The term 'gambling' is a broad one, encompassing the ability to place bets on sporting events, games of chance and games of skill. Thus, the list of states that allow online gambling is long, and each regulates each facet differently. For example, twenty states currently allow their residents to bet on sporting events via the Internet, making it the most accessible form of online gambling in the United States. That said, most are not so libertarian when it comes to casino and poker sites.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board oversees the pastime in the Keystone State, and allows all forms of gambling that New Jersey also allows. Online poker has been very successful in Pennsylvania. Thanks to the presence of PokerStars, the market is operating at full capacity. It may come as a shock to many, but while Nevada state law allows land-based casinos, it does not regulate their Internet counterparts.
They have to go to a physical location to spin the reels on a real machine. However, the Nevada Gaming Control Board does regulate sports betting, poker and horse racing.
Online casino
games have been legalised and are in operation in Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The DraftKings Casino app is available on mobile and online in all these states.West Virginia was one of the first states to legalise online sports betting and is currently one of the few to offer online casinos. There are four online casino options in the Mountain State, and more should soon join the group. The West Virginia Lottery Commission acts as the state's gaming regulator and oversees all online casino sites there. In addition, because online sports betting has proven to be such a boon to the state's coffers, lawmakers have recently begun to consider further expansions into online casinos and online poker.
Delaware is also one of the few states where all three forms of online gambling (online casinos, online poker and sports betting) have been legalised. Technically, you can bet on sports online in Montana, but the method of doing so is extremely limited and, frankly, rather unpleasant. There has been no political movement to legalise sports betting in North Dakota, but tribes in the state have already opened retail sportsbooks under authority granted to them by the federal government, a similar legal avenue for launching sports betting in New Mexico. More online brands are likely to join, which could - at long last - push Illinois close to or at the forefront of the United States.
Although the above states offer regulated online gambling, residents in most of them still have the option of using licensed offshore gambling sites.
