Wisconsin (USA): gambling regulation and licensing
Part of United States
- Online sports bettingRegulated
- Online casinoProhibited
- Online pokerProhibited
- Online bingoProhibited
- iLotteryProhibited
- Horse race bettingProhibited
- Prediction marketsProhibited
- Daily fantasy sportsNot yet verified
- Land-based (reference)Regulated
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Last verified
- 23 Sept 2026
Summary
Wisconsin's gambling market is tribal, and since April 2026 the legal route to statewide mobile sports betting runs through tribal servers. Article IV, section 24 of the Constitution bars the legislature from authorising gambling beyond charitable bingo and raffles, on-track pari-mutuel betting and a state lottery, which may not sell tickets online. Under Chapter 945, placing a bet is a misdemeanour and commercial gambling a felony. Eleven tribes run 23 Class III casinos under compacts the Governor negotiates, with concurrent oversight by the Department of Administration's Division of Gaming. The Division reports aggregate Class III revenue of $1.376 billion for fiscal 2025, up nearly 5%, and $72.8 million paid to the State under compact revenue sharing; there is no state gaming tax. Nine compacts allow event wagering, six nations ran retail sportsbooks in 2025, and the Oneida Nation's mobile product works only on its reservation. 2025 Wisconsin Act 247, in force from 11 April 2026, takes out of the definition of a bet any sports or event wager placed from within the state if the server is on tribal land in Wisconsin and the wager is conducted under a compact first entered before 1 April 1993. Compacts still have to be amended before statewide apps can launch, and no such amendment appears on the Division's compacts pages. There is no commercial licence of any kind, and online casino, poker and bingo remain illegal. In April 2026 the Attorney General sued Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Coinbase and Robinhood as illegal sports betting operators, and on 28 July 2026 a federal court refused the CFTC's request to block that enforcement.
Common pitfalls
Reading Act 247 as launching statewide mobile betting: it changes the criminal definition of a bet, but a tribe must amend its compact before an app can take wagers across the state. Treating the $1.376 billion as sports betting revenue: it is aggregate Class III net win across all games, and per-product figures are not released. Treating the July 2026 ruling against the CFTC as final: it refused a preliminary injunction and the merits remain open.
Key facts
- Regulator
- Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
- Regulator type
- Sub-national body
- Headline tax
- Not yet verified
- Licence required
- Yes
- Minimum age
- 18+
- Tax base
- No state gaming tax applies to tribal gaming. Tribes make revenue sharing payments set by each compact; the Oneida compact, for example, requires 4.5% of the previous fiscal year's net win (amount wagered less winnings) from 2012, or 5.5% where net win exceeds $350 million, less local government payments of up to $3.25 million. Payments to the State totalled $72.8 million in fiscal 2025, up $6.4 million, and tribes paid $10.4 million to local governments. Charitable bingo pays an occupational tax of 1% of the first $30,000 of an organisation's annual bingo gross receipts and 2% above that (563.80).
Legal framework
Primary statutes
Wisconsin Constitution, Article IV, section 24 (Gambling)
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Except as the section provides, the legislature may not authorise gambling in any form. It may license charitable bingo and local charitable raffles, allow on-track pari-mutuel betting (which the State may not own or operate) and create a state lottery. The lottery may not run sports, casino, poker, keno or video gaming games, may not sell tickets to players at home by computer or telephone, and must show the odds in any advertising. Last amended at the April 1999 election.
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 945, Gambling
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Defines a bet as a bargain dependent on chance even though accompanied by some skill, excluding contracts, bona fide contest prizes, chapter 563 bingo and raffles, chapter 562 pari-mutuel wagering, the chapter 565 lottery and, since 11 April 2026, tribal-server sports wagers (945.01). Making a bet is a Class B misdemeanour, up to $1,000 or 90 days (945.02); commercial gambling, including receiving bets for gain and using wire facilities to assist sports betting, is a Class I felony, up to $10,000 or 3 years and 6 months (945.03); a gambling place is a public nuisance (945.01 (4) (c)).
