Where is DFS legal?

• Arizona

  Dec 2025: Arizona moved to revoke Underdog's DFS license over its prediction-market partnership. The state waived the appeal deadline during settlement talks, which were still going in Sept 2026, and Underdog's fantasy contests stayed live. May 2026: a federal judge permanently blocked Arizona's criminal case against Kalshi.

• California

  July 2025: the attorney general's opinion called all DFS illegal (non-binding, and not enforced as of Nov 2026), and PrizePicks and Underdog moved California pick'em to peer-to-peer. July 2026: a federal judge let claims against DraftKings for future relief proceed (Zhen v. DraftKings). Oct 9, 2026: the judge replaced the December 21 trial date with a new one and asked for briefs, due Nov 25 to Dec 22, on whether DraftKings' California contests violate the Penal Code.

• Connecticut

  Connecticut sent prediction-market operators cease-and-desist letters in Dec 2025 and Sept 2026, and sued Kalshi in Aug 2026. In Oct 2026 the state said Gemini, ProphetX and Webull had agreed to stop offering sports contracts there.

• Delaware

  March 2025: Underdog launched peer-to-peer pick'em in Delaware.

• Florida

  March 2026: a gambling bill (HB 189, passed by the House as an amendment to SB 1580) that would have allowed fantasy contests meeting skill-based conditions, without a licensing system, died when the session ended on March 13, so DFS remains unregulated. DraftKings launched peer-to-peer Pick6 here in January 2026. Oct 8, 2026: the Seminole Tribe sued DraftKings in state court, claiming Pick6 and DraftKings Predictions are illegal sports betting.

• Illinois

  February 2025: the Gaming Board sent cease-and-desist letters to ParlayPlay, Drafters and Chalkboard, saying their single-player pick'em contests were illegal sports wagering. June 2026: SB 3019 (Public Act 104-468) created fantasy operator licensing, a 21+ minimum age and a 15% tax on fantasy receipts from July 1, and excluded contests played against the operator.

• Iowa

  July 2026: SF 2289 lets the Racing and Gaming Commission act against unlicensed online fantasy contests.

• Kentucky

  April 2026: HB 904, passed over the governor's veto, put DFS under the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation and requires at least two players per contest.

• Louisiana

  Oct 23, 2026: Kalshi sued Louisiana officials in federal court, saying it expected the state to try to stop its sports contracts.

• Maine

  2025: Maine banned pick'em played against the house (salary-cap DFS unaffected), and PrizePicks was licensed in July 2025.

• Maryland

  Sept 2026: Underdog surrendered its Maryland DFS license. A bill to raise the DFS age to 21 died in April 2026.

• Massachusetts

  Sept 2026: Underdog gave up its Massachusetts fantasy registration and is no longer on the Gaming Commission's operator list. July 2026: the attorney general released draft fantasy rules that would ban pick'em-style threshold and multiplier contests and any contest where the operator keeps prize money. They weren't final as of October 8, 2026.

• Michigan

  Sept 2026: Underdog surrendered its Michigan license. A state court has barred Kalshi from offering sports contracts in Michigan since June 30, 2026 (a temporary restraining order, then a preliminary injunction in early September). Robinhood (Sept 9), Coinbase (Oct 7, effective Oct 10) and Polymarket US (Oct 28, effective Nov 25) agreed to stop offering sports event contracts in Michigan.

• Minnesota

  May 2026: Minnesota banned sports prediction markets; a federal judge blocked the ban for federally registered exchanges in July 2026.

• Mississippi

  Sept 2026: Underdog surrendered its Mississippi license.

• Missouri

  Dec 2025: online sports betting launched. Sept 2026: the attorney general ordered prediction-market operators to stop; DFS is unaffected. Oct 2026: PrizePicks paused its Team Picks sports contracts, and Novig, Crypto.com's exchange and Kalshi sued to block enforcement.

• Nebraska

  Online sports betting is on the November 3, 2026 ballot.

• Nevada

  Kalshi blocked Nevada users under a July 2026 settlement, and the Ninth Circuit ruled for the state in August 2026.

• New Jersey

  July 1, 2025: the DFS operations fee rose from 10.5% to 19.75%. Sept 2026: Underdog said it would surrender its New Jersey fantasy permit, though the Division of Consumer Affairs' active operator list still showed it on November 2, 2026.

• New Mexico

  A late-2025 attorney general opinion on DFS was inconclusive and hasn't been enforced.

• New York

  March 2025: Underdog paid a $17.5M settlement and dropped pick'em (its drafts returned in May 2025). Oct 2025: PrizePicks was licensed; it relaunched peer-to-peer in Feb 2026. July 2026: New York sued Kalshi, calling its prediction markets an illegal, unlicensed gambling operation.

• Ohio

  Sept 2026: Underdog surrendered its Ohio license, and on Sept 25 the Sixth Circuit ruled that Ohio can regulate Kalshi's sports contracts. The Casino Control Commission then ordered 10 prediction-market operators and brokers, including Underdog's prediction-market arm, to stop sports contracts by Oct 16; most did not. On Oct 20 it told all fantasy contest and sports gaming licensees to stop supporting unlicensed sports-contract operators by Oct 30 or risk their licenses. Kalshi asked the Sixth Circuit for a rehearing on Oct 9, Polymarket sued the state on Oct 16, and Robinhood agreed to stop opening new sports contracts in Ohio from Nov 2.

• Pennsylvania

  Sept 2026: Underdog surrendered its Pennsylvania license. Oct 7, 2026: HB 2845 was introduced. It would raise the fantasy age from 18 to 21 and treat over/under picks on two or more athletes as fantasy contests, not betting. It is in committee.

• Rhode Island

  May 2026: the attorney general sued Kalshi and Polymarket.

• Tennessee

  Sept 25, 2026: the Sixth Circuit ruled that Tennessee can regulate Kalshi's sports contracts. Kalshi asked the full court to rehear the case on Oct 9, and the court told the state to respond by Nov 12. Oct 9, 2026: the Sports Wagering Council ordered Underdog to stop offering sports event contracts and warned that continuing would put its fantasy license at risk of revocation. Underdog sued in federal court on Oct 13; the case is pending.

• Texas

  July 2026: DraftKings and FanDuel dropped their lawsuit over the 2016 attorney general opinion. Both still operate in Texas.

• Utah

  2026: HB 243 added proposition bets to Utah's gambling definition (salary-cap DFS unaffected). Aug 2026: Utah won its federal case against Kalshi. Oct 8, 2026: the Salt Lake Tribune reported that Attorney General Derek Brown considers DraftKings, FanDuel, PrizePicks and similar apps illegal; no action against fantasy operators had been reported as of Nov 2. Later in October Utah sued Kalshi (Oct 20) and filed criminal charges against the company and its co-founders (Oct 28), and the CFTC sued Utah. DraftKings and FanDuel then pulled sports contracts for Utah users, Robinhood stopped new sports positions from Nov 2, and Fanatics said it would stop all trading there on Nov 4.

• Virginia

  July 2025: the DFS age rose from 18 to 21. July 1, 2026: HB 145/SB 129 moved DFS to the Virginia Lottery, with a player-vs-player-only definition that rules out house-style pick'em. The Lottery hasn't adopted rules yet (its deadline is January 1, 2029), so VDACS-registered operators keep operating until their Lottery permits are decided.

• Washington

  Aug 2026: Kalshi began blocking Washington users from sports contracts under a state court order.

• Wisconsin

  April 2026: Wisconsin legalized tribal online sports betting, which hasn't launched yet.

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