Andrew Cuomo shocked the sports betting world in January 2021 by supporting online sports betting as a small piece of the state's budget shortfalls. After years of dismissing legal mobile betting, Gov. Officials approved statewide mobile wagering in April 2021, but many questions remain unanswered for several months until bettors in the state finally could start wagering in March 2022. Learn more about Virginia Sportsbooks & Sports Betting Bettors can't wager on Virginia college sports teams. The state's lottery is in charge of approving licenses for online-only operators. Virginians have also seen brick-and-mortar casinos in Bristol, Danville, Norfolk, and Portsmouth open up recently, all of which were backed by voters in the respective municipalities in 2020. This has led to a plethora of sportsbooks opening up in the state, resulting in a healthy, competitive marketplace. Additionally, the state's 2020 sports betting law also allowed up to 12 untethered mobile operators. Other partners, such as the state's two NASCAR tracks, will see sportsbooks open up at the facilities.
FanDuel got an early start thanks to its partnership with the Washington Commanders, which is headquartered in the D.C. 21, 2021, when FanDuel accepted the commonwealth's first legal wager, the first of a wave of sportsbooks intended to go live ahead of Super Bowl LV.
Virginia online sports betting went live on Jan.
