sportshandle.casinowinning.net is your place for everything to know about legal Mississippi sports betting. On Aug. 1, 2018, the Beau Rivage Casino and Resort and Gold Strike Casino Resort took the state’s first sports bets. By the end of the month, 20 of the state’s commercial casinos were offering sports betting. 2u4k6q
In addition, tribal casinos owned by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians have opened sportsbooks. The Golden Moon Hotel and Casino and the Bok Homa Casino, both under the Pearl River Resort umbrella, now have sports betting lounges. Tribal casinos do not fall under the jurisdiction of the state’s gaming board.
Below is a primer on the Mississippi sports betting scene.
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In June 2018, the Mississippi Gaming Commission’s website rolled out their regulations. It covered everything from definitions of sports betting to how to pay out wagers. By the end of the summer, 20 commercial and two tribal sportsbooks had opened for sports betting.
The tax rate on [on sports betting revenues] will be 12 percent — 8 percent going to the state, 4 percent local tax, which is the same as every other gaming tax in Mississippi,” Allen Godfrey, Executive Director of the Mississippi Gaming Commission, told Sports Handle.
For the time being, sports betting is allowed only on premises at the casinos. Some of them offer apps, which will only be accessible on-premises as well. For example, the tribal casinos, Bok Homa, Golden Moon, and Silver Star, all a part of the Pearl River Resort, allow mobile wagers while on-site via the PRRSports app.
Most sportsbooks offer wagering on a full menu of professional and collegiate athletic events, including Ole Miss and Mississippi State games. This is notable because some state regulations will not currently allow wagering on collegiate events in-state.
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| Casino | Sportsbook Partner | Location | Retail / Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Jackpot Casino | None | Robinsonville | Retail only |
| Ameristar Casino | None | Vicksburg | Retail only |
| Bally's Vicksburg | Bally Bet | Vicksburg | Retail only |
| Beau Rivage Resort & Casino | MGM | Biloxi | Retail only + Mobile (on premises) |
| Bok Homa Casino (Tribal) | None | Heidelberg | Retail + Mobile (on premises) |
| Boomtown Casino | None | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Fitz Casino Hotel | None | Robinsonville | Retail only |
| Gold Strike Casino Resort | MGM | Robinsonville | Retail only + Mobile (on premises) |
| Golden Moon Hotel & Casino (Tribal) | None | Philadelphia | Retail + Mobile (on premises) |
| Golden Nugget | DraftKings | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Hard Rock Hotel & Casino | Hard Rock | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Harlow's Casino Resort | None | Greenville | Retail only |
| Harrah's Gulf Coast | Caesars | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Hollywood Casino Gulf Coast | None | Bay Saint Louis | Retail only |
| Hollywood Casino Tunica | None | Robinsonville | Retail only |
| Horseshoe Casino & Hotel | Caesars | Robinsonville | Retail only |
| IP Casino Resort Spa | FanDuel | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Island View Casino Resort | None | Gulfport | Retail only |
| Isle of Capri Casino & Resort | Caesars | Lula | Retail only |
| Magnolia Bluffs Casino | None | Natchez | Retail only |
| Palace Casino Resort | None | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Riverwalk Casino and Hotel | None | Vicksburg | Retail only |
| Sam's Town Casino | FanDuel | Robinsonville | Retail only |
| Scarlet Pearl Casino and Hotel | None | D'Iberville | Retail only |
| Silver Slipper Casino | None | Bay Saint Louis | Retail only |
| Silver Star Casino (Tribal) | None | Philadelphia | Mobile (on premises) |
| Treasure Bay Casino and Hotel | None | Biloxi | Retail only |
| Trop Casino Greenville | Caesars | Greenville | Retail only |
| WaterView Casino and Hotel | None | Vicksburg | Retail only |
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Sports betting in Mississippi has outperformed expectations. Prior to legalization a Global Market Advisors study anticipated that the state’s in-person betting handle would be around $180 million per year. It didn’t take long to raise the bar.
As sports betting operations were still getting set up in 2018, Mississippi managed to take in more than $150 million in wagers from September – December alone.
Let the sports betting begin. Today at noon, Mississippi became the third state in the nation allowing wagering on sporting events. Former LSU Tiger Robert Royal was among the dignitaries placing a bet as the sports book opened at the Beau Rivage in Biloxi. @WWLTV pic.twitter.com/YClkoNupTZ
— Paul Murphy (@PMurphyWWL) August 1, 2018
According to the SportsHandle sports betting revenue tracker, bettors in Mississippi have wagered over $2.7 billion since retail sports betting launched in August 2018. That’s a lot of parlays and moneyline bets!
While mobile wagering would take things to a new level, in the short term retail sportsbooks have drawn more visitors to casinos, restaurants, and hotels – a positive for Mississippi.
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While retail sportsbooks in Mississippi have been a success story (over $37 million in tax revenue has been added to the state coffers from retail wagering alone), the state has yet to fully embrace online betting. In a time when online-friendly states like New Jersey are accepting more than 80% of their bets online, there’s enormous potential for growth in the Magnolia State, and efforts are underway to make it happen.
Mobile betting would check a lot of boxes for Mississippi. It would greatly increase the number of people that have easy access to sportsbooks. It would also do wonders for the variety of available bets.
Online bookmakers can offer live, in-game wagers far faster than retail books. No matter how you want to bet on an event, online sportsbooks typically have a way to do it.
HB 774 63t24
In January 2024, the House Gaming Committee ed HB 774, the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act. The bill would allow each retail casino to have one online skin, which means up to 30 apps could be available in the state. Betting on both professional and college sports would be allowed.
The prospect of this bill becoming law ed a vote of 97-14 after a debate on the House floor in February 2024, only to die later in a conference committee a little later. There is an added urgency to implement mobile sports betting as neighboring states such as Read more about HB 774 here.
