2026 BetMGM States - Where BetMGM Sportsbook & Casino Legal?
Peyton PowellSocial Casino Analyst
Updated July 27, 2026
Updated July 27, 2026
BetMGM legal states are expanding year after year, making the sportsbook accessible to millions of bettors across the U.S. As of July 22, 2026, BetMGM is licensed and live in more than 20 states plus Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, including major markets like New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Since online betting regulations differ by location, it’s essential to know where BetMGM is legal before creating an account or placing your first wager.
Verification note: State availability, launch timing, and wagering restrictions in this guide were reviewed against publicly available state regulator information and checked inside the BetMGM app where possible at the time of writing. Because market access, geofencing rules, and promotions can change by jurisdiction, readers should confirm current eligibility in-app and with their local gaming regulator before depositing or placing a wager.
BetMGM Sportsbook is legally available in the following U.S. states, districts, and jurisdictions where online sports betting is regulated and approved:
Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, and Ontario (Canada).
Sports betting availability, bet types, and promotions can vary by jurisdiction. Always confirm eligibility and current terms directly in the BetMGM Sportsbook app or through your local gaming regulator before placing a wager.
However, it is important to note that Oregon and Washington bettors must be physically present at BetMGM's partnering casino in order to place wagers using the BetMGM Sportsbook website or mobile app.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that the BetMGM Online Casino is now available in four U.S. states (Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia), and BetMGM Horse Racing is legal in three U.S. states (Florida, Louisiana, and Ohio). Please note that this is a separate app in some jurisdictions.
BetMGM is one of the best-known U.S. sportsbook brands, backed by MGM’s land-based casino footprint and state-by-state market access through licensed partners. Part of the fabric of nearby Las Vegas, Nevada for decades, BetMGM has expanded across the US and is now legal in Arizona as of September 9, 2021
The BetMGM Sports betting app train kept rolling down the tracks in May 2020 with the addition of Colorado to its growing portfolio. Colorado became the fifth state for BetMGM through a partnership with the Midnight Rose Hotel & Casino in Cripple Creek.
Casino gambling in Colorado is restricted to Black Hawk, Cripple Creek, and Central City, but the Rocky Mountain State launched online betting with Remote Registration capabilities, giving everyone physically located in the state access to sign up from anywhere to join a sportsbook.
From Denver to Colorado Springs to Aspen to Breckenridge to Greeley and everywhere in between, betting on sports is remarkably easy in the state.
Competition is fierce in Colorado with lots of operators and BetMGM has been able to stand up well against those competitors.
BetMGM Sportsbook is the official mobile betting app of MGM Resorts International and has brought its services to Illinois through a licensing agreement with Par-a-Dice Hotel and Casino in Peoria Illinois.
As with other states BetMGM has launched you can expect a wide variety of promo offers for new customers as well as weekly bonuses for existing customers as well.
BetMGM offers a huge online sports betting market with the ever popular Single-Game Parlay with their exclusive parlay generator. Illinois users can expect the standard BetMGM market menu (spreads, totals, moneylines, and parlays), with available bet types and promos varying by jurisdiction.
The year 2020 was the big one for BetMGM as their expansion with online and mobile betting was rapid and impressive in nature.
Boyd’s Belterra Casino Resort in Florence, Indiana, right near the borders of Ohio and Kentucky, wound up being a perfect spot for a BetMGM Sports betting site. The location there also gave BetMGM access to the entire Hoosier State with online and mobile betting.
Remote Registration is also a policy in Indiana, which means that users can sign up and bet from anywhere for BetMGM and don’t have to do it at the retail sportsbook. As a result, Indiana became one of the biggest states for BetMGM in short order.
Belterra’s proximity and accessibility to markets like Cincinnati and Louisville certainly didn’t hurt, as visitors got a heavy dose of BetMGM advertising and naturally signed up.
After a strong and successful 2020 that saw BetMGM add West Virginia, Indiana, Colorado, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania to its legal betting market footprint, it didn’t take long to get on the board in 2021.
The state of Iowa became the eighth state for the BetMGM Betting App via a partnership with the Diamond Jo Casino in Dubuque, which, conveniently, was also close to the borders of Wisconsin and Illinois. BetMGM began in Iowa on January 4, 2021.
The Hawkeye State’s in-person registration requirement expired on January 1, 2021, so the time of BetMGM’s entrance into the market was hardly a coincidence. Bettors could now enjoy the benefits of Remote Registration, which would have been great during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Interestingly, BetMGM has a license through Diamond Jo, but the retail sportsbook on-site is not theirs. Therefore, they only offer online and mobile capabilities with the state, but that is more than enough with the in-person registration requirement no longer in effect.
Governor Laura Kelly signed bill SB 84 into law earlier this year, and Kansas and became one of the newest states to legalize online sports betting. Through a partnership with Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel in Pittsburg, KS BetMGM launched its online betting app on September 1, 2022.
On September 28, 2023, BetMGM Sportsbook Kentucky went live through a partnership with Revolutionary Racing KY. A BetMGM retail sportsbook is now open and accepting in-person wagers at Sandy's Racing and Gaming in Ashland, Kentucky.
