Is sports betting legal in Missouri?

The short answer

Yes. Missouri's Attorney General says wagering is permitted both through licensed mobile and online platforms and in person at authorized locations. Legal sports wagering became available at 12:00 a.m. on December 1, 2025, according to the Missouri Gaming Commission.

Missouri is one of the newest legal markets in our table. The Gaming Commission publishes a list of approved mobile licensees, runs a self-exclusion list that is specific to sports wagering and names a state help line.

Key facts from official sources

Start of legal betting

Legal sports wagering began on December 1, 2025.

as of 12:00 a.m. on December 1, 2025, legal sports wagering is available to patrons in the state.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

Licensed operators

The Gaming Commission links a report of approved mobile licensees from its home page.

Approved Sports Wagering Mobile Licensees

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

Self-exclusion

The commission runs a self-exclusion list for sports wagering.

List of Self-Excluded Persons (SEP List) - This list is specific to sports wagering in Missouri.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

Help line

The commission names the BETSOFF line.

please call 1-888-BETSOFF (1-800-238-7633) or visit 888betsoff.org. The number is staffed 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

State tax rate

Missouri taxes sports wagering at 10 percent of adjusted gross revenue, as the Gaming Commission's annual report states.

Sports wagering is subject to a 10% tax on adjusted gross revenue, as established by the Missouri Constitution.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

Regulator

The Missouri Gaming Commission regulates sports wagering, according to its fiscal year 2026 annual report.

The amendment directs the Missouri Gaming Commission to regulate sports wagering by imposing a 10% tax on sports wagering adjusted gross revenue.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

Problem gambling funding

The annual report says $11,054,794.77 was allocated to the Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund in fiscal year 2026.

During FY 2026, $11,054,794.77 was allocated to the Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund, providing substantial new resources for problem and compulsive gambling programs.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

How it became legal

The annual report says voters approved Amendment 2, which legalized sports wagering statewide.

This significant milestone resulted from voter approval of Amendment 2, which legalized sports wagering statewide.

Source: mgc.dps.mo.gov

A new market

Missouri's market opened on December 1, 2025, so it has had less than a year to settle. Licensed operators, offers and limits are still moving, and the commission's pages are the place to see what is approved now. The Attorney General's statement describes both mobile and in-person wagering as permitted, and the commission's launch notice dates the start.

Because the market is new, news and search results may still describe the period before launch. Look for a date on any page that claims to list available apps.

Self-exclusion in Missouri

The commission's List of Self-Excluded Persons is specific to sports wagering in Missouri. The commission says enrollment on the list is for 5 years, and its page explains how to sign up.

How it became legal

Missouri legalized sports wagering by a vote of the people. The Gaming Commission's fiscal year 2026 annual report says voter approval of Amendment 2 legalized sports wagering statewide. The same report says the 10 percent tax is established by the Missouri Constitution.

The same report says the amendment directs the Commission to regulate sports wagering with a 10 percent tax on adjusted gross revenue.

Money for problem gambling

In fiscal year 2026, $11,054,794.77 was allocated to the Compulsive Gaming Prevention Fund, according to the Commission. The money is set aside for problem and compulsive gambling programs, and the help line above is one of the ways to reach them.

How to find the licensed apps in Missouri

The regulator publishes its own list: see the page for approved sports wagering mobile licensees. That list is the authority on which apps may take bets in Missouri, and it is more reliable than any comparison site, including this one. This page names no individual apps because we could not verify any app-level fact for this state.

An app can only take a bet from you while you are physically inside a state that licenses it. Check the local rules before you bet, and download the app from an official store or the operator's website, not from a link in a message.

What we could not verify

This page keeps to what official sources say in so many words. We left out the following because we found no such statement:

• The minimum age as stated on an official page we could read.
• Any official rule on betting on college sports.
• The contents of the commission's licensee report, which our tools could not display.
• The licensed operator count with a date, because no official page we could read states one.
• The license fee and the tax revenue total, because the figures appear only in tables we could not quote.

Every fact here is as of October 30, 2026, the day we read the source. Later changes are not reflected.

Betting responsibly in Missouri

Set the amount you can afford to lose before you open the app, and keep to it. Betting to win back a loss is the pattern to stop on. The commission names the BETSOFF line. The responsible gambling page has the tools, and 1-800-GAMBLER answers at any time.

Related reading

• Every state we have read, side by side.
• Neighbouring pages: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia.
• American odds explained, before you read a price.
• The parlay calculator and what a parlay is.
• What a moneyline bet is.

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