Hawaii
Hawaii is one of only two states — with Utah — with no legal gambling of any kind: no lottery, casinos, sports betting, online play,…
Articles by Joshua Hill
Joshua is a lifelong (can you play poker in diapers?) poker player who moved online in 2004. He created Beat The Fish in 2005 to help fellow frustrated online poker players choose the right poker site for their strengths and then how to win consistently once they got there. He is a published author, a certified news writer, and has played millions of hands of online poker.
Maine
Maine has legal mobile sports betting, two commercial casinos and daily fantasy — and in January 2026 became the 8th state to legalize online casino…
Idaho
Idaho is one of the most restrictive gambling states in the US. It allows a lottery, tribal video-machine casinos, pari-mutuel racing and charitable bingo —…
Arkansas
Arkansas has three commercial casinos, legal mobile sports betting (now including FanDuel and DraftKings), and one live poker room at Saracen — but no legal…
Nebraska
Nebraska built a casino industry from scratch after a 2020 vote and now has in-person sports betting at five racinos — but no online casino…
New Mexico
New Mexico has around 25 tribal casinos with real live poker, five racino slot floors, and sports betting at tribal casinos — offered with no…
Utah
Utah is one of only two states with no legal gambling of any kind — no lottery, no casinos, no sports betting, no online gambling,…
Alabama
Alabama has no state lottery, no legal sports betting, and no legal online casino or poker. Its only casinos are tribal halls running electronic bingo,…
South Carolina
South Carolina is one of the strictest gambling states in the US — no casinos, no legal sports betting, no online gambling, and no legal…
Oregon
Oregon has legal online sports betting through a single state-lottery app (DraftKings, no college betting), nine tribal casinos, and a distinctive city-licensed poker-club scene —…
New Hampshire
New Hampshire has legal online sports betting through a single operator — DraftKings pays the state 51% of revenue — plus an online lottery and…
Iowa
Iowa has one of the most competitive and lowest-taxed online sports betting markets in the US, plus six live poker rooms and a WSOP Circuit…