The BetMGM Sportsbook Louisiana app launched on January 28, 2022, through the operator's license with the Louisiana Lottery.
The BetMGM Louisiana app offers a full sportsbook interface with pregame and live markets; exact offerings and promotions are determined by Louisiana’s regulatory framework and BetMGM’s current terms.
To mark the official launch day of sports betting in Maryland Governor Larry Hogan placed the state’s first bet at the BetMGM Sportsbook & Lounge, a futures wager on the Washington Football Team to face the Baltimore Ravens in the 2022 Super Bowl.
Retail betting in Michigan began long before the BetMGM App was unleashed on January 22, 2021. BetMGM didn’t have to look far and wide to find a partner in the state because MGM Grand Detroit sits right in the Motor City.
The sportsbook and betting kiosks actually opened up the last week of conference tournaments for college basketball in hopes of being fully deployed for March Madness.
Well, COVID-19 had other plans, as just about everything was canceled for the next two months. As a result, the rollout of betting apps was significantly delayed in Michigan.
Even though BetMGM Sports Betting Site began taking bets in March 2020, it wasn’t until January 2021 that the first mobile bets were taken.
Like most states, Remote Registration is an option in Michigan, so users can sign up from anywhere.
While MGM Grand Detroit’s location is highly convenient in terms of being located in the largest population center in the state, bettors from the UP to Grand Rapids to Lansing to Traverse City to Sault Ste. Marie can all use the BetMGM app and sign up from anywhere.
Status: On-Premise Mobile & Retail
Only Details: While BetMGM offers a mobile app in Mississippi, state law restricts its use to the physical grounds of its partner casinos. To place a wager on the app, you must be geolocated at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi or the Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica. Statewide mobile betting remains illegal following the failure of legislative expansion bills in early 2026.
BetMGM officially went live in Missouri on December 1, 2025, the same day online and retail sports betting became fully legal and operational statewide. The launch followed voter approval of Amendment 2 in November 2024, with the Missouri Gaming Commission setting the go-live date one year later.
Through its partnership with Century Casinos, BetMGM Sportsbook now offers both online sports betting statewide and retail wagering at approved casino locations, marking one of the most anticipated sportsbook launches in Missouri history.
On March 9, 2020, BetMGM Sportsbook Nevada went live after securing a license from the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB). Anyone who is 21+ years old can sign up (in-person registration required) and place wagers from anywhere in the state.
BetMGM retail sportsbooks, on the other hand, are currently located at the Bellagio, Cosmopolitan, Aria, MGM Grand, Park MGM, Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur, and New York-New York.
The trunk of BetMGM online sportsbook will always be located in Nevada, but the first branch outside of the Silver State wound up in New Jersey.
BetMGM's predecessor, PlayMGM, launched in New Jersey in August 2018 in partnership with Resorts Casino Atlantic City. The app was rebranded as BetMGM in September 2019, and the license later moved to Borgata.
Online, retail and mobile sports betting apps are all possible in the Garden State through the BetMGM Sports Betting App or the brick-and-mortar sportsbook at the Borgata in Atlantic City.
The August 2018 launch in partnership with Entain (formerly GVC Holdings) and Roar Digital gave BetMGM the start of legal online sports betting footprint that now occupies 10 states and also the District of Columbia.
PASPA was overturned by the United States Supreme Court on May 14, 2018, and BetMGM New Jersey began just a few short months later.
BetMGM also offers online casino play in the state of New Jersey.
As you probably already know, BetMGM is a world-renowned gaming company with resort destinations and casinos all over the world. BetMGM’s New York availability is governed by the state’s mobile sports betting framework, with market access and promo eligibility determined by BetMGM’s NY license terms and geolocation rules.
The BetMGM New York app has offered a lot of NY-specific promotions (like profit boosts on matchups involving the Knicks, Yankees, Bills, and other in-state teams) and will be a major player in this state for a long time to come.
Betting with BetMGM NY also means being part of the BetMGM Rewards Program, which can be used for discounted rooms, free play comps, and a whole lot more.
Online sports betting went live in North Carolina on March 11, 2024. On this same date, BetMGM Sportsbook North Carolina launched through a partnership with Charlotte Motor Speedway and under a license from the NC State Lottery Commission.
MGM Resorts International has a partnership with MGM Northfield Park, a racino about 35 minutes east of Cleveland.
When sports gambling goes live in Ohio, BetMGM sportsbook will be one of the first to launch its app and retail location through the license at that casino. OH only. 21+. Gambling problem? Call-1800-GAMBLER. T&Cs apply
The BetMGM online sportsbook did not launch in Pennsylvania until December 2020, but went live with a lot of fanfare because a lot of bettors, including those in major cities like Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, were more than familiar with the global gaming operator.
Philadelphians had likely been exposed to BetMGM in New Jersey, while those in the Steel City had some experience from West Virginia or from travels elsewhere around the United States.
