming Commission-licensed casinos https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-07-21:Legal sports wagering begins at Mississippi Gaming Commissio Sat, 21 Jul 2018 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Gaming Commission gives final approval to sports-wagering regulations (Title 13, Part 15) https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-06-21:Mississippi Gaming Commission gives final approval to sports Thu, 21 Jun 2018 12:00:00 GMT Mississippi Gaming Commission releases proposed sports-wagering regulations for public comment https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-05-17:Mississippi Gaming Commission releases proposed sports-wager Thu, 17 May 2018 12:00:00 GMT U.S. Supreme Court strikes down PASPA (Murphy v. NCAA), clearing the way for state sports-wagering regimes nationally https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2018-05-14:U.S. Supreme Court strikes down PASPA (Murphy v. NCAA), clea Mon, 14 May 2018 12:00:00 GMT Governor Phil Bryant signs H.B. 967, enacting the Mississippi Fantasy Contests Act and amending the Gaming Control Act's "sports pool" definition https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2017-03-20:Governor Phil Bryant signs H.B. 967, enacting the Mississipp Mon, 20 Mar 2017 12:00:00 GMT 2017 Miss. Laws, H.B. 967 Mississippi Attorney General opines that paid-entry daily fantasy sports contests constitute illegal gambling under existing state law https://gamblingatlas.org/states/mississippi/#timeline event:MS:2016-01-01:Mississippi Attorney General opines that paid-entry daily fa Fri, 01 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT