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, 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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2. Delaware

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3. New Jersey

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4. Mississippi

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5. West Virginia

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6. New Mexico

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7. Pennsylvania

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8. Rhode Island

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9. Arkansas

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10. New York

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11. Iowa

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12. Oregon

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13. Indiana

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14. New Hampshire

15. Illinois

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