Retail and online sports betting continued to grow in popularity.
18, 2023 iLottery supplier NeoPollard Interactive will now provide the West. 25, 2023 WV sports betting handle hit 44.4 million in September, an 85.7 increase from August but a 10.8 decrease year-over-year. The new sportsbook is replacing Barstool Sportsbook in 17 states. Over time, additional casinos and retail sportsbooks in the state began offering sports betting, expanding the options available to bettors. 14, 2023 ESPN Bet launched in West Virginia. In 2019 mobile sports betting in West Virginia launched, allowing residents and visitors to place bets on sports through online and mobile platforms. Sports betting was legalized in West Virginia in May 2018, making it one of the first states to do so, but the first official bet was in August 2018 in the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town. The Supreme Court issued a ruling effectively overturning the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) of 1992, which had prohibited sports betting in most states. In addition to the brick-and-mortar WV casinos, users can now fire up a number of top-tier mobile apps. PASPA Overturned & Sports Betting Legalized West Virginia legalized online casino gaming on Maand launched on July 15, 2020. The fight for the legalization of sports betting started in 2017 when the state of West Virginia tried to negotiate the wide acceptance of online sports gambling by taking the example of New Jersey, but with no success.