2025 Wisconsin Act 247 (Assembly Bill 601)
- Year
- 2026
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Creates 945.01 (1) (h): an event or sports wager made by a person physically in Wisconsin on a mobile or other electronic device is not a bet if the server is on a federally recognised tribe's Indian lands in Wisconsin and the wager is conducted under a compact under 14.035 originally entered before 1 April 1993. The wager is deemed to take place on those lands. Signed 9 April 2026, published 10 April and in force from 11 April 2026. It creates no licensing regime, tax or consumer protection rules.
Wisconsin Statutes 14.035, Indian gaming compacts
- Year
- 1989
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Lets the Governor enter, on behalf of the State, any compact negotiated under 25 U.S.C. 2710 (d). In Panzer v. Doyle (2004) the Supreme Court held the Governor lacked authority to agree to games prohibited by the Constitution and criminal statutes, or to a compact of indefinite duration.
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 569, Indian Gaming
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Gives the Department of Administration its Indian gaming functions: a director of Indian gaming, monitoring, auditing and investigating tribal gaming under the compacts, referral of suspected crime to the Department of Justice, certification and background checks of gaming vendors and employees, and the crediting of compact payments to state appropriations (569.06).
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 563, Bingo and Raffle Control
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Licenses qualified organisations to conduct bingo and Class A and Class B raffles, sets conduct and reporting rules, and imposes an occupational tax on bingo gross receipts (563.80).
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 565, State Lottery
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Establishes the lottery division in the Department of Revenue. Tickets may be sold only by retailers or the Department, only for cash, and not to anyone under 18 (565.17).
Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 562, Racing and On-Track Pari-Mutuel Wagering
- Year
- 1987
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Licenses racing and on-track pari-mutuel wagering, administered by the Division of Gaming. Bars wagering away from a racetrack and facilitating off-track wagers (562.11) and wagering by anyone under 18 (562.06).
Secondary instruments
- Year
- 1991
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Negotiated under IGRA, each compact sets the Class III games, the State's concurrent audit role, vendor certification and the tribe's annual payments. The Oneida compact of 1991 bars play by anyone under 18 and, as amended in 2003, sets the Annual Payment at 4.5% of net win from 2012, rising to 5.5% if net win exceeds $350 million; its 2025 amendment lets the Nation deduct local government payments up to $3.25 million a year.
- Year
- 2021
- In force
- Yes
- Summary
- Add event wagering on sports and non-sports events as a Class III game. Wagers on remote devices may be placed only from locations permitted by the tribe's minimum internal control standards, and under the Oneida text the State need not negotiate on events in Wisconsin or involving Wisconsin teams that do not take place on tribal land. Most-favoured-nation clauses extend better terms on events or remote locations agreed with another tribe, and the Oneida and Ho-Chunk texts provide for renegotiation if the State legalises remote wagering from outside tribal land.
Key amendments
- 1 Jul 2021The Oneida Nation and the State executed the first compact amendment adding event wagering, with remote wagering from locations permitted by the Nation's internal control standards.
- 3 Jul 2025The 2025 to 2027 budget raised charitable licence fees for the first time since 1985: $50 for an original raffle licence and $20 per bingo occasion. A statutory drafting error left the raffle renewal fee at $25, and the Division refunded renewals charged at $50.
- 11 Apr 20262025 Wisconsin Act 247 took effect, excluding from the definition of a bet statewide mobile sports and event wagers conducted on servers on tribal land under a pre-1993 compact.
Case law
United States and CFTC v. State of Wisconsin, No. 2:26-cv-749 (E.D. Wis.)
28 Jul 2026
The CFTC sued on 28 April 2026 to stop Wisconsin enforcing its gambling statutes against sports event contracts. Judge Griesbach held venue proper and the CFTC to have standing, refused intervention by Kalshi, Crypto.com and the American Gaming Association, and denied a preliminary injunction because the CFTC had not shown it was likely to succeed on preemption, irreparable harm or the balance of equities.
Ho-Chunk Nation v. Kalshi Inc., No. 25-cv-698-wmc (W.D. Wis.)
