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Best West Virginia Sports Betting Sites & Apps 2025

Best West Virginia Sports Betting Sites & Apps 2025

By Ciaran McEneaney - Tuesday 6th May 2025 9:00 PM

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In March 2018, West Virginia lawmakers passed Senate Bill 415 that legalized sports betting within the state. However, that legislation didn’t become active until May 14th, 2018 when the Supreme Court ruled that the the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA) was unconstitutional following a legal challenge by the state of New Jersey. This lifted the federal ban on sports betting giving individual states the power to launch and regulate their own markets.

The West Virginia Lottery Commission was tasked with drafting a regulatory framework for sports betting with a target launch date of some time prior to the 2018-19 NFL season. The Commission met its target and the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town accepted the first legal sports bets in the state on August 30th 2018.

Best West Virginia Sport Betting Sites by May 2025

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While both retail and online sports betting launched in 2018, the state’s only online operator BetLucky ceased operations in March 2019. It wasn’t until August 2019 that West Virginia’s gamblers had a state-licensed online option when both FanDuel and DraftKings launched their online sportsbooks.

Since then, the West Virginia Sports Betting industry has grown from strength to strength with operators regularly posting monthly sports betting handles of over $100M.

The West Virginia Lottery regulates the local sports betting industry. The lottery is responsible for the issuance of licenses, collection of fees, and ensuring that all sports betting operators follows the rules and regulations as set out by the state’s sports betting legislation.

Historical Sports Handle, Revenues & Taxes in West Virginia

Total Handle: $2,606,160,110
Sportsbook Revenue: $236,702,286
State Taxes: $20,119,695
Win % Avg: 9.55%

