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Connecticut Sports Betting Overview

Retail sportsbooks at Foxwoods Resort Casino and Mohegan Sun kicked off the Connecticut sports betting era with simultaneous launches on September 30^th, 2021.

Online sports betting in Connecticut began on Tuesday, October 12^th at 3 PM. During the seven-day , three Connecticut betting apps served a total of 750 customers for limited hours each day before transitioning to full-time operations.

FanDuel Sportsbook, DraftKings, and Rush Street Gaming officially launched for the public on October 19^th, 2021. Later, Rush Street Gaming left the Connecticut online sports betting market, and Fanatics Sportsbook took its place.

Connecticut Sports Betting Apps

Three gaming entities control mobile online sports betting in Connecticut. The Pequots (Foxwoods), Mohegans (Mohegan Sun), and the Connecticut Lottery Corporation may each operate one mobile betting platform, giving Connecticut bettors their choice of three online sportsbooks:

• FanDuel Sportsbook
• Fanatics Sportsbook
• DraftKings Sportsbook

Connecticut Sports Betting Bonuses

Connecticut is a somewhat limited sports betting market, with only a few operators authorized to run online sports betting sites and mobile apps. However, competition is fierce, and CT betting bonuses will continue to play a role in each sportsbook’s marketing campaign.

Connecticut Sportsbook Promo Codes

Connecticut Law On Sports Betting Promotions

Connecticut’s sports betting regulations touch on sports betting promotions to ensure customers receive fair treatment.

Per data logging standards in CT sports betting regulations, operators must maintain a promotion log that records “all complimentaries and promotions issued and redeemed through the electronic wagering platform in a secure electronic log” necessary to audit compliance.

Additionally, marketing and advertising standards require operators to include responsible gambling messages, publish the minimum age to participate, and ensure advertisements “do not contain inaccurate or misleading information.”

Connecticut Sportsbook Locations

Connecticut is home to retail sportsbooks at Foxwoods Resort, Mohegan Sun, and selected by the state lottery.

The CT Lottery may launch up to 15 retail sportsbooks under Fanatics Sportsbook branding throughout the state, including ten at existing Sportech off-track betting locations. The first locations opened in October 2021.

All Connecticut sportsbooks featured Rush Street Gaming branding initially, but that changed after Rush Street Gaming exited its partnership with the CT Lottery. In December 2023, the CT Lottery began rebranding its retail locations under the Fanatics Sportsbook name.

In addition to new imagery and signage, Connecticut sportsbooks have received upgraded odds screens and new self-serve betting kiosks.

Retail Sportsbooks At Connecticut Casinos

Fanatics Sportsbook Connecticut Locations

• Bridgeport:
• Hartford:
• Hartford:
• Manchester:
• Milford:
• New Britain:
• New Haven:
• Stamford:
• Windsor Locks:
• Waterbury:

Connecticut Sports Betting Law

The state took a big step closer to legal sports betting in early 2021 when Governor Lamont announced an agreement with one of the state’s two gaming tribes for Connecticut sports betting and online gambling.

The other tribe got on board shortly after, and the Connecticut legislature passed the implementing legislation. Per the amended tribal gaming compacts, Connecticut regulates several types of online gambling sites and sports betting.

• Connecticut tribes may offer mobile sports betting and retail sportsbooks
• The CT Lottery may offer mobile sports betting and up to 15 retail sportsbooks; Lottery-run sportsbooks may not be located within 25 miles of a tribal casino
• CT tribes may operate online casinos and poker sites
• Fantasy sports officially legalized; operators must apply for DFS licenses
• State to tax sports betting at 13.75%
• State to tax online gambling at 18% for five years; 20% thereafter
• Sportsbooks may not accept wagers on games involving in-state college teams

Additional regulations fill in the details regarding deposit methods, data privacy requirements, responsible gambling, and much more.

Connecticut Daily Fantasy Sports

When Connecticut amended its gaming compacts with the Mashantucket and Mohegan tribes to legalize sports betting, it also authorized daily fantasy sports.