11 May 2026
The Nation claims Kalshi's sports event contracts are unlawful Class III gaming on its lands under IGRA. Judge Conley let the IGRA claim proceed, dismissed the Lanham Act and RICO claims and the Robinhood defendants, and found a likelihood of success on IGRA but denied a preliminary injunction for want of irreparable harm. On 11 September 2026 he certified the ruling for interlocutory appeal to the Seventh Circuit and stayed the case.
Dairyland Greyhound Park, Inc. v. Doyle, 2006 WI 107
2006
The 1993 constitutional amendment did not invalidate the original tribal compacts; renewal rights and amendments expanding the scope of gaming are protected by the contract clauses.
Panzer v. Doyle, 2004 WI 52
2004
The Governor acted without authority in agreeing to compact terms allowing games prohibited by Article IV, section 24 and the criminal statutes, a compact of indefinite duration, and a waiver of state sovereign immunity.
Licensing
- Licence required
- Yes
- Application window
- Not yet verified
- Local establishment required
- Not yet verified
- Local server required
- Yes
- Typical time to licence
- Vendor certification typically takes 60 to 180 days from first contact to certificate; pending applications averaged 3.25 months in fiscal 2025.
- Notable licensees
- Oneida Nation (retail and on-reservation mobile sports wagering), Forest County Potawatomi Community (retail sportsbook), Lac Courte Oreilles Band (retail sportsbook), Lac du Flambeau Band (retail sportsbook), St. Croix Chippewa Indians (retail sportsbook), Sokaogon Chippewa Community (retail sportsbook)
- Barriers to entry
- There is no commercial gaming licence of any kind. Casino gaming and sports wagering belong to the eleven tribes under compact, and Act 247 routes statewide mobile wagers through servers on tribal land under the pre-1993 compacts, so a commercial sportsbook can enter only as a certified vendor to a tribe. The Division's certified list at 28 August 2026 includes sports wagering suppliers such as Penn Sports Interactive, Sports Information Services, Genius Sports and Sportradar, and GeoComply for geolocation. The Division counted 54 certificate holders at the end of fiscal 2025.
Licence types
Gaming-related contractor (vendor) certificate (Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance)
- Scope
- Required before a supplier of gaming-related goods or services to a tribal Class III operation does business above the compact thresholds, including sports wagering platforms, integrity and data providers and geolocation services. Applications cover the company and its officers, directors and significant owners; technicians accessing facilities file short-form disclosures.
- Term
- Certificates run about two years; individuals renew every two years
- Application fee
- $4,000 as of 23 Sept 2026
- Fee basis
- $4,000 application fee, or $3,000 for Wisconsin-headquartered entities, against which staff time is billed at $55 an hour plus investigative expenses; costs above the fee are billed before issue.
- Renewal terms
- Renewal applications for all individuals every two years; new officers, directors and technicians must apply on appointment.
Raffle licence, Class A or Class B (Office of Charitable Gaming)
- Scope
- Local religious, charitable, service, fraternal and veterans organisations in existence for a year. A licence allows up to 365 raffles and one calendar raffle; Class A allows advance ticket sales, Class B only same-day sales.
- Term
- Annual
- Application fee
- $50 as of 3 Jul 2025
- Annual fee
- $25 as of 29 Jul 2026
- Fee basis
- $50 for an original licence from 3 July 2025; renewal remains $25.
Bingo licence (Office of Charitable Gaming)
- Scope
- Religious, charitable, service, fraternal and veterans organisations and tax-deductible organisations, generally in existence for three years with at least 15 members; all profits must go to proper and legitimate expenditures.
- Term
- Annual
- Fee basis
- $20 per bingo occasion and $10 for the designated member responsible for gross receipts, from 3 July 2025, plus the occupational tax on gross receipts.
Taxation
- Headline GGR tax
- Not yet verified
- Effective date
- Not yet verified
- Player winnings tax
- Residents are taxed on all gambling income, including fantasy sports winnings. Nonresidents are taxed on net winnings from tribal casinos and bingo halls in Wisconsin, Wisconsin racetracks and the Wisconsin Lottery. Net losses from losing sessions and lottery losses are not deductible for Wisconsin purposes.
