Why west coast sports betting options trail much of the country

Saturday, January 31, 2026 2:27 PM
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  • California
  • Oregon
  • Washington
  • Ryan Butler, Covers

A record 31 states will allow legal sports bets on Super Bowl LX placed with mobile apps from anywhere within their state lines.

A Seattle-area resident making the roughly 800-mile, 13.5-hour drive to Santa Clara, California, for next Sunday’s game would only have one legal mobile betting option during the trip’s duration – and it would only be for around 300 miles of the journey.

That lone option wouldn’t come in their home state or California’s Levi’s Stadium, the game’s host.

The Seattle Seahawks’ opponents, the New England Patriots, play their home games in Massachusetts (six legal mobile sportsbooks), which borders five other states that all have at least one regulated mobile betting option.