Arkansas Sportsbooks | Guide to Arkansas Sports Betting 2025

Sports betting is entirely legal in Arkansas: you can place bets in-person, online, and via mobile. Retail sportsbooks operate at three casino locations: Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort (Hot Springs), Saracen Casino Resort (Pine Bluff), and Southland Casino Racing (West Memphis).

With mobile and online sports betting now legal in Arkansas, every casino in the state has launched its own betting app. 

The Arkansas Racing Commission regulates sports betting.

• Aug. 1, 2025: King sends his letter to Griffin for review.
• July 30, 2025: State Sen. Bryan King (R-Green Forest) tells Gambling.com he is drafting a letter to Attorney General Tim Griffin for an opinion on whether prediction markets like Kalshi are illegal in the state.
• April 7, 2025: HB 1861, which would have legalized online casino gaming statewide, is withdrawn.
• April 1, 2025: SB 524 fails to advance out of committee.
• March 19, 2025: SB 524, which would legalize iGaming, is filed.

Despite its online launch, Arkansas’s mobile market is less competitive or expansive than many other states. There are fewer choices and no major national brands.

This is due to a significant regulatory hurdle: online operators in Arkansas must share at least 51% of their revenue with the partnered casino licensee. This revenue-sharing burden is much steeper than in comparable regulated states (like Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi), discouraging national brands from entering the state's market.

Sports betting in Arkansas was approved via a statewide voter referendum on Amendment 100 to the state constitution. The amendment authorized four casino licenses in Arkansas: Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort (Hot Springs), Southland Casino Racing (West Memphis), and Saracen Casino Resort (Pine Bluff). One additional license is available in Pope County, but it is still pending launch.

It also legalized in-person sports wagering at casinos and assigned oversight to the Arkansas Racing Commission (ARC). Retail sportsbooks began opening in 2019 and 2020.

Each active casino could partner with up to two online operators, which ARC must approve. At least 51% of net sports-betting revenue must go to the casino licensee. The amendment established a 13% tax rate on the first $150M of net gaming revenue per year and 20% on any revenue above $150M.

In 2021, the ARC began to review whether to expand sports betting online. By early 2022, the online and mobile betting market was allowed to open. This expanded the 2018 constitutional authorization to include online sports betting within the ARC’s purview.

• March 5, 2022: Online betting launches with the rollout of Betly.
• Feb. 22, 2022: The Arkansas Joint Budget Committee formally adopted these rules, allowing the online and mobile market to open.
• Feb. 17, 2022: The legislative Joint Budget Committee’s Administrative Rule Review Subcommittee approves the key sports-betting rule, Rule 20, sending it to the full committee for a final sign-off.
• Jan. 21, 2022: The Arkansas Racing Commission schedules an emergency meeting for the following week to consider “a correction” in the mobile-wagering rule’s language, changing net-gaming “revenue” to net-gaming “receipts.”
• Jan. 4, 2022: Sen. Mark Johnson (R-Little Rock) challenges the constitutionality of mobile wagering, saying that betting would physically take place away from “a facility where casino gaming is conducted,” as required in the state constitution.
• Dec. 30, 2021: The ARC approves draft regulations to permit online and mobile sports betting, including the 51% provision.
• Dec. 20, 2021: Several national online bookmakers form a coalition ("Bet on Arkansas") to defeat the 51% profit-sharing provision. The alliance includes Bally Bet, BetMGM, DraftKings, FanDuel, and Fanatics Sportsbook.
• Nov. 18, 2021: At a Racing Commission meeting, national online sportsbooks object to language in the proposed mobile-wagering rule that would give local casinos 51% of profits when partnering with out-of-state bookmakers. 
• Nov. 9, 2021: The Arkansas Racing Commission is expected to vote on a rule change legalizing mobile sports betting.
• July 1, 2019: Retail betting begins at Oaklawn.
• Nov. 6, 2018: Voters approve Amendment 100, which allows casinos to open retail betting locations in Arkansas.
• April 10, 2017: Act 1075 authorizing betting on daily fantasy sports is passed.
• December 2013: Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort launches first horse racing betting app in Arkansas, Oaklawn Anywhere.

Arkansas has three casinos or racinos, each with its own retail sportsbook. A fourth casino and sportsbook, Legends Resort & Casino, got the green light in 2021.

Amendment 100 allows bettors to wager on college sports, including in-state teams.

The University of Arkansas boasts several Razorback teams, predominantly in basketball and football. The Razorbacks basketball team has seven conference tournament titles, most recently in 2000. Many Razorbacks stars have gone on to enjoy success in the NBA.

Arkansas gamblers already have access to full sports betting at retail outlets in the state. The state's first online and mobile sportsbooks will likely offer the same range of markets. You’ll also be able to wager on college sports in Arkansas, but politics may be excluded.

Daily Fantasy Sports Betting

The Arkansas legislature passed DFS back in 2017. Under Act 1075 of 2017, entering paid DFS contests within Arkansas is legal. Operators are taxed 8% on gross revenues, although activity has been slow in Arkansas. DraftKings and FanDuel wasted no time in opening their sites to AR fantasy enthusiasts. You can pay to join real-money fantasy sports pools to win cash in NFL or MLB contests

Horse Race Betting

Betting at ADW (Advance Deposit Wagering) sites in Arkansas is already legal. You can place real-money pari-mutuel bets on races across the US and overseas. Sites like TVG offer odds and markets on all tracks, including thoroughbred meets in Arkansas.

We only recommend signing up for legal sportsbooks in Arkansas. While offshore sportsbooks are available in Arkansas, you can’t guarantee that your funds are secure and that the gaming can be trusted. 

At legalized sportsbooks, you get:

• Reliable odds and software
• Accurate payouts and fast cashout times
• Responsive customer support
• Bonuses and promotional payouts

Online sports betting should be fun, but that's not for all gamblers. Gambling addiction affects people nationwide, but U.S. sportsbooks will provide responsible gambling resources to get you help fast.AR mobile sportsbooks supply links to problem gambling charities. You’ll also be able to set your own deposit limits or request a time-out.

If you need help controlling your play, contact the National Council on Problem Gambling in Arkansas at 1-800-522-4700.