- Withholding mechanism
- The Wisconsin Lottery withholds state income tax at 7.65% from prizes of $2,000 or more. Other payers of gambling winnings are generally not required to withhold Wisconsin tax.
- Tax base
- No state gaming tax applies to tribal gaming. Tribes make revenue sharing payments set by each compact; the Oneida compact, for example, requires 4.5% of the previous fiscal year's net win (amount wagered less winnings) from 2012, or 5.5% where net win exceeds $350 million, less local government payments of up to $3.25 million. Payments to the State totalled $72.8 million in fiscal 2025, up $6.4 million, and tribes paid $10.4 million to local governments. Charitable bingo pays an occupational tax of 1% of the first $30,000 of an organisation's annual bingo gross receipts and 2% above that (563.80).
Earmarked levies
- Tribal compact revenue sharing: Set by each compact (Oneida: 4.5% of net win, 5.5% above $350 million) (State appropriations under 569.06, including Department of Justice illegal gambling enforcement; $33 million was appropriated to 17 agencies and 52 programme areas in 2025, the rest to the general fund)
- Bingo occupational tax: 1% of the first $30,000 of annual bingo gross receipts, 2% above (Department of Administration charitable gaming appropriation (563.80 (2m)))
- State lottery net proceeds: All net proceeds (Property tax relief for residents (Constitution Art. IV, s. 24 (6) (a)))
Compliance
- Minimum age
- 18+
- National self-exclusion
- Not yet verified
- Data localisation
- Statewide mobile sports wagers fall outside the definition of a bet only if the server or other device conducting them is physically on tribal land in Wisconsin (945.01 (1) (h)).
- KYC requirements
- Not yet verified
- Stake limits
- Not yet verified
- Mandatory player messaging
- Under the Oneida compact the minimum age to play must be displayed on each electronic game of chance. Lottery advertising must state the odds of winning each prize (Constitution Art. IV, s. 24 (6) (a)).
- Reporting obligations
- Each tribal gaming operation reports daily revenue data to the Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance, verified monthly and audited annually; event wagering revenue is reported monthly within 14 days under the Oneida event wagering amendment. The Office audits each operation every 18 to 24 months, and tribes must commission independent annual financial audits and biannual security audits.
- Game content restrictions
- Electronic games of chance in tribal casinos must pay out between 80% and 100% over their life cycle under the compacts. Video gaming devices are illegal outside tribal facilities; taverns may have up to five amusement-only devices. The state lottery may not offer sports, casino, poker, keno or video gaming games.
Minimum age by vertical
- Horse race betting: 18+
Advertising
- Advertising permitted
- Not yet verified
- Mandatory warnings
- Lottery advertising must state the odds of a ticket winning each prize amount.
Restrictions
- Public funds and lottery revenue may not be spent on promotional advertising of the state lottery, and any lottery advertising must state the odds of winning each prize (Constitution Art. IV, s. 24 (6) (a)).
- A promotion is not a lottery where entry requires no purchase or only a listed free action, such as filling in an entry form or visiting a shop without buying (945.01 (5) (b)); otherwise a prize promotion for consideration is an illegal lottery.
- No statutory advertising code applies to tribal sports wagering; Act 247 contains no advertising rules.
Payments
- Credit card ban
- Not yet verified
- Crypto stance
- Not yet verified
- Permitted methods
- Cash only for state lottery tickets and shares (565.17)
- Payment blocking regime
- No payment blocking regime. Public utilities and common carriers must discontinue a facility on written notice from law enforcement that it is used to transmit gambling information unlawfully (945.06).
Enforcement
- ISP blocking
- Not yet verified
- DNS blocking
- Not yet verified
- Payment blocking
- Not yet verified
- App store takedowns
- Not yet verified
- Administrative penalties
- The Division may suspend or revoke bingo licences. It has no power to fine tribal facilities: it cites compact non-compliance and works with tribal gaming commissions. Chapter 562 violations carry forfeitures of up to $10,000.
