Where is Bovada available? 19 blocked states plus DC (2026)
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Bovada only accepts US residents, and it’s closed to people living in 19 states and Washington, DC. That leaves 31 states where it takes sign-ups. No US state licenses Bovada, though, and five of those 31 have sent it cease-and-desist letters.
The 19 states and DC where Bovada is blocked
Bovada’s help center lists the places below as restricted. Most were added between June 2024 and January 2025, usually a few weeks to a few months after the state’s regulator sent a cease-and-desist letter.
| State | Blocked since | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | December 2024 | Department of Gaming cease-and-desist, November 2024 |
| Colorado | June 2024 | State cease-and-desist, about a week after Michigan’s |
| Connecticut | July 2024 | State cease-and-desist, June 2024 |
| Delaware | Long-standing | Already restricted in Bovada’s January 2024 terms |
| Kansas | September 2024 | Racing and Gaming Commission cease-and-desist, July 2024 |
| Louisiana | September 2024 | Gaming Control Board cease-and-desist, August 2024 |
| Maryland | Long-standing | Already restricted in Bovada’s January 2024 terms |
| Massachusetts | October 2024 | Attorney General cease-and-desist, October 2024 |
| Michigan | June 2024 | Gaming Control Board cease-and-desist, May 2024 |
| Nevada | Long-standing | Already restricted in Bovada’s January 2024 terms |
| New Hampshire | January 2025 | New Hampshire Lottery cease-and-desist, December 2024 |
| New Jersey | Long-standing | Already restricted in Bovada’s January 2024 terms |
| New York | Long-standing | Already restricted in Bovada’s January 2024 terms |
| Ohio | August 2024 | Casino Control Commission cease-and-desist, August 2024 |
| Pennsylvania | September 2024 | Gaming Control Board cease-and-desist, August 2024 |
| Rhode Island | Late 2025 | Rhode Island Lottery cease-and-desist, summer 2025 |
| Tennessee | November 2024 | Sports Wagering Council cease-and-desist letters and $50,000 in fines |
| Vermont | December 2025 | No cease-and-desist reported |
| Washington, DC | July 2024 | No cease-and-desist reported |
| West Virginia | July 2024 | West Virginia Lottery cease-and-desist, June 2024 |
Until June 2024, only Delaware, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey and New York were on the list. Bovada added 12 more states and DC over the next seven months, then Vermont and Rhode Island in late 2025. Vermont’s block was reported on December 10, 2025. Bovada never gave a date for Rhode Island, but it was added sometime between mid-October and the end of December 2025.
Bovada’s page lists Washington, DC twice under two different names, so sites that say 21 places are blocked are counting DC twice.
States that have warned Bovada but are still open
A letter from a regulator doesn’t always lead to an exit. These five states have written to Bovada but weren’t on its blocked list in late September 2026:
- Washington: the Gambling Commission sent cease-and-desist notices in January and September 2025. The second one said Bovada had failed to comply with the first.
- Illinois: the Gaming Board sent cease-and-desist letters in February 2025 and February 2026.
- Florida: the Gaming Control Commission sent a cease-and-desist in February 2025.
- Mississippi: the Gaming Commission sent letters in July and December 2024.
- Minnesota: letters went out in June 2025, and the Attorney General’s office resent them in November 2025, citing civil penalties of up to $25,000 per violation.
Bovada being open in a state doesn’t make it legal there. Washington’s Gambling Commission, for one, says Bovada and the people betting with it (who “may not even know they are wagering illegally”) are breaking a state law against sending gambling information over the internet, which is a class C felony. Check your own state’s law before you deposit. This isn’t legal advice.
If you move to a blocked state
Bovada’s help page tells anyone who lives in a restricted state and still has a balance to contact Customer Service “for more information or to arrange a cryptocurrency withdrawal.” You can reach support by live chat or at service@bovada.lv.
Crypto withdrawals have minimums of $10 to $75 depending on the coin, so if your balance is small, ask support what your options are. Tell them about the move instead of playing on from your new state. Bovada’s terms treat giving false or misleading information as fraud, which lets it close the account and keep the whole balance, deposits included.
Every state on the list, and DC, has legal sports betting that the state licenses or runs itself. Once you live in one of them, that’s your legal option, and it comes with a regulator you can complain to.
Don’t use a VPN to get around the block
Bovada’s terms list using “a VPN, proxy or similar service that masks or manipulates the identification of your real location” as fraud. If Bovada decides you’ve done it, it can close your account on the spot, and all balances, “including both deposits and any winnings,” are forfeited. Its bonus terms also count VPN use as bonus abuse.
That rule doesn’t change when you travel. Bovada’s help pages don’t say how it treats someone visiting a blocked state, so don’t assume your account will work there. Our guide to Bovada and VPNs covers the rules in more detail.
Outside the US
Bovada’s help center describes it as open to United States residents and doesn’t name any other country it accepts. Sign-up asks for your correct country of residence, and Bovada can check your details against government ID. The restricted-states page doesn’t mention Puerto Rico or other US territories, so if you live in one, ask support before you deposit.
Bodog, which used to be Bovada’s sister site in Canada, no longer exists under that name. It became Ozoon on February 17, 2026.
States where Bovada still takes players
Bovada doesn’t block residents of these 31 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
No US state licenses Bovada, and gambling laws vary a lot from one state to the next. We look at Bovada and the law in Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri, and our Bovada review goes through its fees, bonuses and risks.
Our state-by-state lookup shows whether sports betting is legal in each state, online or in person.
If you live in one of those 31 states, this link goes to Bovada’s current welcome offers. Check its restricted list again before you deposit, since it has changed often.
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Sources
- Bovada help center: Which countries are restricted?, How do I create an account?, Bonus terms and conditions, What are the withdrawal limits?
- Bovada terms of service (VPN and false-information clauses, and the restricted list as of January 2024)
- Washington State Gambling Commission, second cease-and-desist notice to Bovada.lv (September 19, 2025)
- Illinois Gaming Board cease-and-desist letters of February 3, 2025 and February 4, 2026
- State announcements: Louisiana Gaming Control Board (September 20, 2024), Massachusetts Attorney General (October 3, 2024), Arizona Department of Gaming (December 3, 2024)
- Other letters and exit dates: SBC Americas, Covers, Sports Betting Dime, Legal Sports Report, Casino Reports and iGaming Business (2024 to 2025). Vermont: American Gaming Association post on X (December 10, 2025). Bodog’s rename: Covers (February 17, 2026).