Report: U.S. States’ Online Sports Betting Regulations
An Evaluation Against NCPG Standards
This report, compiled by Vixio Regulatory Intelligence, provides a comparative analysis of responsible gambling requirements across those U.S. states with legal mobile sports wagering as of June 2024, by cross-referencing requirements established by state laws or regulations against NCPG’s Internet Responsible Gambling Standards (IRGS).
The goal of the report is to help states identify gaps in their current laws and regulations, providing a clear framework for making improvements to better protect consumers and promote responsible gambling.
U.S. States’ Online Sports Betting Regulations
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While the laws and regulations of each state tend to emphasize different aspects of responsible gambling and readers are encouraged to review the analysis of each state in order to gain a broader understanding of that jurisdiction’s framework, it is nonetheless evident from this report that certain states have established more extensive responsible gambling rules than others.
- Ten states & DC met 40 or more of the standards: Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, and Virginia.?
- Nine states met between 25 and 39 of the standards: Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, and Vermont.?
- Eleven states met between 10 and 24 of the standards: Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Nevada, Rhode Island, West Virginia, and Wyoming.?