The Sports Betting Alliance is renewing calls for more online sportsbook competition in Rhode Island, citing betting activity by accounts registered in the state but used across state lines.
The trade group said its members recorded 4.23 million bets from nearly 103,000 Rhode Island accounts in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York between July 2025 and July 2026.
Its members include DraftKings, FanDuel, Fanatics Sportsbook and BetMGM.
Online bettors must be physically present in a jurisdiction where their chosen platform is authorized to accept wagers.
Alliance President and CEO Joe Maloney argued that expanding Rhode Island’s market could retain more activity locally, stating: "Every one of the 4.23 million bets Rhode Islanders placed in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York is revenue that could have stayed in Rhode Island.
“Expanding the state’s regulated market would keep those bettors, and the revenue and protections that come with them, here at home.”
The group estimates the previously proposed expansion model could generate an additional $50m for the state over ten years.
Rhode Island currently offers online sports betting through IGT’s Sportsbook Rhode Island platform. Bally’s has been approved to introduce a second app after IGT’s exclusivity period ends on 26 November.
Legislation considered earlier in 2026 would have permitted between four and six vendors. It passed the Senate but did not advance through the House.
The proposed reduction in Rhode Island’s current 51% revenue share was a central disagreement. Lottery officials called the changes financially detrimental and argued that the market could not support further platforms beyond the two approved.
Bally’s became Rhode Island’s first online casino operator in March 2024, separately from its sports betting arrangements
