Texas sports betting is not yet legalized, albeit there was a big push to get it a bill passed through the Lone Star state’s legislature in 2021. As the Texas legislative session only occurs in odd years, the next realistic push can only happen in 2023.
Since Attorney General Ken Paxton presented an opinion in 2017 citing that wagering on Daily Fantasy Sports contests was illegal under state law, the provision of DFS has remained something of a grey area in Texas.
Both the leading providers of DFS, DraftKings, and FanDuel, have sought to bring their own legal challenges to this opinion. In reality, the playing of DFS games by Lone Star state residents is very unlikely to get them into trouble.
