Betting on College Football in Tunica

Sportsbooks are now open (or due to open soon) in some of the Tunica casinos.  Wagering on the SEC in College Football is likely to outpace NFL each weekend.  Online betting College Football and other sports will only be available via internationally-licensed sportsbooks outside the desigated Mississippi casinos, so you will still be able to bet from your home with these sites.  Wagering on Mississippi schools is permitted at sportsbooks in the state.

These Mississippi-based sportsbooks have their advantages: Convenience, the overall experience of being in a physical sportsbook, and fast payouts at the counter.  But unlike their counterparts online (the internationally-licensed sportsbooks), Mississippi will not be allowing mobile or online sports betting outside the casino establishments proper and you'll also need to be 21 or older (its 18 and up at the offshores).

The Mississippi sportsbooks enjoyed brisk business their first ever Week 1 of College Football.

The Tunica sportsbooks are close to the Memphis metropolitan area.  Tennessee does not yet offer sports betting in-state.

Mississippi, sports betting revenue will be taxed at 8 percent by the state and at up to 4 percent by local governments, so this is passed down to the gamblers, whose winnings are reported to the IRS.  The offshore sportsbooks do not impose taxes or report them to the IRS.  That process is left up to the individual.

There Mississippi casinos are either currently operating a sportsbook or will be shortly:

    Beau Rivage
    Gold Strike
    Harrah’s
    Horseshoe
    IP Casino
    Sam’s Town
    Hollywood Gulf Coast
    Boomtown
    Hollywood Tunica
    Resorts Tunica
    Jackpot Casino
    Golden Nugget Biloxi
    Palace Casino
    Hard Rock Biloxi

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- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com