Online Sports Betting West Virginia
In August 2018, West Virginia formally became the 5th state in the US to provide legal West Virginia online sports betting, after New Jersey, Nevada, Mississippi, and Delaware. A sports betting law was passed by the state and came into effect after a memorable SCOTUS decision to repeal the federal ban referred to as the PASPA. The legalization of online sports betting in West Virginia will help decrease the amount of money the local economy loses as a result of being wagered with illegal operators. Instead, the state can earn tax revenue from sports betting, which can be used for positive initiatives in the region.
West Virginia officially has sports betting, including online wagering, in 2020.
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
- 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.