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Is sports betting legal in Texas?
Texas has no legal online or retail sportsbook, and the Legislature does not meet again in regular session until January 2027.
Reviewed 2026-10-10. Laws change; we re-check every state page each month and after any vote.
What Texas fans can use today
No sportsbook may take a Texas customer.
ExchangesLiveKalshi and Polymarket: federally regulated, a fee on each fill. Priced on the board with the fee removed.
The law in Texas, in plain English
No sportsbook app can take a Texas customer. Legalizing sports betting would take a constitutional amendment, which needs two-thirds of both chambers and then a statewide vote, and the Legislature meets in regular session only in odd-numbered years. The 2025 session ended without one, and the interim study Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick ordered for 2026 is about reining in prediction markets, not legalizing sportsbooks.
For SMU fans in Dallas, the federally regulated option is a prediction market. Novig is a CFTC-designated exchange where you take a position on a game at a price set by other traders, not by a house. It is live in Texas today, as are Kalshi and Polymarket US.
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Questions Texas fans ask
- Is online sports betting legal in Texas?
- Texas has no legal online or retail sportsbook, and the Legislature does not meet again in regular session until January 2027.
- Can I use DraftKings or FanDuel in Texas?
- No. No sportsbook may take a Texas customer.
- Can I use Novig in Texas?
- Yes. Novig is a CFTC-designated prediction market available in Texas to traders 21 and older, and it prices every ACC game.
- What about Kalshi and Polymarket?
- Both prediction markets operate in Texas under the same federal framework as Novig. They quote a probability rather than a line and charge a fee on each fill; this site shows all three side by side with the fee taken out.
- What is the minimum age?
- Novig requires traders to be 21 or older.
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