Mississippi Rejects Mobile Sports Betting Again in 2025

• Even after 3 years, Mississippi will continue to be one of 19 states that have not regulated mobile sports betting.
• House Bill 1302, a bill that would legalize online sports betting apps, was killed by the Senate.
• Without state-taxed sports betting options, the state of Mississippi is missing out on millions of dollars of revenue.

JACKSON, Miss. – For the 3rd year in a row, the House and the Senate of Mississippi cannot settle their differences when it comes to legalizing mobile sports betting. Those over the age of 21 will remain unable to place wagers online at locally regulated legal sports betting sites.

Casey Eure, the House Gaming Committee Chair, passed House Bill 1302, better known as the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act. This bill would legalize sports betting and require gaming platforms to partner with a brick-and-mortar casino in Mississippi before opening a digital platform. This way, these casinos could get a portion of the revenue made on mobile sports betting.

Unfortunately, this bill was neglected and killed by the Senate Gaming Committee. Senate Gaming Committee Chair, David Blunt, D-Jackson, made a statement saying:

“The reason we have gaming in Mississippi is to encourage investment, to create jobs, and to grow tourism to bring other people from other places to Mississippi. Mobile sports betting doesn’t do that. Mobile sports betting is in a lot of states, and a lot of people want to do that. I respect that, but it is a different product than the product that we already have.”

In retaliation, the House killed Senate Bill 2381 and Senate Bill 2510. Due to the lack of mobile sports betting apps in Mississippi, the state is missing out on revenue. House Speaker, Jason White, R-West, made a very good point when he said, “That money will go elsewhere… instead of through the normal channels where our gaming officials could regulate it, and we would at least see the benefit of our operators making that money and Mississippians making it…”

Making mobile sports betting apps legal in Mississippi would allow people to do what they have been unlawfully doing for years; however, unless the House and the Senate can reach a satisfiable conclusion, the Magnolia State will remain 1 of the 19 states missing out on mobile sports betting.

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