How we check what these pages say
Every fact on a state page comes from a source you can open. Here is how we decide what a page may say, and what each label means.
Applies to all 50 states and DC, plus our betting-app guides. Every page shows the date it was last reviewed.
Where a fact comes from
We read official sources. They carry different weight, strongest first:
- The statute: the law the legislature passed.
- The regulation: the rules the agency wrote under that law.
- The regulator's own guidance: its program page, instructions and answers to common questions.
- The official form: what it asks for, and where it says to send it.
- The operator: a casino's or sportsbook's own published policy, or a written answer from its staff.
- Secondary sources, such as directories and news reports. These carry the least weight.
Every fact links to the source it rests on, with the date we read it. A written answer has no page to link, so it shows the date it arrived.
What the labels mean
- Source confirmed
- An official source we cite states this requirement. In a summary table it appears as Confirmed, and in the full details it states the rule directly.
- Source says this does not apply
- A source rules it out. We record this only when a source says so. A source that says nothing gets Not verified instead.
- Not verified
- We read the sources and they do not settle it, or two official sources disagree.
- Not researched
- We have not checked this yet. It says nothing either way.
Confirmed means an official source states the requirement or route. It does not mean anyone is enrolled yet, or that an agency has processed your form. Only the agency or casino running the program can confirm your enrollment.
When official sources disagree
Sometimes a regulation says one thing and the agency's own instructions say another. When we find that, we do not settle it by picking one. The note on that fact says what each source says. Where the disagreement leaves the requirement open, the fact is marked Not verified. Ask the agency which one it follows before you act.
A silence is not a no
If we have not found a program for a kind of gambling, the page says so. It does not say no program exists. A page says No program found only when a source shows there is none, and it names the scope that was checked: a state law, a regulator's list or an operator.
Categories we have not checked yet are listed as Not checked yet. On the lists that sort every state by one question, a state we have not settled sits in its own group. It is never counted as a no.
How the pages stay current
Each state page shows the date its record was reviewed. Each program shows the date its sources were read.
Every Monday, an automated check opens every link and form in our records. If a link breaks or an official PDF changes, it flags us to review the update. Every outbound link on the site is covered by that weekly check, so an unreviewed link cannot be published.
About once a month every source is opened again and compared with the copy we last read. A substantive change opens a review. A link that still works is not a review, so the date on a page moves only when a person reads the source again.
Use the data
Everything on the state pages is also free to download as an open dataset: every state, every program, each requirement with its label, the official URL behind it, and the date we read it.
- Download the data as JSON
- Download the data as CSV one row per state and program
Licensed under CC BY 4.0. If you use the data, please credit BanMyself and link back to the state page or this page so people can see when each rule was last checked.