Top Online Live Dealer Casinos for Mississippi

The state of Mississippi enjoys fairly liberals regulations when it comes to land-based gambling and betting. It is also one of the states that we can categorize as liberal in embracing all the newest liberties regarding online gambling. Mississippi fairly recently legalized online sports betting and daily fantasy sports. Legislators have already introduced bills that would allow online casino gambling but looks like this initiative still has a long way to go before becoming a law.

Meanwhile, fans of gambling can enjoy slots, video pokers, and card games at land-based commercial and tribal casinos, as well as sports, betting offline and online. Lotteries are legal, too, with access to multi-state events like Powerball. Plus, the state allows charitable gambling. There is a 50 USD licensing fee for those organizations that would like to hold charitable gambling events.

In addition to all the lawful activities, residents of Mississippi can own slot machines at home if those machines are at least 25 years old and serve recreational or decorative purposes.

The legislative body in charge of regulating online and offline gambling and betting in the Magnolia State is the Mississippi Gaming Commission. It acts in accordance with the Gaming Control Act 1990; Title 76, Chapter 76 of the Mississippi Code 1972; Mississippi Gaming Commission Regulations; and Charitable Bingo Law 1992.

All casino activity (including sports betting) is taxed at a progressive rate of up to 8% of gross gaming revenue. Local governments are authorized to impose up to 4% additional tax on gross gaming revenue. The gambling age ranges between 18 for bingo (live and interactive) and 21 for casino activity, slots machines, and interactive gambling.

Land-Based Casinos in Mississippi

Both commercially operated land-based casinos and tribal casinos are allowed and prospering in the state of Mississippi. There are plenty of venues to go to around the state, including such legendary locations as Beau Rivage, Golden Moon Casino, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Biloxi, and Harrah’s Gulf Coast.

On average, a land-based venue offers a combination of slot machines and table games, with 100s of video poker and slot machines to choose from, as well as table games like Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Three-Card Poker, and Mississippi Stud.

Tribal casinos are not regulated by the state and they are not required to report their revenues.

Sports Betting in Mississippi

As of 2018, in addition to slot machines and table games, tribal venues can also offer sports betting. Included within the 22-page document of regulations, was the allowance of interactive betting if the player is physically present within the state’s casinos. Therefore, residents of the state can now officially head to more than ten land-based venues in the state to place bets, or to do so in online versions of regulated operators. Plus, quite a few land-based casinos already have apps for iOS and Android.

Lotteries in Mississippi

The Magnolia State was quite late to the lottery party. While most of the other US states have been dedicated to running lotteries for decades, Mississippi approved this form of gambling only a few years ago. The residents cannot participate in multi-state Mega Millions and Powerball events.