West Virginia officially has sports betting, including online wagering, in 2020.
- West Virginia Online Sports Betting West Virginia was one of the first US states to legalize sports betting, proactively passing a bill while the federal ban was still on the books. With bipartisan support in the legislature, the West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act (S 415) became law in March 2018 without a signature from Gov.
- Technically, there has been online sports betting in West Virginia since 2018. However, the only current sportsbooks still active in the state are FanDuel Sportsbook WV, DraftKings Sportsbook WV, and BetMGM Sportsbook WV.
West Virginia is one of the few states that allow the legal online sports betting industry to flourish in a legal and safe environment. I live in West Virginia and have played online sports in the past. Sports betting is fully legalised in West Virginia: both pari-mutuel and broadcast betting. Also, both fantasy and betting on sports games and teams are regal.
Sports Betting Websites
FanDuel Sportsbook is live with its sports betting app in West Virginia as of August 2019. DraftKings Sportsbook joined FanDuel a few days later and is live as well, giving West Virginians access to two of the most popular sportsbooks outside of Nevada. Most recently, BetMGM joined the market.
The Mountain State became the fifth in the US to offer legal sports betting in August 2018, following New Jersey, Delaware, Mississippi, and Nevada. It became the third with legal online sports betting as of December 2018, though it endured a six-month outage in 2019 before finally returning to service.
West Virginia Sports Betting in 2021
| Casino | Operator | Online / Mobile | Retail offered? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Casino at Charles Town | DraftKings Sportsbook | Live as of Aug. 2019 | Yes |
| The Greenbrier (private) | FanDuel Sportsbook | Live as of Aug. 2019 | Yes |
| The Greenbrier (private) | BetMGM Sportsbook | Live as of Jan. 2020 | No |
| Mardi Gras | IGT | Suspended since March 2019 | Yes |
| Wheeling Island | IGT | Suspended since March 2019 | Yes |
| Mountaineer Casino | William Hill | Not yet | Yes |
Legal sports betting options in West Virginia
If you want to bet on sports in West Virginia, you have a variety of options:
WV sports betting apps
There are currently three online sportsbooks available in the state:
- DraftKings Sportsbook: One of the top betting options in several states, the daily fantasy sports and sportsbook offers a full sports betting app in West Virginia.
- FanDuel Sportsbook: Another DFS company and a top competitor of DraftKings, FanDuel is the leading sportsbook brand across the country right now in terms of amount wagered.
- BetMGM Sportsbook: The app from MGM Resorts International, which operates casinos and sportsbooks around the country, is now live in the state.
Sportsbooks at WV casinos
There are five casinos that can offer WV sports wagering at retail locations
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- Hollywood Casino was the first to go live and is the online partner of DraftKings.
- FanDuel is operating the sportsbook at the private resort, The Greenbrier.
- Mountaineer Casino in New Cumberland launched a sportsbook in 2019, but does not have an online platform.
- Mardi Gras Casino and Wheeling Island launched their retail sportsbooks in 2018. They also launched a now-defunct app available via BetLucky.com. After being shuttered for most of 2019, the two properties finally reopened their betting windows in 2020.