March 2017: Daily fantasy sports contests are legalized in Mississippi. May 2018: SCOTUS overturns PASPA, opening the door for states to set their own sports betting laws. June 2018: The Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) releases its official sports betting regulations. March 2020: HB 172, a bill aiming to legalize mobile and online Mississippi sports betting statewide, dies in committee.Īugust 2018: BetMGM becomes the first sportsbook to go live in Mississippi. The bills proposed legal statewide online betting in Mississippi. September 2021: BetMGM launches the first online sportsbook in Mississippi, allowing bettors to place mobile wagers while visiting a BetMGM retail sportsbook.įebruary 2021: Introduced mere weeks earlier, SB 2732 and HB 1042 die in committee. 4, 2021: The Mississippi House Gaming Committee, led by its chair, Casey Eure, announces it is working on a new mobile betting app bill that would legalize online wagering statewide by early 2022.

12, 2021: BetMGM confirms the launch of its mobile app at MGM Resorts International’s Beau Rivage in Biloxi, providing bettors with two destinations to access the sports betting platform. Cedric Burnett introduced online sports betting bill HB 184 in the Mississippi Legislature, which allows online sports betting (under the control of gaming license holders) and wagering on esports competitions. The Act would legalize online sports betting and pari-mutuel wagering on horse races in MS. Philip Moran introduces SB 2462 - The Mississippi Mobile Sports Pool And Race Book Wagering Act. There will be no mobile wagering in MS in 2022. 1, 2022: HB 184 is among four sports betting bills to die in committee. The Fubo Sportsbook is live in two states ( Arizona, Iowa) but has reached agreements with 10 state regulators.įeb. 10, 2022: Fubo Gaming announces it has struck a market access deal to operate in Mississippi, pending regulatory approval and the legalization of mobile sports betting in MS. June 15, 2022: The Mississippi Gaming Commission (MGC) reports a May sports betting handle of $29.2 million, its lowest monthly total since August 2021.įeb. 1, 2023: The Mississippi House appropriations committee approves an amended bill ( HB-606) that would create an 11-member Mississippi sports betting Task Force. 24: Members of Mississippi's 'Mobile-Online Sports Betting Task Force' met with local representatives from the gaming industry to discuss the future of a legal online sports betting market.įeb. Here’s some background on the Magnolia State’s march to legal sports betting:

One of the first states to legalize retail sports betting in 2018, Mississippi lawmakers have taken a much more deliberate approach to grow the state’s online betting market.

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