Online casinos in Maine: is it legal?
Maine authorized tribal internet gaming under Title 8, Chapter 39 with licensing underway (2026 revenue listed as TBA), offers online sports betting, and banned sweepstakes casinos effective July 29, 2026.
Licensed online sportsbooks (2)
maine.gov ↗ · 2026-09-24The Gambling Control Unit's 'Current Sports Wagering Operators' table names only three operators - DraftKings Inc., Caesars Sports Book and Oxford Casino-Hotel & Sports Book - and does not label them mobile or facility. Oxford Casino-Hotel & Sports Book is the casino facility operator and is excluded as retail. Maine's mobile sports wagering licences sit with the Wabanaki tribes: the GCU's Sports Wagering Revenue Distribution page (https://www.maine.gov/dps/gcu/sports-wagering/sports-wagering-revenue) reports monthly revenue under four separate licensees - Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Maliseet & Micmac Tribes, Oxford Sportsbook and First Tracks Investments (Oddfellahs) - of which the first two are the mobile licences and the last two are retail. The GCU does not publish which sportsbook brand runs under which tribe, and neither operator's MGCU-approved wagering catalog names a tribal licensee, so no licence holder is shown rather than inferred. Separately, Maine has enacted internet gaming: the GCU runs an I-Gaming programme (https://www.maine.gov/dps/gcu/I-Gaming) whose revenue distribution page lists the same two tribal groups with 2026 monthly revenue still 'TBA'.
The Gambling Control Unit's 'Current Sports Wagering Operators' table names only three operators - DraftKings Inc., Caesars Sports Book and Oxford Casino-Hotel & Sports Book - and does not label them mobile or facility. Oxford Casino-Hotel & Sports Book is the casino facility operator and is excluded as retail. Maine's mobile sports wagering licences sit with the Wabanaki tribes: the GCU's Sports Wagering Revenue Distribution page (https://www.maine.gov/dps/gcu/sports-wagering/sports-wagering-revenue) reports monthly revenue under four separate licensees - Passamaquoddy Tribe, Penobscot Maliseet & Micmac Tribes, Oxford Sportsbook and First Tracks Investments (Oddfellahs) - of which the first two are the mobile licences and the last two are retail. The GCU does not publish which sportsbook brand runs under which tribe, and neither operator's MGCU-approved wagering catalog names a tribal licensee, so no licence holder is shown rather than inferred. Separately, Maine has enacted internet gaming: the GCU runs an I-Gaming programme (https://www.maine.gov/dps/gcu/I-Gaming) whose revenue distribution page lists the same two tribal groups with 2026 monthly revenue still 'TBA'.
- Maine GCU - Internet Gaming (definition includes poker) ↗
- Maine GCU - I-Gaming Statute and Rules (Title 8 ch. 39) ↗
- Maine GCU - I-Gaming Revenue Distribution (2026 revenue TBA) ↗
- Maine GCU press release, July 29, 2026 - LD 2007 online sweepstakes prohibition effective ↗
- Maine GCU - Sports Wagering ↗
- American Gaming Association State of Play map (cross-check) ↗
This is general information taken from regulators' and governments' own published pages, not legal advice. Gambling law changes; check the regulator's current rules before you play.