As sports betting has progressed rapidly from the introduction of state and provincial offerings to the regulation of third-party online operators, new challenges are also emerging. Given how recently sports betting was legalized nationally, 2018 in the US and 2021 in Canada respectively, the race to regulation has proceeded at a brisk pace. Beyond those four, this leaves Alabama, Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Minnesota, North Dakota, Texas, and Utah, as those states either late to adopt or unlikely to regulate legalized sports betting in their jurisdictions. Stateside, California, Florida, Maine, and Nebraska are the next states most likely to introduce regulated sports betting. Canada is even further down the track with every province and territory now offering single-game betting to residents, with the country’s northern territories (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut) limiting their offerings to retail only. Legalized sports betting is off and running in the US with 33 States and the District of Columbia now offering legalized sports betting.
