Where is Online Sports Betting Legal in the USA?

Kindbridge Behavioral Health maintains a sports betting legislation tracker and map that has become the go-to for any individual or member of the media seeking information about where the activity is regulated in the United States. You can reference the regularly updated map, right here. This resource, however, answers the question that thousands of Americans enter into Google, ChatGBT, Grok, and Perplexity (et cetera) each month - where is ONLINE sports betting legal?

It’s important to delineate the legal differences between in-person and online sports betting, because as the nation has seen, grey area in the regulated space can compromise not only a gambler’s mental health, it may lead to them breaking the law. For instance, an individual in Washington who knows that sports betting is legal and regulated in the state may assume that online sports betting is also legal. In reality (at press) it is not. This lack of knowledge on the specifics of legislation may lead them to register and make wagers with an unregulated and illegal online sportsbook that has infiltrated the Washington State market. There are more than a dozen of unregulated operators to avoid (view here) that target players in the Evergreen State and all other regions across America.  Maintaining an up to date resource for where online sports betting is legal is also important because the legal landscape is dynamic. For instance, in the final fiscal quarter (Q4) of 2025, the state of Missouri was added to the map of where it is legal for a resident to register and make bets on regulated apps and websites.

Below is the most up-to-date map of where online sports betting is legal in 2026, along with a brief summary detailing which ones have regulated sports betting, but have not done so for operator apps and websites.