The 15 states where you can legally bet on sports

Once the exclusive territory of Nevada, legalized sports betting is spreading across the United States at a rapid rate. According to ESPN, 15 states currently offer full-scale legalized sports betting while another five – Colorado, Michigan, …

Once the exclusive territory of Nevada, legalized sports betting is spreading across the United States at a rapid rate.

According to ESPN, 15 states currently offer full-scale legalized sports betting while another five — Colorado, Michigan, Montana, North Carolina and Tennessee — plus Washington DC has recently passed bills. Another 25 have introduced bills in their legislature but have not yet passed.

So where can you legally put a little action on tonight’s game? Though locations and laws differ, here are the 15 states that currently offer some sort of legalized sports betting.

1. Nevada

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