Period	Total Handle	Mobile Handle	Mobile Handle %	Sportsbook Revenue	Win %	State Taxes
Sep 2018	$7,322,255	$0	0.00%	$2,129,236	29.08%	$180,985
Oct 2018	$9,735,875	$0	0.00%	$1,010,246	10.38%	$85,871
Nov 2018	$12,610,479	$0	0.00%	$641,583	5.09%	$54,535
Dec 2018	$16,757,253	$0	0.00%	$2,766,944	16.51%	$235,190
Jan 2019	$17,808,457	$0	0.00%	$802,167	4.50%	$68,184
Feb 2019	$17,434,692	$0	0.00%	$371,277	2.13%	$31,559
Mar 2019	$17,648,634	$0	0.00%	$2,341,399	13.27%	$199,019
Apr 2019	$10,334,722	$0	0.00%	$554,881	5.37%	$47,165
May 2019	$8,667,939	$0	0.00%	$615,153	7.10%	$52,288
Jun 2019	$9,671,070	$0	0.00%	$701,140	7.25%	$59,597
Jul 2019	$5,851,318	$0	0.00%	$682,214	11.66%	$57,988
Aug 2019	$12,656,911	$0	6.52%	$1,549,585	12.24%	$131,715
Sep 2019	$25,620,077	$9,064,094	36.67%	$3,755,760	14.66%	$319,240
Oct 2019	$28,971,261	$12,674,866	43.75%	$4,573,240	15.79%	$388,725
Nov 2019	$41,019,717	$20,136,031	49.09%	$872,645	2.13%	$74,175
Dec 2019	$30,342,333	$13,975,747	46.06%	$2,322,914	7.66%	$197,448
Jan 2020	$35,398,396	$19,738,097	55.76%	$2,203,189	6.22%	$187,271
Feb 2020	$48,474,168	$32,314,731	66.66%	$821,614	1.69%	$69,837
Mar 2020	$14,705,300	$10,232,154	69.58%	$1,101,454	7.49%	$93,623
Apr 2020	$1,901,698	$1,901,698	100.00%	$124,415	6.54%	$10,575
May 2020	$6,035,532	$6,035,532	100.00%	$571,831	9.47%	$48,606
Jun 2020	$6,338,619	$5,742,051	90.59%	$567,836	8.96%	$48,266
Jul 2020	$10,384,818	$7,791,115	75.02%	$1,212,678	11.68%	$103,078
Aug 2020	$45,897,001	$34,490,068	75.14%	$2,337,229	5.09%	$198,664
Sep 2020	$64,433,458	$50,982,780	79.12%	$4,119,539	6.39%	$350,161
Oct 2020	$57,150,986	$34,914,446	61.09%	$4,227,050	7.40%	$359,299
Nov 2020	$48,532,442	$28,410,229	58.54%	$4,407,576	9.08%	$374,644
Dec 2020	$53,236,336	$32,801,905	61.62%	$4,761,108	8.94%	$404,694
Jan 2021	$67,598,350	$42,896,627	63.45%	$5,681,382	8.40%	$482,917
Feb 2021	$38,212,775	$27,092,649	70.90%	$1,364,161	3.57%	$115,954
Mar 2021	$42,751,230	$32,279,319	75.51%	$3,889,447	9.10%	$330,603
Apr 2021	$28,075,235	$20,899,851	74.44%	$2,197,505	7.83%	$186,788
May 2021	$31,858,948	$23,118,785	72.57%	$3,334,580	10.47%	$283,439
Jun 2021	$29,923,766	$20,562,105	68.71%	$3,466,223	11.58%	$294,629
Jul 2021	$21,290,275	$15,578,482	73.17%	$2,295,743	10.78%	$195,138
Aug 2021	$22,350,089	$16,610,565	74.32%	$1,993,383	8.92%	$169,438
Sep 2021	$45,731,107	$34,618,300	75.70%	$6,018,958	13.16%	$511,611
Oct 2021	$76,021,064	$58,936,442	77.53%	$3,789,330	4.98%	$322,093
Nov 2021	$83,097,858	$68,177,843	82.05%	$6,284,869	7.56%	$534,214
Dec 2021	$57,598,451	$45,759,723	79.45%	$5,148,245	8.94%	$437,601
Jan 2022	$75,812,782	$62,141,388	81.97%	$5,127,142	6.76%	$435,807
Feb 2022	$49,271,583	$41,234,097	83.69%	$1,954,999	3.97%	$166,175
Mar 2022	$51,713,269	$42,170,220	81.55%	$3,384,270	6.54%	$287,663
Apr 2022	$45,633,710	$37,890,540	83.03%	$3,033,505	6.65%	$257,848
May 2022	$37,283,884	$31,938,968	85.66%	$3,415,583	9.16%	$290,325
Jun 2022	$28,329,552	$22,992,730	81.16%	$2,390,478	8.44%	$203,191
Jul 2022	$25,017,812	$21,023,633	84.03%	$2,616,578	10.46%	$222,409
Aug 2022	$23,099,016	$18,820,125	81.48%	$2,899,582	12.55%	$246,464
Sep 2022	$45,899,185	$36,845,835	80.28%	$6,444,274	14.04%	$547,763
Oct 2022	$62,979,279	$51,677,728	82.06%	$6,720,472	10.67%	$571,240
Nov 2022	$69,848,040	$60,806,491	87.06%	$5,017,554	7.18%	$426,492
Dec 2022	$65,959,802	$57,079,968	86.54%	$8,690,853	13.18%	$738,723
Jan 2023	$44,774,915	$38,450,605	85.88%	$3,658,913	8.17%	$311,008
Feb 2023	$39,758,197	$35,443,679	89.15%	$2,788,228	7.01%	$236,999
Mar 2023	$43,069,841	$38,295,725	88.92%	$4,209,826	9.77%	$357,835
Apr 2023	$46,765,566	$42,987,808	91.92%	$3,494,508	7.47%	$297,033
May 2023	$31,910,389	$29,024,310	90.96%	$3,464,247	10.86%	$294,461
Jun 2023	$28,049,468	$25,048,483	89.30%	$2,610,087	9.31%	$221,857
Jul 2023	$20,903,045	$18,660,926	89.27%	$2,511,985	12.02%	$213,519
Aug 2023	$19,917,306	$17,632,327	88.53%	$2,337,103	11.73%	$198,654
Sep 2023	$49,912,781	$44,632,091	89.42%	$4,799,913	9.62%	$407,993
Oct 2023	$42,622,335	$37,494,296	87.97%	$6,129,640	14.38%	$521,019
Nov 2023	$52,501,086	$46,531,518	88.63%	$4,746,249	9.04%	$403,431
Dec 2023	$61,363,321	$54,825,913	89.35%	$6,923,869	11.28%	$588,529
Jan 2024	$46,418,382	$41,284,206	88.94%	$6,025,132	12.98%	$512,136
Feb 2024	$38,802,415	$34,962,283	90.10%	$3,743,786	9.65%	$318,222
Mar 2024	$52,122,666	$46,630,428	89.46%	$4,711,512	9.04%	$400,479
Apr 2024	$34,430,692	$31,073,275	90.25%	$3,551,227	10.31%	$301,854
May 2024	$30,352,182	$27,037,059	89.08%	$3,441,033	11.34%	$292,488
June 2024	$33,470,458	$29,320,264	87.40%	$3,969,962	11.86%	$337,447
Jul 2024	$20,881,964	$18,800,001	90.03%	$2,761,663	13.23%	$234,741
Aug 2024	$31,448,426	$27,845,765	88.54%	$4,404,834	14.01%	$374,411
Sep 2024	$46,385,866	$41,662,239	89.82%	$7,113,550	15.34%	$604,652
Totals	$2,606,160,110	$1,940,001,159	66.23%	$236,702,286	9.55%	$20,119,695

Which Legal Sportsbooks are Available in West Virginia?

