Discussions and legislative sessions happened throughout the year, and the recent National Council of Legislators From Gaming States focused on discussing the expansion of the iGaming market. While it doesn’t seem like 2023 will reveal any newly regulated gambling markets, it was a year of setting the scene to allow new markets. This means that, like casino sites, players must be within the platform’s regulating state to legally access it. However, it’s still more widely accepted than online casino sites, even if you can’t bet across state lines. Over 30 states allow in-person sports betting, but only around 26 extend that to online sportsbooks. However, as the iGaming authority of each state regulates the casino platforms based there, only people within the state can legally use these sites.
Of the 50 states only six have legalized online casinos: New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, West Virginia, Michigan and Pennsylvania. As each state can decide whether to legalize online casinos and sportsbooks, it’s challenging to describe the US online gambling market in a single sentence.