BetMGM also offers iGaming with slots and card games in the Keystone State with its BetMGM Casino platform. The all-encompassing gambling site launched on December 18 with both sports betting and casino gaming capabilities from day one.
Three sportsbooks went live on opening day in Tennessee. BetMGM was one of them.
There are no retail sportsbooks in Tennessee, as Volunteer State became the first one to have all online and mobile betting. That day was November 1, 2020, and BetMGM was one of the sportsbooks to take the earliest bets in the state.
To this point, competition remains slim, relative to other states that BetMGM services, but with the two biggest brands in the United States going up against BetMGM for betting dollars, the app has held its own to say the least.
Because there are no retail sportsbooks or casinos, all registration is done online, which means that anybody physically located in the state of Tennessee can sign up for a BetMGM Betting App & Sportsbook account.
A huge week for BetMGM continued on January 27, 2021, when the BetMGM App went live in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Virginia, like Tennessee, is an all-online and all-mobile state for gambling. Casinos are under construction but will have no bearing on what has already taken place with regard to legal wagering.
It goes without saying that Virginia is a Remote Sportsbook Registration state as well since there would be nowhere to actually sign up for an account. That means everybody in the state can turn on their location services and get signed up for a BetMGM Sportsbook account in the app or on the website.
The licensing is through the state and not through any specific casino, so BetMGM does not have a brick-and-mortar partner. None of the proposed casinos will be MGM properties either.
Virginia became the 10th state where the BetMGM Sports Betting App is live.
The District of Columbia has some very weird rules on betting. It is a much more restrictive environment with apps.
However, BetMGM Online Sportsbook still made entry into the District via a sportsbook at Nationals Park. The BetMGM App can be used within two blocks of the venue but is geofenced to a very small part of the District.
Still, it gave BetMGM, which has put together lots of advertising and marketing partnerships with pro teams, the opportunity to enter the D.C. betting market.
The mobile app launched June 9, 2021. The physical BetMGM Sportsbook at Nationals Park opened January 31, 2022.
BetMGM Sports brought its world-renowned gaming app to the state of West Virginia with wild and wonderful reviews of its product.
The sportsbook has a deal with The Greenbrier in White Sulphur Springs, a private resort that has a hotel and casino and is also used to host the A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier PGA Tour event.
While the golf tournament has been removed from the resort, BetMGM has not, as it remains a thriving betting app in the Mountaineer State. The BetMGM App went live in West Virginia in January 2020 and was MGM’s third state with legal sports betting following Nevada and New Jersey.
State-wide Wyoming sports betting was legalized in April 2021 and on September 1, 2021 BetMGM received its approval to launch the MGM app.
As sports betting continues to grow in popularity and become legal in new states each year, BetMGM still has plenty of room to expand its presence throughout the United States. A list of states where BetMGM's online and retail sportsbooks are not currently available is provided below.
Just because sports betting is legal in a state doesn’t always mean BetMGM is up and running there yet. Take New Hampshire, for example sports betting’s been legal since mid-2019, but DraftKings locked down exclusive rights, so it’s the only option for now. Same deal in Connecticut. Betting went live back in 2021, but only three sportsbooks DraftKings, FanDuel, and PlaySugarHouse got the green light to launch.
Sports betting is legal in Vermont and Maine, but BetMGM has not launched there as of May 2026.
BetMGM’s expansion depends on each state’s licensing structure, market-access rules, and partner availability. Even in states where sports betting is legal, BetMGM may not operate if market access is limited, exclusivity agreements exist, or BetMGM has not secured a qualifying partner.
Sports bettors in eligible states can sign up with BetMGM Sportsbook by following the steps provided below!
BetMGM Sportsbook isn’t just another betting app it’s one of the heavy hitters in the U.S. market, and for good reason. From first glance, you can tell this platform was built to go beyond the basics. One of its biggest draws? The BetMGM Rewards program. It’s not just about racking up bonus bets (though there’s plenty of that); it also connects directly with over 20 MGM Resorts across the country. So yeah, your sports bets could end up earning you comped dinners, hotel stays, or even VIP experiences in Vegas.
On the betting side, it’s just as stacked. The live betting setup is one of the smoothest out there with tons of in-game options and even the ability to stream certain matchups right in the app. They also keep things fresh for regular users, rolling out weekly promos, odds boosts, and surprise bonuses that actually add value. Whether you're brand new to sports betting or just looking for a more polished experience, BetMGM checks a lot of boxes and then some.
All customers who are 21 years or older and physically located in a state where BetMGM Sportsbook is operating may use the platform.
Although you can sign up for a BetMGM account from anywhere, you must be physically present in a state where BetMGM Sportsbook is licensed and legal in order to place wagers on the BetMGM website or mobile app.
Yes, you can access your BetMGM account from anywhere. However, to place bets, you must be physically located in a state where BetMGM is licensed. The platform uses geolocation technology to verify your location before allowing wagers.
No, BetMGM's online casino is available in select states, including Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Availability depends on state regulations.
You can check BetMGM's official website or consult your state's gaming commission for the most up-to-date information on legal betting options.