Online gambling and sports betting in South Carolina

• Online sports betting illegal; no retail or mobile sportsbooks.
• Online casino and online poker illegal; no regulated online gambling market.
• No commercial casinos; very limited legal gambling (lottery, charitable bingo/raffles).
• Sports betting prohibition grounded in S.C. Code §16‑19‑130 on betting, pool selling and bookmaking.
• Constitutional limits on gambling via Article XVII, Section 7 on lotteries and gambling.
• No state regulator currently licenses or supervises sports betting operators.
• Recent bills (e.g., HB 3625, SB 444/3749-type proposals) would create an interactive sports wagering framework but are not enacted.
• Online sports betting launch impossible until both enabling statute and likely constitutional change plus referendum occur.
• Daily fantasy sports and pick’em-style contests operate separately from banned sports betting, via unregulated or lightly regulated status.
• There are no state-licensed online or retail sportsbooks; any such offers are illegal under current law.

unconfirmed

S.C. Code Title 16 Chapter 19 (notably §16-19-130); S.C. Constitution Article XVII §7.

Not confirmed. unconfirmed.

General gambling and bookmaking prohibitions likely cover promoting or facilitating unlawful betting, but no clearly codified, specific online-advertising ban identified.

National rules also apply — see online gambling regulation in United States.

No public list of licensed online operators was found.

• Multiple sports betting bills introduced in recent sessions (including 2025–2026 HB 3625 and Senate SB 444-type bill) but none passed into law.
• February 2026 Senate committee hearing on S.444 to create a Sports Wagering Commission and regulate online betting; bill faces significant hurdles.
• 2026 legislative session ended without any sports betting bill advancing out of committee; state remains with no legal sports wagering.
• Analysts identify South Carolina among remaining states with total sports betting prohibition, both online and retail.

• Exact future structure of any Sports Wagering Commission or similar body, as bills are not enacted yet.
• Specific statutory provisions on advertising unlicensed offshore gambling beyond general prohibitions on bookmaking and promoting illegal gambling.
• Whether South Carolina has any specific statute or regulator guidance addressing paid mystery boxes/loot boxes.
• Whether South Carolina or federal law would classify prediction markets as gambling versus financial derivatives for state-access purposes.
• Whether sweepstakes casinos are expressly authorized by South Carolina law, versus merely not specifically prohibited.

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Researched 2026-09-21 from public sources and summarised by the Brandfense team. Not legal advice — confirm with the regulator or your counsel before acting.