Feedback on state-by-state list of legal / illegal gambling

I made what I think is the most complete and up-to-date list of what gambling is legal / illegal in each state, along with potential penalties where it's illegal, here. I'm pretty sure there's nothing else on the whole Internet like it. I'm soliciting feedback. Is it good enough? If not, what would you suggest I add / remove / change?

Small correction offered for MA: In-person sports betting will start in MA 1-31-2023, with mobile betting starting some time before March 2023. Both will include online offerings.

https://www.masslive.com/betting/massachusetts/

No error that I can see (but my knowledge is severely constrained).

I do find it humorous that Bovada will not accept wagers from New Jersey residents, where online gambling is legal (huge ad budgets for sportsbooks and NJ casinos), while they will accept players in South Carolina.

In SC, the anti-gambling laws are so draconian that it is actually illegal to own a pinball machine, even if it's a antique and non-functional one.

Quote: BillHasRetired

No error that I can see (but my knowledge is severely constrained).

I do find it humorous that Bovada will not accept wagers from New Jersey residents, where online gambling is legal (huge ad budgets for sportsbooks and NJ casinos), while they will accept players in South Carolina.

In SC, the anti-gambling laws are so draconian that it is actually illegal to own a pinball machine, even if it's a antique and non-functional one.
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Nor will they allow people from NV anymore.

I like that you have gone to the extra step of providing the relevant state law/code reference !

Quite thorough! Bravo!!!

I applaud the time and effort that you put in to compile this information!

South Carolina pinball news from just two days ago:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/01/19/south-carolina-pinball-ban/

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Small correction offered for MA: In-person sports betting will start in MA 1-31-2023, with mobile betting starting some time before March 2023. Both will include online offerings.

https://www.masslive.com/betting/massachusetts/
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Thanks! I fixed it. I started this project months ago, and when I picked it up again yesterday, I forgot that I'd initially recorded the date that gambling as *legalized*, not when it went *live*, so when I posted the article yesterday, the dates were a mixture of both. I just spent all morning tracking down sources to make all the dates to be the launch date (and specified that in the table heading, since it wasn't clear).

Quote: BillHasRetired

I do find it humorous that Bovada will not accept wagers from New Jersey residents, where online gambling is legal (huge ad budgets for sportsbooks and NJ casinos), while they will accept players in South Carolina.

It's not a coincidence. Bovada isn't licensed, and can't get licensed b/c the states won't license an operator which offers play in states which aren't explicitly legal. New Jersey doesn't want unlicensed operators like Bovada competing with their licensed operators, and will go after Bovada legally if Bovada tries to compete in NJ.

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I like that you have gone to the extra step of providing the relevant state law/code reference !

Thanks for noticing, it was a HUGE job.

Nice job. Fills what has been a glaring hole in internet-provided information.

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Nice job. Fills what has been a glaring hole in internet-provided information.
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I know, right? You would think that someone else would have done it already, but they didn't, so I did. In fact, most of my articles are stuff that no one else has done (or at least hasn't done as completely as I have).