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STATEWIDE CASINO-TYPE GAMBLING. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Amends Constitution and statutes to legalize, for persons eighteen years or older, all forms of Las Vegas and Atlantic City casino-type gambling, including sports wagering, slot machines and all banking and percentage games. Legal betting in the US started expanding after the 2018 Supreme Court decision striking down the federal ban outside Nevada. Here’s a look at total handle, revenue, hold and tax revenue collected in each of the states that now have legal sports wagering: Handle: Amount wagered over the time period.

Attorney General No.

SA2001RF0034

Secretary of State No.

946

Description

STATEWIDE CASINO-TYPE GAMBLING. LEGALIZED. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Amends Constitution and statutes to legalize, for persons eighteen years or older, all forms of Las Vegas and Atlantic City casino-type gambling, including sports wagering, slot machines and all banking and percentage games. Creates three agencies to license and regulate gambling operations: Gaming Policy Committee, Gaming Commission and Department of Gaming. Creates State Lottery Corporation to oversee State Lottery. Imposes licensing fees and gaming tax; specifies allocation of these revenues. Allows smoking and sale, service and consumption of alcoholic beverages in gaming facilities. Requires state to provide treatment for gambling addiction. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: Measure could result in tax revenues to state and local governments combined of hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

Proponents

Craig A. Marlar, 100 South Sunrise Way, Suite 341, Palm Springs, CA 92262-6737, (760) 778-1234

Statewide Legalized Gambling States

Date

1-4-2002

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

Recommended Citation

STATEWIDE CASINO-TYPE GAMBLING. LEGALIZED. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. California Initiative 946 (2002).
https://repository.uchastings.edu/ca_ballot_inits/1103

We've compiled this legal online betting guide for US players arranged by state, to provide accurate and up to date information on the legal online gambling status and gaming options available within each US state. Our goal is to provide a comprehensive state gambling directory which will empower players with the information to make informed decisions about online gambling.

This state-specific data will include a look at the state laws governing online gambling opportunities from online casinos, online poker, to online sports betting.

Each individual state is approaching the legalization of online gambling differently, thus it is necessary to detail lawfully available state-licensed options, and sanctioned licensed offshore online gambling opportunities. We also address some of the most commonly asked questions about gambling in each state and provide some helpful resources for players to access. This information can only be covered in depth within each of the state pages we offer, which you can find listed within this guide.

Is Online Gambling Legal In My State?

Legal Gambling States In The US - State By State Legal ...

To avoid confusion, we have marked US states which offer state-regulated gambling options in the table below with a check mark. At this moment in time, eight US states have legalized and regulated online gambling in some form. For example:

Online Poker & Casinos:

• Delaware - Online Poker and Online Casino gambling
• Nevada - Online Poker
• New Jersey - Online Poker, Online Casinos
• Pennsylvania - Online Poker, Online Casinos
• West Virginia - Online Poker, Online Casinos

Online Sports Betting & Fantasy Sports

• Illinois - Legalized Online Sports Betting**
• Indiana - Offers Online Sports Betting
• Iowa - Offers Online Sports Betting
• Massachusetts - Fantasy Sports Allowed
• Mississippi - Online Allowed At Casinos Only
• Montana - Legalized Online Sports Betting**
• Nevada - Online Sportsbooks State-wide
• New Jersey - Online Sportsbooks State-wide
• New York - Allows Fantasy Sports And Domestic Sports Betting
• Oregon - Offers Online Sports Betting
• Pennsylvania - Offers Online and Domestic Sports Betting
• Rhode Island - Offers Online and Domestic Sports Betting
• Tennessee - Offers Online Sports Betting Apps
• West Virginia - Online Sports Betting Allowed State-wide

** Legalized but Pending launch

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Online Lottery:

• Georgia - Online Lottery Allowed
• Illinois - Online Lottery Allowed
• Kentucky - Online Lottery Allowed
• Michigan - Online Lottery Allowed
• Minnesota - Online Lottery Allowed
• New Hampshire - Online Lottery Allowed
• Pennsylvania - Online Lottery Allowed

Is Licensed Offshore Gambling Legal In My State?

While the above-mentioned states offer regulated online gambling, they still maintain the option to utilize licensed offshore online options. Nearly all US state residents, except those from Washington or Connecticut, can legally access licensed offshore online gambling platforms to play online casino games, poker, or bet on sports.

This is because no state laws in these other 48 states specifically prohibit or allow it - thus operating in a technical grey area, it is still considered safe to use because it is not likely these states will draft and pass legislation to specifically affect domestic access to licensed offshore gaming.

What Is The Minimum Online Gambling Age in the US?

There is no one minimum gambling age in the US as this is set and regulated by each individual state. The minimum gambling age within each state is affected by various factors such as game selected and licensor. By this, we mean state-regulated online gambling options require domestic players, whether residents or visitors, to abide by the state's minimum gambling age for that form of gambling on land within the state's borders.

However, licensed offshore online platforms which offer casino games, poker, and sports betting can lawfully accept players who are at least 18 years of age or older. These licensed offshore online sites also offer players much more in the way of bonuses and perks and the platforms we recommend are all extremely reputable.

U.S. States Where You Can Legally Gamble At 18 And Up

Below you can learn more about the minimum legal online gambling age by state in the USA.

Online Gambling Laws in The United States

Gambling laws can be a rather complex topic these days as there are several US federal gambling laws to account for such as the UIGEA, and the Federal Wire Act, as well as, several individual state gambling laws. The reason for this is because the United States DOJ has said that states have the authority to determine their own destiny concerning both land-based and online gambling.

A History Of American Gaming Laws - HG.org Legal Directory

Afterward, several states moved forward with legalizing some forms of online gambling for their region. Multiple other states are currently in discussions amongst themselves regarding the possibility of embracing this virtual gaming platform in their own territories. As discussed earlier and from what can be read from our laws page, US players outside of WA and CT are permitted access to multiple licensed, certified, and regulated online gambling sites hosted outside of the United States. This is a nice alternative for those players not located in a state with its own regulated form of domestic online gambling.

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