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Sub-national
North America

Mississippi (USA): gambling regulation and licensing

Part of United States

  • Land-based (reference)Regulated
Regulator
Mississippi Gaming Commission
Headline tax
Not yet verified
Licence required
Not yet verified
Last verified
30 Aug 2026

Summary

Mississippi is regulated by the Mississippi Gaming Commission, which describes its purpose as ensuring the integrity of the state and maintaining public confidence in the gaming industry. It is a full-function gaming regulator of the American commercial model, with divisions covering casino gaming, charitable gaming, an in-house gaming laboratory, and race book and sports pool operations. The commission publishes monthly property data reports, commission meeting minutes, industry letters and its own regulations, and runs patron complaint and dispute handling alongside a compulsive and problem gaming programme with self-exclusion. It also operates a channel for reporting illegal gaming. That combination, a laboratory plus published property-level revenue plus a statutory Gaming Control Act, puts it among the more transparent state regulators. The presence of a race book and sports pool division is significant, because it means sports wagering is a licensed category here. This profile does not yet assert whether that extends to remote play from anywhere in the state, which in Mississippi has been the contested question and is decided separately from the licensing of a sports pool inside a casino. Licence types, fees, tax rates, advertising rules and compliance obligations have not yet been verified against primary sources and are left as gaps.

Key facts

Regulator
Mississippi Gaming Commission
Regulator type
Sub-national body
Headline tax
Not yet verified
Licence required
Not yet verified
Minimum age
Not yet verified
Tax base
Not yet verified

Advertising

Advertising permitted
No
Affiliate rules
Affiliates are not separately licensed. There is no licensed competitive online operator to promote lawfully.

Restrictions

  • Mississippi has no licensed statewide online gambling market, so there is no competitive licensed operator whose products may be advertised.
  • Promotion of offshore online operators to residents has no lawful basis.
  • Advertising rules therefore follow the underlying position on what may lawfully be offered, rather than a separate state advertising code for online gambling.

iGT coverage of Mississippi (USA)

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Underdog Sues Five States, Days After Giving Up Fantasy Licences in Seven

The company has gone to federal court in Ohio, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, New Mexico and Washington, asking each to rule that state gambling law cannot reach a CFTC-regulated contract. It is the first prediction-market operator to sue pre-emptively across a whole group of states rather than wait to be sued.

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Underdog Drops Fantasy in Seven States to Keep Its Prediction Markets Running

Told by regulators in Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania that it could not offer both, Underdog has chosen its CFTC-registered event contracts over the draft games that built the company. Drafts close in those states on Wednesday evening, after the NFL season kicks off.

Sources

  1. Mississippi Gaming Commission

    Mississippi Gaming Commission

    Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026
  2. Tier 1Accessed 29 Aug 2026

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