States / South Dakota / Sports betting

Is sports betting legal in South Dakota?

Yes. In South Dakota, sports betting is legal in person only (as of Oct 12, 2026). Operators pay 9% AGR in tax.

Tax rate

Rules

Minimum age to place a sports wager

21 · SDCL 42-7B-35 sets the minimum age to participate in any gaming (defined by SDCL 42-7B-4(15) to include wagering on sporting events) at 21.[1],[5],[6]

Wagering on college sports allowed at all

Yes · Wagering on college sports is allowed generally; SDCL 42-7B-82 carves out specific exceptions rather than barring college sports as a category.[7]

Wagering on in-state college teams allowed

No · SDCL 42-7B-82(4) bars bets on any collegiate game in which a South Dakota college or university's team or athlete is competing.[7],[8]

Individual college player prop bets allowed

No · SDCL 42-7B-82(3) bars bets on the performance or nonperformance of an individual athlete in a collegiate game, for any college, not only South Dakota schools.[7]

Esports wagering allowed

No · Esports is not among the leagues and categories in the Commission's approved sports-wagering catalog.[9]?Based on an operator's own listing of offered categories, not a published copy of the Commission's catalog or a specific statutory esports bar.

New online accounts must be created in person

Yes · SDCL 42-7B-78 requires a sports-wagering account to be established in person at the operator's licensed gaming establishment in Deadwood, using a commission-approved application.[10]

Online sports wagering available statewide (not tethered to premises)

No · SDCL 42-7B-79 requires that sports wagering be conducted only on the premises of a licensed gaming establishment in the city of Deadwood, and requires operators to install equipment that confirms every bet is placed on those premises. A 2026 resolution (SJR 504) that would have asked voters to allow betting from anywhere in the state through a Deadwood-routed mobile platform died in a House committee before reaching the ballot.[11],[12]

Summary of prop-bet restrictions (e.g. no in-game player props)

No proposition bets on an individual athlete's or competitor's performance in a collegiate sporting event (SDCL 42-7B-82); also no bets on high school or minor-league sporting events.[7]

Licensed sportsbooks

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Sources

1. Gaming · retrieved Oct 10, 2026
2. 2020 South Dakota elections · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

   secondary source only; cites the official South Dakota Secretary of State canvass for Amendment B results.

3. SDCL 42-7B-28 — Gaming tax · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

   sdlegislature.gov's main site (sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/<cite> and mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/<cite>) is a client-side Vue/Vuetify SPA that returns no server-rendered text; this api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint returns the same statute's underlying HTML fragment directly and was fetched via curl_cffi Chrome impersonation.

4. SDCL 42-7B-28.1 — Additional tax on gaming proceeds · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

   Fetched via the same api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint as sd-42-7b-28. Source note shows enactment at SL 2009, ch 217, Sec. 1.

5. SDCL 42-7B-35 — Age of participants--Violation as misdemeanor · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

   Fetched via the api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint.

6. SDCL 42-7B-4 — Definition of terms · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

   Fetched via the api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint, same pattern as sd-42-7b-28.

7. SDCL 42-7B-82 — Betting prohibited on certain events · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

   Fetched via the api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint; excerpt trimmed to the 400-char limit, omitting items (1) high school and (2) minor league events (same ban, not college-specific).

8. Several Deadwood casinos hit with fines after violating South Dakota gambling laws · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

   Published 2026-12-13 [sic, 2024-12-13]; reports the Commission fined sports wagering services provider IGT $3,000 for three wagers accepted at The Lodge at Deadwood on a Black Hills State University vs. St. Thomas University football game, plus unrelated fines against Blue Sky Gaming/Tin Lizzie for a surveillance-coverage violation.

9. Sports Betting in Deadwood · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

   operator/vendor secondary source listing the sports categories offered (major pro/college sports, UFC, CFL, PBR, MLS, international leagues); does not list esports.

10. SDCL 42-7B-78 — Advance deposit sports wagering--Establishing account--Duty to retain application--Application considered record · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

    Fetched via the api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint.

11. SDCL 42-7B-79 — Advance deposit sports wagering restrictions--Required equipment · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

    Fetched via the api/Statutes/<cite>.html endpoint.

12. South Dakota lawmakers reject mobile sports betting bill · retrieved Oct 11, 2026

    Reports the Senate had passed SJR 504 23-10 the previous month (February 2026).

13. Internet Sports International launches landmark South Dakota sportsbook · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

    secondary/press source; direct regulator confirmation of exact per-casino provider assignments not reached in this research pass. Reports ISI as one of Deadwood's licensed sports-wagering technology providers alongside BetMGM and IGT.

14. Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate Dakota Sioux Casino sportsbook coverage · retrieved Oct 10, 2026

    secondary source only; confirmed via search-result text that the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate's Dakota Sioux Casino added a retail sportsbook in April 2022.