Online Casino Arizona 🇺🇸

Even though Arizona clearly takes a liberal view of gambling, sports betting is not allowed within its territory. The recent US Supreme Court ruling on sports betting was however greeted by many, mostly due to the economy-related reasons. Now that the states can individually decide whether or not they will welcome this form of gambling, many predict that Arizona will certainly not oppose, especially since the introduction of sports betting platforms inside the Tribal casinos would mean a higher share of profit for the state. Some even say that the new drafts of future compacts are already being discussed and, according to the Navajo representative, the casino operators are extremely interested in the potential and the benefits that sports betting would bring. For the time being, however, legalization of sports betting seems to only be involving the tribes and the Tribal casinos, which obviously does not sit well with the operators who are outside this particular gambling industry sector.

Another concern is that the legalization of the sports betting can lead to a serious increase in sports gambling, consequently resulting in sports commercialization and potentially giving way to rigged matches or even conflict of interest in some cases. Not everybody shares this opinion and many argue that sports betting is already being illegally practiced across the state – in other words, the activity may be unlawful, but that does not mean that people are refraining from it. Looking at it from that perspective, it seems that commercialization in inevitable, legal or not. According to some, caution should be executed and although legalization of sports betting seems like an attractive method of increasing the revenue, the costs of such an endeavor must be taken into consideration.

As far as the online casino gambling is concerned, Arizona has no laws that clearly regulate or even explicitly forbid this type of gambling. That means that anyone can gamble online freely, without worrying that they are breaking the law. Of course, not every gaming site will accept USA residents, even if they are coming from the states that do not ban online gambling and the choice of online casinos will be rather limited.

As a state where games of chance are widely accepted and available, Arizona does not ban a lot of gambling forms, although, reading this article, you must have noticed that table games such as roulette and craps are not found inside some of the largest Tuscan gambling venues. This is not a coincidence; Arizona casinos do offer Class II and Class III games, the latter being described as Vegas-style games, however, roulette, baccarat, and craps tables are not permitted. Slots, poker, and blackjack tables are pretty much all that the current compacts are covering.

The other forms of gambling allowed in Arizona are the following:

Pari-mutuel – betting on horse races and greyhound racing is perfectly legal and currently the only type of sports betting permitted on Arizona territory. The same cannot be said for Fantasy sports betting, which is banned at the moment. The ban may be lifted once the state decides to legalize sports betting, but this remains to be seen.

Lottery – in Arizona, the lottery is a part of MUSL (Multi-State Lottery Association) and this type of gambling was legal since the early 80s – in 1981, the first scratch ticket was sold. The proceeds from the lottery are directed towards various state programs and according to some reports, more than $200 million was generated and transferred over to the relevant funds from the lottery alone in 2016.

Bingo – both legal and popular; Arizona online casino often include entire bingo areas and a lot of facilities started off as bingo halls, expanding their offer as time went by.