Which states allow online casinos?

Seven states allow licensed real-money online casinos: New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia, Delaware, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Maine passed a law in January 2026 but had nothing live by October 2026. Nevada licenses online poker but not online casino games. Our states with legal online casinos page keeps the count current and links to each state's regulator.

Not at a state-licensed site, because New York doesn't license online casinos. The New York State Gaming Commission says online casinos, including ones that call themselves sweepstakes, are unlawful in the state, and New York banned dual-currency sweepstakes casinos under S5935-A. Licensed mobile sports betting is legal there. See can I play online casinos in New York for the full answer and what the commission's warnings say.

No state-licensed online casinos exist in either state. California has no legal online casino or sports betting, and its AB 831 bans dual-currency sweepstakes casinos from January 1, 2026. Texas has no law authorizing online casinos either. Players in both states see offshore sites advertised, but those sites aren't licensed by any US state. Read can I play online casinos in California and in Texas.

Yes, if you are physically inside New Jersey when you play and you are 21 or older. Licensed sites use geolocation to confirm your location on every session, and they block play once you cross the state line. Your home address doesn't decide it; where you stand does. The same rule applies in the other six licensing states. See the New Jersey real-money casinos page for the state's own rules.

Yes, Maine is the latest: LD 1164 became law on January 11, 2026, allowing the state's tribes to run online casinos. It hadn't launched by October 2026, with rules pending and a lawsuit in court. The newest state with live sites is Rhode Island, which trade press reports launched on March 5, 2024 under a 2023 law. Follow the Maine page for launch news.

Each state legalizes forms of gambling one at a time. After the Supreme Court struck down the federal sports betting ban in 2018, many states passed sports betting laws, but online casino bills have mostly stalled over concerns about tax revenue, problem gambling and effects on land-based casinos. So New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and others allow mobile sports betting only. Our sports betting laws page lists every state.

No state licenses offshore casinos, so they aren't allowed in the way licensed sites are. Some regulators call them illegal and send cease-and-desist letters to operators, as Michigan, Minnesota and Massachusetts have. Whether a player breaks a law depends on each state's statute. Our page on whether it's illegal to play at offshore casinos sets out what different states say.

Yes. All seven states that license online casinos set the minimum age at 21 for online casino play, even where the lottery age is 18. Licensed sites verify age and identity before you can withdraw, and usually before you can deposit. See gambling age by state for casino, lottery and sports betting ages across the country.

No, Florida doesn't allow online casinos, and unauthorized casino-style games are criminal under Florida Statutes 849.08 and 849.15. The only lawful online sportsbook in the state is the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet. The Florida Gaming Control Commission sent cease-and-desist letters to BetUS, Bovada and MyBookie on February 3, 2025, with the warning 'Bettor beware', and takes reports at FLGaming.gov. Players in Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa will see offshore sites advertised, but none is licensed by Florida. Read can I play online casinos in Florida and our Florida gambling laws page.

Not yet: Ohio has no online casino law, and the bills to create one have stalled. HB 298, which would limit iGaming to the state's 11 casinos and racinos and also ban sweepstakes casinos, has sat in the House Finance Committee since May 21, 2025, and SB 197 has also stalled, according to third-party reports. Ohio does license online sports betting, live since January 1, 2023 under the Ohio Casino Control Commission. Some reviewers report that certain offshore brands refuse Ohio players. See can I play online casinos in Ohio and our Ohio guide.

Connecticut allows two online casino operators, DraftKings and FanDuel, which partner with the state's two tribes under Public Act 21-23, signed in May 2021. The Department of Consumer Protection's Gaming Division regulates them, and the minimum age is 21 for online casino play and sports betting, against 18 for the lottery. The department also acts against unlicensed operators; in December 2025 it ordered Kalshi, Robinhood Derivatives and Crypto.com to stop unlicensed sports wagering. Connecticut has banned sweepstakes casinos too. Read our Connecticut online casino guide and Connecticut real money casinos page.

Yes, West Virginia licenses online casinos under the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act, authorized in fiscal year 2020. The West Virginia Lottery Commission regulates the market, and state law (W. Va. Code §29-22E-6) caps it at five licenses; the current operator count isn't published in the sources checked. Sports betting is legal too. The state has no sweepstakes ban, though VGW withdrew Sweeps Coins from West Virginia in a company decision announced on November 6, 2025. You must be 21 and inside the state. See our West Virginia guide and West Virginia gambling laws.

Yes, if you're 21 or older and inside Delaware, at the state's own online casinos. The Delaware Lottery runs online games for Delaware Park, Bally's Dover and Harrington on a single BetRivers platform, under the Delaware Gaming Competitiveness Act of 2012. The state says real-money games from unlicensed operators break the Delaware Constitution, the Penal Code and that Act, and tells residents to verify sites at delottery.com. Its Division of Gaming Enforcement also sent a cease-and-desist to VGW's LuckyLand, effective April 2, 2025. Read our Delaware online casino guide and the state regulators list.

No, Georgia doesn't license online casinos, and it has no casino or sports betting regulator at all; the Georgia Lottery Corporation oversees the lottery only, with a minimum age of 18. Sports betting isn't legal either: HB 686 sits in subcommittee, and third-party reports suggest 2027 is the earliest likely date. Georgia has no statewide sweepstakes casino ban. Players in Atlanta and elsewhere will see offshore casinos advertised, but none is licensed by Georgia or any US state. See can I play online casinos in Georgia and our Georgia gambling laws page.

Not everywhere, and the list of bans keeps growing. Sweepstakes casinos use a dual-currency model of Gold Coins and Sweeps Coins and aren't licensed as casinos by any state. Bans now cover New York, New Jersey, California, Connecticut, Montana, Louisiana, Maine, Indiana and Tennessee, with Oklahoma's starting November 1, 2026. Other states, such as Ohio and Pennsylvania, have pending bills, and some regulators, including Michigan's and Delaware's, have sent cease-and-desist letters without a ban statute. Check our which states ban sweepstakes casinos answer and sweepstakes casino laws page.