Oklahoma Sports Betting
All Oklahoma sports betting bills introduced to date have failed, but the odds of something changing improve every year. Although recent Oklahoma online sports betting bills have died quickly after their introduction, lawmakers and tribal gaming operators seem highly interested in passing a bill that all affected stakeholders find satisfying.
Other Oklahoma online betting options include daily fantasy sports and pari-mutuel horse racing betting sites. Land-based gaming options in Oklahoma include approximately 120 casinos operated by 33 tribes. Indian casinos in Oklahoma may offer slot machines, video poker, and table games.
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Oklahoma Sports Betting Outlook
Sports betting isn’t yet legal in Oklahoma, but legalization efforts are gaining momentum. Every year, lawmakers introduce legislation to legalize retail sportsbooks and online sports betting in Oklahoma.
The biggest challenge facing Oklahoma sports betting proponents is finding a plan that satisfies tribal gaming operators, who contend their gaming compacts with the state give them exclusivity over sports betting.
The most recent Oklahoma online sports betting efforts took the form of two bills introduced in 2024. Both proposals died shortly after their introduction.
SB 1434: SB 1434 would authorize the Oklahoma Lottery Commission to enter contracts with tribal gaming groups to offer in-person sports betting, provided the agreements are approved by the Governor and the Joint Committee on State-Tribal Relations. In addition, the Commission would be able to issue online sports betting licenses to qualified tribal and non-tribal applicants. Oklahoma’s tribal operators opposed the plan due to its lack of tribal exclusivity, and SB 1434 failed to advance during the legislative session.
HB 1027: HB 1027, first introduced by Rep. Ken Luttrell in 2023, carried over to the 2024 legislative session but saw no action. If approved, the bill would have allowed tribal operators to construct retail sportsbooks and offer online sports wagering under tribal gaming compacts with the state.
Oklahoma Daily Fantasy Sports
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Oklahoma law does not specifically address fantasy sports and the major DFS sites operate openly across the state. There was a push for legislation at one point in 2016, but state gaming tribes came out strongly opposed to the bill and later took credit for derailing the effort.
Tribal groups in Oklahoma came out against the DFS bill on the basis that it excluded the tribes from any potential revenue, which they argue breaks revenue-sharing compacts the state holds with the tribes. In certain states, the state government has agreed not to pursue gambling expansion without also dealing in the tribes for a piece of the action. Although one could argue daily fantasy sports in Oklahoma is not a form of gambling by the traditional definition, some tribes argue otherwise.
Since then, there have been no other notable efforts to address the Oklahoma daily fantasy sports issue via regulation. Daily fantasy sites and apps continue to operate in Oklahoma under the current status quo.
Oklahoma Horse Racing Betting
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Pari-mutuel horse racing wagering is legal in Oklahoma. Residents can bet on horse races online in Oklahoma, visit race tracks to watch and wager live, or head to the nearest OTB for simulcast wagering on events hosted nationwide.
See BettingUSA’s Oklahoma horse racing betting guide for recommended racebook apps, legal information, OTB locations, and frequently asked questions:
Oklahoma Online Gambling
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Online casinos and poker sites are not legal in Oklahoma, but sweepstakes gambling sites are allowed under current law. Previously, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma attempted to bring online poker and casino games to Oklahoma, but that effort ground to a halt in 2014 due to federal intervention and tribal politics. As it stands now, there are no plans in place to expand Oklahoma online gambling in the near future.
Online gambling hasn’t officially come to Oklahoma yet but it isn’t for a lack of effort. In 2013, the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes came to an agreement with OK Governor Mary Fallin to host online poker games for state residents and overseas internet users. The tribe invested nearly $9.5 million in PokerTribes.com and set up a website that promised to host real money poker and casino games very soon.
The US Department of the Interior stepped in later that year and put an end to the deal. Their argument was that state lawmakers had no authority to sanction such an agreement. Cheyenne and Arapaho sued to have the Department of Interior back off, but that lawsuit was dropped later after a shift in tribal politics brought a new tribe governor into power in 2014. Eddie Hamilton changed key gambling personnel and ordered the lawsuit to be dropped.
PokerTribes.com folded amid the legal troubles and infighting, and has not been seen since. As of the time of this writing, the website is offline.
Apart from that, there have been no other notable efforts to bring internet poker or online casinos to the state. This means for the time being internet poker is prohibited in Oklahoma. State gaming laws make it illegal to participate in poker anywhere outside of an Indian casino so presumably, one could be charged with a misdemeanor for playing at unregulated betting sites. However, nobody has ever been prosecuted for playing online games in OK.
Oklahoma Gambling Law
All legal land-based gambling in Oklahoma is hosted on tribal lands under compacts between the state and 33 tribes. The tribes mostly self-regulate but Oklahoma does have a Gaming Compliance Unit responsible for carrying out the state’s oversight responsibilities under each compact.
Oklahoma law allows tribes to offer all major forms of gambling apart from sports betting. Different tribes have different licenses for casinos of various sizes. Smaller casinos tend to consist of a few gaming machines while large resort-style casinos offer everything from slots to table games to poker.
Gambling outside of licensed casinos is heavily regulated. Oklahoma does not even provide an exemption for private games between friends.
§21-942 of the State Statutes make it a crime to bet on or play any gambling game not authorized by the state:
Any person who bets or plays at any of said prohibited games, or who shall bet or play at any games whatsoever, for money, property, checks, credits or other representatives of value with cards, dice or any other device which may be adapted to or used in playing any game of chance or in which chance is a material element, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than one (1) day, nor more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The penalties for organizing an unlawful gambling game are significantly harsher.
§21-941 has this to say on the subject:
Except as provided in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, every person who opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, whether for hire or not, or carries on either poker, roulette, craps or any banking or percentage, or any gambling game played with dice, cards or any device, for money, checks, credits, or any representatives of value, or who either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, deals for those engaged in any such game, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than ten (10) years.
Oklahoma Sports Betting FAQ
Wes Burns has more than a decade’s worth of experience as a writer, researcher and analyst in the legal gambling industry and is co-founder of BettingUSA.com. As a former professional online poker player, Wes approaches his work from the viewpoint of players.