Last modified: March 1, 2021
Disclaimer: The list of states introducing legislation and regulation for daily fantasy sports contests is constantly changing. We make every effort to keep this list as current as possible, but sometimes a game changer slips into our blindspot.
State | Major Operators1 | Attorney General Opinion | Legislative Status | Summary | Effective Date | Relevant Cases |
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Alabama | MixedOnly DraftKings & FanDuel | Negative Apr 5, 2016 |
Passed
(HB 361)
|
|
May 31, 2019 |
Case: Manzella v. DraftKings Court: Northern District Alabama Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
Alaska | Yes | – | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Arizona | No | – |
Failed
(S 1515)
Feb 22, 2016
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Arkansas | Yes | – |
|
Apr 11, 2017 |
–
|
|
California | Yes | – |
Dead
(AB 1437)
|
–
|
–
|
Case: Spiegel v. Draftkings Court: Central District of California Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
Colorado | Yes | – |
|
Aug 10, 2016 |
–
|
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Connecticut | Yes | Mixed Apr 18, 2016 |
|
–
|
–
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Delaware | YesOnly DraftKings & FanDuel | Negative Jul 8, 2016 |
|
Aug 25, 2017 |
–
|
|
District of Columbia | Yes | – | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Florida | Yes | Negative Jan 8, 1991 |
Dead
(SB 374)
Dead
(HB 223)
|
SB 374
HB 223
|
–
|
Case: Guarino v. DraftKings Court: Southern District of Illinois Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
Georgia | Yes | Negative Feb 26, 2016 |
Dead
(HB 118)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Hawaii | No | Negative Feb 27, 2016 |
Dead
(SB 204)
|
–
|
–
|
–
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Idaho | No | Negative May 2, 2016 | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Illinois | Yes | Negative Dec 23, 2015 |
Active
(H 479)
|
|
–
|
Case: Guarino v. DraftKings Court: Southern District of Illinois Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
Indiana | Yes | – |
|
Jul 1, 2016 |
–
|
|
Iowa | MixedOnly DraftKings & FanDuel | – |
Passed
(SF 617)
|
|
–
|
–
|
Kansas | – | Positive Apr 24, 2015 |
|
Jul 1, 2015 |
–
|
|
Kentucky | Yes | – |
Dead
(HB 248)
|
|
–
|
–
|
Louisiana | No | – |
|
–
|
–
|
|
Maine | Yes | – |
Passed
(LD 1320)
|
|
–
|
–
|
Maryland | Yes | Mixed Jan 15, 2016 |
|
–
|
–
|
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Massachusetts | Yes | Positive Oct 7, 2015 |
|
–
|
Case: Haroldson v. DraftKings; Belton v. DraftKings Court: District of Massachusetts Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
|
Michigan | Yes | – |
|
–
|
–
|
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Minnesota | Yes | – |
Failed
(HF 1415)
|
|
–
|
–
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Mississippi | Yes | Negative Jan 29, 2016 |
Passed
(H 967)
|
|
–
|
–
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Missouri | – | – |
|
Aug 28, 2016 |
–
|
|
Montana | No | – |
Passed
(SB 25)
|
|
Oct 1, 2017 |
–
|
Nebraska | – | – |
Active
(LB137)
|
|
–
|
–
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Nevada | No | Negative Oct 16, 2015 | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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New Hampshire | Yes | – |
|
Jul 18, 2017 |
–
|
|
New Jersey | Yes | – |
Passed
(A3532)
|
|
–
|
|
New Mexico | Yes | – |
Dead
(H 314)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
New York | Yes | Negative Nov 10, 2015 |
Passed
(S 8153)
|
|
Aug 3, 2016 |
Case: Johnson v. FanDuel; Weaver v. FanDuel; White v. DraftKings; Brown v. DraftKings; McDaid v. DraftKings; Belton v. FanDuel Court: Southern District of New York Status: Transferred to District of Massachusetts for consolidated pre-trial proceedings, In re: Daily Fantasy Sports Litigation. |
North Carolina | Yes | – |
Dead
(H 279)
|
|
–
|
–
|
North Dakota | Yes | – | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Ohio | Yes | Mixed Jun 30, 2016 |
|
–
|
–
|
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Oklahoma | Yes | – |
Dead
(H 2278, S 1396)
|
–
|
–
|
–
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Oregon | Yes | – |
Dead
(HB 2549)
|
–
|
–
|
–
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Pennsylvania | Yes | – |
|
Oct 30, 2017 |
–
|
|
Rhode Island | Yes | Positive Feb 4, 2016 |
Dead
(H5793)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
South Carolina | Yes | – |
Dead
(S 1093)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
South Dakota | Yes | Mixed Dec 7, 2015 | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Tennessee | Yes | Negative Apr 15, 2016 |
|
Jul 1, 2016 |
–
|
|
Texas | Yes | Negative Jan 19, 2016 |
Dead
(HB 1457)
Dead
(HB 1418)
|
|
–
|
–
|
Utah | Yes | – | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Vermont | Yes | Negative Jan 15, 2016 |
|
Jan 1, 2018 |
–
|
|
Virginia | Yes | – |
|
–
|
–
|
|
Washington | No | – |
Dead
(SB6333)
|
|
–
|
–
|
West Virginia | Yes | Positive Jan 7, 2016 |
Dead
(S 529)
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
Wisconsin | Yes | – |
Failed
(AB 526)
Failed
(SB 436)
|
|
–
|
–
|
Wyoming | Yes | – | – |
–
|
–
|
–
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Last modified: March 1, 2021
*Consumer protection language is relatively standardized between states. These procedures include, but are not limited to: ensuring reasonable efforts are made to identify and block unauthorized users (by age, state, or voluntary self-exclusion); holding registered players’ funds in individual trusts separate from other accounts; preventing unethical advertising techniques such as promoting misleading award offerings and targeting self-excluded individuals, minors; requiring operators make all prizes and awards known in advance of contests and ensuring such awards are not determined by the number or participants in that contest.
1 Major operators considered include FanDuel, DraftKings, and Yahoo!
2 Small fantasy contest operators have no more than 7,500 fantasy contest players in Colorado.
3 “Net revenue” is defined as the amount equal to the total entry fees collected from all participants entering such fantasy sports contests less winnings paid to participants in the contests, multiplied by the resident percentage.
4 “Highly experienced player” has (a) Entered more than one thousand contests offered by a single fantasy sports contest operator; or (b) Won more than three fantasy sports prizes of one thousand dollars or more.