- Criminal penalties
- Making a bet: Class B misdemeanour, up to $1,000 or 90 days (945.02). Commercial gambling, including bookmaking for gain and using wire facilities to assist sports betting: Class I felony, up to $10,000 or 3 years and 6 months (945.03). Permitting premises to be used as a gambling place: Class A misdemeanour (945.04). Placing an off-track race wager: up to $10,000 or 9 months; facilitating off-track wagers: Class I felony (562.13).
- Operator liability
- Unlicensed operators face commercial gambling felony charges (945.03), and the Attorney General has used public nuisance actions under 945.03 to seek injunctions against prediction markets. Prizes from an illegal lottery are forfeited to the State (945.10), and utilities must cut facilities used to transmit gambling information on notice (945.06). Tavern licensees who allow gambling devices risk licence revocation (945.041).
- Player liability
- Making a bet not excluded by 945.01 (1), including with an unlicensed online operator, is a Class B misdemeanour (945.02). A voter who bets on an election is disqualified from voting in it (6.03 (2)), and Elections Commission staff consider election prediction market trades likely to be such bets.
Notable actions
- Kalshi Inc. and KalshiEX LLC (suit by the Ho-Chunk Nation)11 Sept 2026
Western District of Wisconsin certified its May 2026 ruling that the IGRA claim may proceed for interlocutory appeal and stayed the case.
- Attorney General Kaul and Division of Gaming Administrator Dillett (suit by Ludlow Exchange, LLC d/b/a Novig)14 Aug 2026
A newly designated CFTC contract market that began offering sports event contracts in Wisconsin sued to bar enforcement of chapter 945 against it on preemption grounds.
- State of Wisconsin (suit by the United States and the CFTC)28 Jul 2026
Eastern District of Wisconsin denied the CFTC a preliminary injunction against the State's enforcement.
- Voters trading on election prediction markets9 Jul 2026
Elections Commission staff counsel advised the Commission that such trades likely disqualify the voter from that election under 6.03 (2), noted that voting while unqualified is a Class I felony (12.13), and recommended a press release warning voters.
- Kalshi, Coinbase, Robinhood, Polymarket (QCX and Blockratize) and Crypto.com (Foris DAX and North American Derivatives Exchange)23 Apr 2026
Attorney General filed three civil actions in Dane County Circuit Court (2026CV001284 to 001286) seeking declarations that sports event contracts violate 945.03 and are a public nuisance, and injunctions; the defendants removed them to the Western District of Wisconsin on 24 April 2026 and the State moved to remand.
Market data
Figures on this record are drawn from official regulator data.
- Online GGR
- Not yet verified
- Reporting year
- 2025
- Year-on-year growth
- 4.9%
- Licensed operators
- 11
GGR by vertical
- Land-based (reference): $1,376,000,000 as of 30 Sept 2025
Timeline
1989
Legislature authorises the Governor to enter Indian gaming compacts (14.035, 1989 Act 196)
16 Aug 1991
Lac Courte Oreilles Band and the State enter their gaming compact, among the first eleven
25 Apr 2003
Oneida compact amended to set Annual Payments as a percentage of net win
2004
Panzer v. Doyle limits the Governor's authority to agree compact terms
2006
Dairyland Greyhound Park v. Doyle upholds the original compacts and scope-expanding amendments
1 Jul 2021
Oneida Nation executes the first event wagering compact amendment
24 Apr 2025
Oneida compact Fourth Amendment executed, capping local payment deductions at $3.25 million
3 Jul 2025
First charitable licence fee increase since 1985 takes effect
30 Sept 2025
Fiscal 2025 ends: Class III revenue $1.376 billion, $72.8 million to the State, six nations with sportsbooks
19 Feb 2026
Assembly passes AB 601 as amended
17 Mar 2026
Senate concurs in AB 601, 21 to 12
9 Apr 2026
Governor signs AB 601 as 2025 Wisconsin Act 247; published 10 April, in force 11 April
23 Apr 2026
Attorney General sues five prediction market operators in Dane County
28 Apr 2026
CFTC sues Wisconsin in the Eastern District
11 May 2026
Ho-Chunk Nation's IGRA claim against Kalshi survives; preliminary injunction denied
9 Jul 2026
Elections Commission staff advise that election bets likely disqualify voters
28 Jul 2026
Eastern District denies the CFTC a preliminary injunction against Wisconsin
14 Aug 2026
Novig sues the Attorney General and the Division of Gaming Administrator
11 Sept 2026
Ho-Chunk v. Kalshi certified for interlocutory appeal and stayed
Outlook
The next step under Act 247 is compact amendment: each tribe that wants to take statewide mobile wagers must agree terms with the State and obtain Interior Department approval, and the event wagering amendments' most-favoured-nation clauses mean terms agreed with one tribe can flow to others. The prediction market cases continue on several fronts. The State's motions to remand its three actions against Kalshi, Polymarket and Crypto.com to Dane County were pending in the Western District at the end of July 2026, when the Eastern District refused the CFTC's injunction against State enforcement. Novig's preemption suit, filed on 14 August 2026, is at an early stage, and the district court has certified Ho-Chunk Nation v. Kalshi for interlocutory appeal to the Seventh Circuit and stayed it. The Division of Gaming says it will replace its charitable licensing system with funding from the 2025 to 2027 budget and build a licensing system for vendor certification.
