- After the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act was shot down in 2024, Casey Eure reworked the bill and brought the proposal forward again in 2025.
- The new bill proposes promising changes that could ensure both large and small casinos benefit from mobile online betting.
- The passing of this bill could be a huge success for the state of Mississippi in terms of economic gain.
JACKSON, Miss. – Legalizing mobile sports betting in Mississippi has been anything but easy. In 2024, lawmakers could not agree on a final proposal because it was said that online betting would harm the state’s brick-and-mortar casinos.
But Casey Eure, the house gaming chairman representative, did not give up on the idea of sportsbook apps in Mississippi.
Eure heard the concerns of the Senate and reworked the Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act to say:
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- People in the state of Mississippi will be allowed to place bets at mobile and online sportsbooks
- A casino may partner with no more than 2 sports betting platforms
- Smaller casinos will be protected from revenue loss through a pot of money ($6 million) that establishments can draw from for the first five years that online sports betting is legal
- To combat gambling addictions, no one may place a bet using a credit card (debit card, Cash App, and Venmo are still accepted)
- No one under the age of 21 can place a bet or claim winnings personally or through an agent
As for the Senate, they have their own bill - Senate Bill 2379 - which would allow “wagers [to be] made over the internet, including on websites, personal computers, mobile phones, or other interactive devices used by an individual to place a sports pool wager from any location in Mississippi…”.
Sports betting is legal in over 30 states and Washington D.C., so Mississippi is one of the few that does not allow mobile sportsbooks, making this topic unavoidable. If the reworkings of this new bill are executed properly by Mississippi lawmakers, this could be a successful change for not just the gambling industry, but the state of Mississippi economically.
McKenzie found her love for writing when she changed her major to Editing, Writing, and Media at Florida State University. She loves watching football and baseball with her family and grew up as an Alabama fan (Roll Tide). With a passion for both sports and storytelling, McKenzie brings a unique style of writing in her stories.
