DraftKings licensed states: sportsbook and casino permissions

US gambling permission is primarily state-specific. Each reviewed state decides which products are legal, which companies or platform partners may offer them and which regulator maintains the controlling record.

DraftKings can therefore be licensed for mobile sports wagering in one state, licensed for sportsbook and online casino in another, and absent from the reviewed operator record elsewhere. The brand name alone cannot collapse those distinctions.

The present Atlas review contains 16 DraftKings market relationships: 15 licensed and one not listed. Fifteen are US jurisdictions and one is Ontario, which is retained as a separate provincial record within the North American footprint.

The count reflects only markets currently represented in the Atlas dataset. It is not a claim that the list covers every DraftKings product, retail location or fantasy-sports registration.

Ontario, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, West Virginia and Connecticut support evidence for both sportsbook and online casino relationships. Pennsylvania also has a separate current poker-directory match. Other reviewed states support sportsbook only in the current Atlas record.

This product distinction matters for search queries such as whether DraftKings is legal in a state. The answer should specify the product rather than treating the brand as a single licence.

Connecticut's DCP currently identifies DraftKings through Foxwoods as one of three licensed sports-wagering platforms and one of two authorised online-casino platforms. Arizona's approved-operator page separately places DraftKings under event wagering and fantasy sports, while Louisiana publishes separate sportsbook and fantasy identifiers.

Ohio's May 2026 sports-gaming report, Virginia's permitted-platform page, Massachusetts' Category 3 licensee roster and Maryland's legal-operator page provide recent operating evidence. The matrix now exposes those product splits instead of presenting a flat list of states.

Some state frameworks connect an online brand to a land-based casino, permit holder or other market-access partner. The regulator may publish the partner, platform, legal entity and brand in different documents.

A careful check records those relationships without assuming that the same partner or entity applies nationally. Where a unique licence or registration number is available, it should be preserved.

DraftKings' current product-availability page does not list its online sportsbook for Nevada and identifies only free-to-play contests in the state. Atlas therefore retains the reviewed sportsbook relationship as not listed rather than converting general brand availability into a licensed-sportsbook claim.

Nevada's market structure and product permissions differ from the mobile-sportsbook models used in many other states. The label is narrow: it describes the reviewed online-sportsbook evidence and does not make a global allegation about DraftKings or other products.

Start with the exact state and product. Open the responsible regulator's current operator list, revenue report or licensing directory, then search the brand, legal entity and market-access partner. Confirm whether the record is active and whether it covers mobile sportsbook, online casino, poker or fantasy activity.

Save the source date and distinguish a current operator directory from a press release, meeting agenda or historical approval.

The CSV preserves each reviewed market, Atlas status, products, regulator, evidence type, source URL and last-verification date. It is designed for reproducibility and comparison rather than as a promotional availability list.

The file should be treated as a dated research output. The official state record controls when a later update conflicts with the export.

State operator rosters can change after launches, withdrawals, rebrands and market-access changes. This guide is scheduled for review every 30 days and earlier after a material regulator announcement.

Corrections supported by an official source can be submitted through the Atlas contact and corrections process without payment.