Frequently asked questions
- Is online sports betting legal in Wisconsin?
- Only through the tribes. Nine compacts allow event wagering and six nations ran retail sportsbooks in fiscal 2025, but the only mobile product, the Oneida Nation's, works on its reservation. Act 247 allows statewide mobile wagers on tribal servers from 11 April 2026, but compacts must first be amended.
- What does 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 do?
- It adds 945.01 (1) (h): a sports or event wager placed from within Wisconsin is not a bet if the server is on tribal land in Wisconsin and the wager is conducted under a compact originally entered before 1 April 1993. It creates no licence, tax or advertising rules.
- Are online casino and poker legal?
- No. The Constitution bars the legislature from authorising gambling beyond bingo, raffles, on-track pari-mutuel betting and the lottery, and making a bet is a Class B misdemeanour. Act 247 covers only sports and event wagers.
- Can prediction markets offer sports contracts in Wisconsin?
- The State says no. The Attorney General sued Kalshi, Polymarket, Crypto.com, Coinbase and Robinhood on 23 April 2026 under 945.03, and on 28 July 2026 a federal court refused the CFTC an injunction against that enforcement. The merits are undecided.
- How is gaming taxed?
- There is no state gaming tax. Tribes make compact revenue sharing payments, $72.8 million to the State in fiscal 2025, and charitable bingo pays 1% to 2% of gross receipts. The Lottery withholds 7.65% state income tax from prizes of $2,000 or more.
- Can a commercial operator get a licence?
- No. The route in is a gaming-related contractor certificate from the Division of Gaming as a supplier to a tribe, with a $4,000 application fee and a typical 60 to 180 day process.
Sources
- Annotated Wisconsin Constitution, Article IV, section 24 (Gambling), published 29 January 2026
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Wisconsin Legislature)
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 29 Jan 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes 945.01, Gambling: definitions (2023-24 Statutes updated through 2025 Wis. Act 87, published 1 March 2026)
Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau (Wisconsin Legislature)
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 1 Mar 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 945, Gambling (945.02 to 945.13), updated 2023-24 Statutes certified 7 March 2025
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 7 Mar 2025 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 939, Crimes: general provisions (939.50 felony and 939.51 misdemeanour penalties), certified 21 November 2025
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 21 Nov 2025 - Wisconsin Statutes 14.035, Governor may enter into Indian gaming compacts, with annotations
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 569, Indian Gaming, certified 30 January 2026
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 30 Jan 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 563, Bingo and Raffle Control (563.80 gross receipts tax)
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 565, State Lottery (565.01 definitions, 565.17 limits on ticket sales)
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 562, Regulation of Racing and On-Track Pari-Mutuel Wagering, certified 30 January 2026
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 30 Jan 2026 - 2025 Wisconsin Act 247 (2025 Assembly Bill 601), creating 945.01 (1) (h): enacted 9 April 2026, published 10 April 2026
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 10 Apr 2026 - 2025 Assembly Bill 601: bill history (excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of "bet")
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Archived copyTier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Legislative Council amendment memo, 2025 Assembly Bill 601 and Assembly Amendment 1, 13 November 2025
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Archived copyTier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 13 Nov 2025 - Division of Gaming, Wisconsin Department of Administration
Wisconsin Department of Administration
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Division of Gaming 2024-2025 Annual Report (state fiscal year 2025)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Class III revenue is published only in aggregate under the compacts; per-casino and per-vertical figures, including sports wagering, are not released. The report's Class III revenue year ends 30 September, the compact fiscal year (1 October to 30 September in the Oneida compact), while the Division's aggregate summaries use state fiscal years ending 30 June.
