That's when Congress banned gambling companies from taking online bets for 'unlawful' transactions.Īfter the U.S. Gambling online was accepted in the United States from the late 1990s until 2006, according to The New York Times.
A fifth state, Florida, has also passed legislation legalizing online sports betting but has faced additional legal hurdles. Legislators in four states not included on this list-Kansas, Maine, Maryland, and Ohio-have legalized online sports betting in recent months, but their laws have not yet taken effect. Online gaming, or iGaming, brought in $3.7 billion last year. Twenty-one of the 22 states featured below have approved it.Īmong the other forms, six states have legalized online casinos, and online poker is now legal in another set of six states. Sports betting is the most popular-and the most widely legalized-form of online gambling, generating $4.3 billion in gross revenue in 2021, according to the American Gaming Association.
