The law also set a state tax rate of 8.4% plus an additional 1.25% for casinos in municipalities (Detroit’s three commercial casinos). The bill authorized retail sportsbooks at casinos and for each casino to launch an online/mobile sports betting platform.Įach casino must apply for a sports betting license and pay total fees of $150,000. Michigan legalized sports betting with the passage of HB 4916 in December 2019. The first legal MI sportsbooks opened in March 2020 and the first mobile betting apps launched in January 2021. Michigan nearly passed sports betting regulation that same year, but a bill authorizing mobile sports betting and retail sportsbooks would not pass until the end of 2019.įollowing the passage of the new sports betting law, the MGCB got to work drawing up the needed regulations and issuing licenses to Michigan betting sites. The 2018 Supreme Court decision to overturn the federal sports betting ban opened the door for individual states to reevaluate their relationship with sports betting. In all, Michigan residents have access to the following forms of gambling and betting:
