Key takeaways

• States: BetMGM's online sportsbook takes bets in 22 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico as of October 2026.

• Newest state: Missouri, where BetMGM launched with partner Century Casinos on December 1, 2025.

• Casino-only: In Mississippi, Oregon and Washington, the BetMGM app works only on a partner casino's property. New Mexico and South Dakota have BetMGM retail books but no app.

• Online casino: BetMGM runs an online casino in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

• Nevada: The app works statewide, but you register in person at an MGM property.

BetMGM's legal states

BetMGM's sportsbook takes online bets in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, plus D.C. and Puerto Rico. It isn't available online in the other nine states where mobile betting is legal, and it can't take bets from anyone in the 11 states with no legal sportsbook.

BetMGM is a joint venture of MGM Resorts and Entain. Like every licensed book, the app checks your location before each bet, so where you live doesn't matter. A Delaware resident can bet on BetMGM in Maryland or New Jersey, and the account stops working once the phone is back in Delaware.

Novig, a CFTC-regulated prediction market, is available in every state except Nevada, Arizona and Michigan, with its status in Ohio and Missouri contested.

How BetMGM's licenses work

In states where MGM Resorts owns a casino, BetMGM usually rides that property's license: MGM Grand Detroit in Michigan, MGM National Harbor in Maryland, MGM Springfield in Massachusetts, MGM Northfield Park in Ohio and the Borgata in Atlantic City. Where MGM doesn't own a casino, BetMGM partners with a licensee, such as The Greenbrier in West Virginia, Par-A-Dice in East Peoria, Illinois, and the Arizona Cardinals, whose event wagering license covers BetMGM in Arizona. In states that license online operators directly, among them Tennessee, New York and North Carolina, BetMGM holds its own license.

In D.C., BetMGM's app launched in June 2021 under the Nationals' Class A license, and its sportsbook at Nationals Park opened in January 2022. The app worked only near the ballpark until it went district-wide on July 17, 2024, and the stadium sportsbook closed in September 2025. Missouri was the most recent launch: voters approved Amendment 2 in November 2024, and BetMGM went live statewide on December 1, 2025 with Century Casinos, along with a retail book at Century Casino Cape Girardeau. The Missouri guide covers the state's launch.

Nevada: register in person

BetMGM's Nevada app runs through MGM Resorts' Las Vegas casinos, among them Bellagio, ARIA, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and Park MGM. Nevada law requires mobile sports wagering accounts to be activated in person, so you can download the app from anywhere but have to verify your identity at an MGM sportsbook before your first mobile bet. After that, the app works anywhere in the state. The Nevada guide covers the rule's history.

Where BetMGM works only inside a casino

Three states allow BetMGM's app only on a partner casino's grounds. In Mississippi, which bars statewide mobile betting, it works at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. In Washington, sports betting is limited to tribal casinos, and BetMGM runs the book and an on-site app at the Puyallup Tribe's Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma. In Oregon, where the state lottery's DraftKings app is the only statewide option, BetMGM runs the sportsbook at Spirit Mountain Casino.

BetMGM also has retail books with no app in New Mexico, at Isleta Resort & Casino near Albuquerque, and in South Dakota, at the Tin Lizzie and Cadillac Jack's in Deadwood. In Florida, BetMGM offers only horse racing wagers, and Hard Rock Bet remains the state's only legal sportsbook app.

BetMGM online casino states

BetMGM's online casino operates in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and its own site says those are the only US states where it runs one. In every other BetMGM state, the app offers sports betting only.

States without BetMGM

Online betting is legal in Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, but BetMGM has no statewide app in any of them. Most of those markets have one to three licensed apps, often run for the state lottery or a tribe. The guide on how to check a sportsbook's license has each state's regulator list.

BetMGM can't take bets from the 11 states with no legal sportsbook. CFTC-regulated prediction markets, Novig among them, list sports contracts in most of them.

FAQ

What states is BetMGM legal in?

Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico, as of October 2026. You have to be physically inside one of them to bet.

Is BetMGM available in Florida?

Not for sports betting. Hard Rock Bet is Florida's only legal sportsbook app under the Seminole compact. BetMGM takes horse racing wagers there.

Can I use BetMGM in Mississippi?

Only on the property of the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. Mississippi doesn't allow statewide mobile betting.

Is BetMGM in Missouri?

Yes. BetMGM launched online and at Century Casino Cape Girardeau when Missouri's market opened on December 1, 2025.

How old do you have to be to use BetMGM?

21 in most states. Wyoming and D.C. allow 18-year-olds to bet by law, though BetMGM's promotions there require 21.

You must be 21 or older to bet in most states. Gamble responsibly. If gambling stops being fun, call or text the national helpline at 1-800-MY-RESET (ncpgambling.org).