Retail sports betting first launched in August of 2018 and is now available in all five casinos in West Virginia.

Casino	Sportsbook	Launch Date
Hollywood Casino at Charles Town	DraftKings	August 2018
Mountaineer Casino	Caesars	November 2018
Greenbrier Casino	FanDuel	August 2019
Mardi Gras Casino	Betly	January 2020
Wheeling Island	Betly	January 2020

Legal Online Sports Betting Apps in West Virginia

Sportsbook	Available On	States Available
DraftKings	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
FanDuel	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming
Caesars	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Washington D.C., Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, Wyoming, West Virginia
BetMGM	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Washington D.C., Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming
Fanatics	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Washington D.C., Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming
ESPN BET	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
BetRivers	App Store, Google Play	Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
Golden Nugget sportsbook	App Store, Google Play	Michigan, New Jersey, Virginia, West Virginia
Betly	App Store, Google Play	Arkansas, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia

Mobile sports betting launched in West Virginia in December 2018 through the BetLucky app. However, this wasn’t to last long and by March 2019, BetLucky had ceased its West Virginia operations. The issue arose because of a dispute between Delaware North and sports betting provider Miomni. The issue not only stalled mobile operations but also caused both the Mardi Gras and Wheeling Island retail sportsbooks to shut temporarily.

Six months later, mobile sports wagering returned to West Virginia when FanDuel and DraftKings launched.

Daily Fantasy Sports in West Virginia

In 2016, West Virginia’s Attorney General issued an opinion in that effectively opened the door to daily fantasy sports (DFS) in West Virginia. The opinion came as a result of Senate Bill 529 and stated that fantasy sports contests were “not decided predominantly by chance”, and therefore were not illegal gambling under West Virginia state law.

However, there is no formal legislation for DFS operations meaning that there is no list of licensed and approved operators in the state.

What About Online Poker in West Virginia?

While online poker is technically legal in the state of West Virginia, there are no licensed online poker platforms currently operating in the state. At present, sweepstakes and social poker games are the only online poker options available.

Responsible Gambling in West Virginia

On Friday, February 23rd, the West Virginia Responsible Gaming and Research Act passed the House Judiciary Committee.

The Responsible Gaming and Research Act (RGRA) mandates that gambling operators in West Virginia provide anonymized data relating to their customers to West Virginia University. WVU will then collaborate with the State Lottery Commission’s Department of Human Services to analyze the data. This partnership aims to enhance the understanding of problematic and addictive gambling tendencies, facilitating the formulation of future legislation geared towards promoting safer gambling practices.

West Virginia sports betting frequently asked questions

What sports can you bet on in West Virginia?

You can place bets on all major professional sports along with collegiate sports and Olympic events.

Can I download West Virginia sports apps on both iOS and Android devices?

Yes, all sports betting apps in West Virginia have both iOS and Android apps available.

What happens to my sportsbetting account if my ID expires?

Most apps will notify you if your ID is about to expire. You can then upload a new ID to keep your account active.

How do I create an account for a sports betting app?

West Virginia law requires that all players must register using a valid ID. You may also need your social security number.

How do I deposit money to my sports betting app account?

Most West Virginia sportsbook apps will allow you to deposit using the following methods — credit/debit card, online banking, PayPal, Skrill, PayNearMe, and Echeck/ACH Transfer.

Is it legal to use a West Virginia sports betting app outside of the state?

No, you can only place bets online if you are located in the state of West Virginia.

How old do you have to be to place bets at a West Virginia sportsbook?

You must be 21 years of age or older to create an account with a West Virginia sports betting app or to place bets at a retail sportsbook anywhere within the state.

Ciaran McEneaney

Ciaran has been working within the Gambling Industry as a deep analyst since 2019. His deep knowledge and understanding of all the gambling regulations, and processes makes him a true asset, and an always valuable point of view for Gambling Industry News, allowing us to cover every topics from a brand new perspective.