The Center for Addiction Science, Policy and Research, a nonprofit research organization focused on gambling addiction, has released a report grading states on their consumer protections for sports betting and igaming.
The report, released March 4, shows that out of 50 states, those with no online gambling, such as Montana, Hawaii, and California, all received passing grades and scores above 90.
States that have since legalized online gambling, either sports betting, online casinos, or both, all received grades lower than a D. Massachusetts was deemed the safest of the states with legalized online gambling, receiving a score of 62 out of 100.
According to the report’s methodology, states were awarded points ranging from 40 to 2 and had 8 deducted if any they were found to be running state-owned campaigns promoting online gambling.
