How Sports Betting Laws Vary Across States
Sports betting in the U.S. has become a patchwork. Some states welcome full-scale mobile wagering, others maintain strict in-person-only hurdles, and a few still ban most kinds of sports gambling outright. Since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) in 2018, states have been free to decide their own legal frameworks. The result is a confusing terrain that bettors, businesses, and regulators must carefully navigate. Here, we’ll examine how those laws differ across states, what drives those differences, and how they affect bettors on the ground. When PASPA fell, each state suddenly gained the authority to chart its own course on sports betting. Some, like New Jersey and Nevada, moved swiftly, establishing a