Now on to the second part of this question. If you do find a sportsbook, online or offline, that claims to be licensed, regulated and operated in Texas you can be confident that the site is illegal and you should not place bets through that operation. This is because Texas does not currently license or regulate any sports betting operations within the State. First, I should point out that it is not legal to run a sportsbook operation (accept bets) in the State of Texas. I have a two part answer to this question. I’ve also added some city specific pages, which you can find links to at the bottom of the page. On this page, I will outline the legality of betting on sports in Texas, as well as recommend my top rated offshore betting sites for Texas residents.

This means if you’re a Texan who would like to bet on sports you will need to sign up an account to an offshore betting site that is licensed outside of the country while accepting Texas bettors. Texas does not currently allow sports betting within the State. As the second largest State in the USA, with almost 30 million residents, it’s no wonder that Texas is considered a huge market for sports betting in the United States. They say everything is bigger in Texas and that saying certainly applies to the sports betting appetite of Texas residents.