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Wisconsin Division of Gaming 2023-2024 Annual Report (Class III revenue verified: $1.312 billion, year ended 30 September 2024)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Used with the 2024-2025 report to derive year-on-year growth: $1.376 billion against $1.312 billion is 4.9%.
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Office of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance: Frequently Asked Questions
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Tribal Compacts and Amendments (eleven Wisconsin tribes)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Tribal Net Win Summary 2014 to 2024 (state fiscal years 1 July to 30 June)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Tribal Payment Summary 2014 to 2024 (state fiscal years 1 July to 30 June)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Vendors Holding Gaming-Related Contractor Certificates, current as of 28 August 2026
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 28 Aug 2026 - Vendor Certification: Application Information (fees and timeframes)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Office of Charitable Gaming (raffle and bingo licensing and fees effective 3 July 2025)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Gaming Facility Patron Disputes
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026 - Publication 600, Wisconsin Taxation of Gambling Income (03/26)
Wisconsin Department of Revenue
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 27 Mar 2026 - Oneida Tribe/State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 1991 - Second Amendment to the Oneida Nation and State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991 (2003), including the Annual Payment schedule
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 25 Apr 2003 - Third Amendment to the Oneida Nation and State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991 (event wagering), executed 1 July 2021
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 1 Jul 2021 - Fourth Amendment to the Oneida Nation and State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991, executed 24 April 2025
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 24 Apr 2025 - Fourth Amendment to the Wisconsin Winnebago Tribe, now known as the Ho-Chunk Nation, and State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1992 (2024, event wagering)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 2024 - Third Amendment to the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and State of Wisconsin Gaming Compact of 1991 (event wagering)
Wisconsin Department of Administration, Division of Gaming
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 2022 - CFTC Release 9220-26, CFTC Sues Wisconsin to Reaffirm its Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Prediction Markets, 28 April 2026
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 28 Apr 2026 - United States and CFTC v. State of Wisconsin, No. 2:26-cv-749 (E.D. Wis.): Complaint for Injunctive and Declaratory Relief, filed 28 April 2026
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 28 Apr 2026 - United States and CFTC v. State of Wisconsin, No. 26-C-749 (E.D. Wis.): Decision and Order Denying Motion to Dismiss, Motion to Change Venue, Motions to Intervene, and Motion for Preliminary Injunction, 28 July 2026
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 28 Jul 2026 - Ho-Chunk Nation v. Kalshi Inc., No. 25-cv-698-wmc (W.D. Wis.): Opinion and Order, 11 May 2026
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 11 May 2026 - Ho-Chunk Nation v. Kalshi Inc., No. 25-cv-698-wmc (W.D. Wis.): Opinion and Order certifying interlocutory appeal and staying proceedings, 11 September 2026
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Tier 1Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 11 Sept 2026 - Ludlow Exchange, LLC d/b/a Novig v. Kaul and Dillett, No. 3:26-cv-761 (W.D. Wis.): Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, filed 14 August 2026
United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
A party pleading: used only for the fact and date of the suit and what it seeks.
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 14 Aug 2026 - Wisconsin Elections Commission staff memo, Prediction Markets and Wisconsin Elections, 9 July 2026
Wisconsin Elections Commission
Tier 2Accessed 23 Sept 2026Published 9 Jul 2026