The negotiations resulted in Connecticut legalizing daily fantasy sports, but only for operators partnered with either tribe or the state lottery.

As a result, the Connecticut fantasy sports market is limited in scope and leaves players with few options. DraftKings and FanDuel are the only DFS sites to have applied for licenses, but only DraftKings remains active as a licensed fantasy sports operator in Connecticut.

Fans can read more about the Connecticut daily fantasy sports market below:

• Connecticut Daily Fantasy Sports Apps

Connecticut Horse Racing Betting

No live horse racing tracks operate in Connecticut today, but horse racing betting is legal at authorized off-track betting locations (OTBs) and via ADWs in the form of horse racing betting sites and mobile apps.

See this page for more information:

• Connecticut Horse Racing Betting

Connecticut Online Gambling

Online gambling is legal in Connecticut due to a new gaming compact between the state and its two casino tribal operators. The first CT online casinos opened in October 2021, beginning with a soft launch period open to 750 players.

During the soft launch phase, Connecticut gambling sites offered 100 approved games but not live dealer games or online poker. After the soft launch phase ended, CT gambling sites fully opened their doors to all eligible customers 21 and older.

Connecticut online gambling law calls for an 18% tax on online gambling operators for the first five years and 20% after that.

• Read more: Connecticut Online Casinos
• Read more: Connecticut Online Poker

Connecticut Online Lottery

The Connecticut Online Lottery offers draw game tickets and keno under the “CT iLottery” brand. Players can download the official CT Lottery app or visit CTiLottery.org to play keno online and buy tickets to all draw games from anywhere within state lines.

Connecticut Gambling Laws

Connecticut gambling laws outlaw any form of gambling not authorized within the state. Two statutes in particular explain how the state defines gambling and the penalties for engaging in unregulated gambling.

Section 53-278a defines gambling and professional gambling with the following text:

(2) “Gambling” means risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance or the operation of a gambling device, including the playing of a casino gambling game such as blackjack, poker, craps, roulette or a slot machine, but does not include: Legal contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of entries…

(3) “Professional gambling” means accepting or offering to accept, for profit, money, credits, deposits or other things of value risked in gambling, or any claim thereon or interest therein. Without limiting the generality of this definition, the following shall be included: Pool-selling and bookmaking; maintaining slot machines, one-ball machines or variants thereof, pinball machines, which award anything other than an immediate and unrecorded right of replay, roulette wheels, dice tables, or money or merchandise pushcards, punchboards, jars or spindles, in any place accessible to the public; and except as provided in sections 7-169 to 7-186, inclusive, conducting lotteries, gift enterprises, disposal or sale of property by lottery or hazard or policy or numbers games, or selling chances therein; and the following shall be presumed to be included: Conducting any banking game played with cards, dice or counters, or accepting any fixed share of the stakes therein;

From there, we can see that Connecticut has a pretty broad interpretation of what it considers gambling. Traditional casino games, sports betting and poker are all included. Section 53-278b explains the penalties for engaging in gambling as a player and as a business operator:

(a) Any person who engages in gambling, or solicits or induces another to engage in gambling, or is present when another person or persons are engaged in gambling, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor; provided natural persons shall be exempt from prosecution and punishment under this subsection for any game, wager or transaction which is incidental to a bona fide social relationship, is participated in by natural persons only and in which no person is participating, directly or indirectly, in professional gambling.

(b) Any person who engages in professional gambling shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

What this all means is if you’re caught playing unlicensed gambling games in Connecticut, you will face a Class B misdemeanor charge which includes a punishment of up to 6 months in jail and a fine of up to $1,000. If you get caught running your own underground games, you can be hit with a Class A misdemeanor which is good for up to a year in jail and a fine of up to $2,000.

The state does make an exception for social poker games. If you and a couple of friends decide to get together and play poker for real money and the house does not earn a profit, it’s legal. The important thing is you have a “bona fide” social relationship with the other players outside of poker.

The CT government website has a nice .

Connecticut Sports Betting FAQ