Virginia
Virginia has legal mobile sports betting, first-in-nation DFS, and a fast-growing casino industry with live poker — but no legal online casino or poker; an…
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.
Tennessee
Tennessee has legal online-only mobile sports betting — the only major online-only market, taxed on handle not revenue — but no casinos of any kind,…
Minnesota
Minnesota has no legal online casino, poker, or sports betting — sports betting keeps failing over tribal exclusivity — but its tribal casinos and card…
Oklahoma
Oklahoma has no legal online casino, poker, or sports betting — sports betting is deadlocked between the tribes and Gov. Stitt — but it is…
Indiana
Indiana has legal mobile sports betting and DFS, plus casinos with real live poker — but no legal online casino or poker, despite coming closer…
North Carolina
North Carolina launched mobile sports betting in 2024, but there is no legal online casino or poker — and commercial casinos have failed to pass.…
Illinois
Illinois has legal mobile sports betting (now among the highest-taxed in the US), but no legal online casino or poker — though an iGaming bill…
Connecticut
Online casino and sports betting are legal in Connecticut (a DraftKings/FanDuel duopoly), but regulated online poker was authorized and never launched.
Ohio
Mobile sports betting is live in Ohio, but online casino and poker aren't legal — and a 2025 push to legalize iGaming has stalled.
Georgia
Georgia bans nearly all gambling — no casinos, no legal online poker or casino, and sports-betting bills have failed eight years running.
West Virginia
A small but complete regulated market — legal online poker, casino, and sports betting, with multi-state shared poker liquidity.
Florida
Mobile sports betting is live through the Seminole Tribe's Hard Rock Bet — but online casino and poker aren't legal in Florida.