Where can I bet on sports?

As of October 3, 2026, 31 states and DC: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.

Alabama, Alaska, California, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas and Utah have no legal sports betting, online or in person.

Kalshi’s sports contracts are reported open in 38 jurisdictions, including states without sportsbooks such as California and Texas. They are blocked in Massachusetts, Michigan and Nevada, and contested in several more where regulators have gone to court.

A sportsbook is licensed by each state and sets its own prices with a margin (the vig). A prediction market such as Kalshi or Polymarket US is a federally regulated exchange where traders buy and sell contracts that pay $1 if an outcome happens; it charges fees instead of vig, and its sports contracts are being challenged by several states.

Set your state on any board and vigged ranks only the books licensed there for best price, +EV and arbitrage, plus Kalshi as a book (on by default) where it is allowed and has $2,000 at its price; the others stay visible, unranked. Polymarket US is listed as eligible in 42 jurisdictions; every status here is a summary as of October 3, 2026, not legal advice.