Michigan Sports Betting Sites: Licensed MI Apps, Casinos and Offers

Michigan switched on online sports betting and online casinos at the same moment: noon on Friday, January 22, 2021. Most of the brands you know got in through a tribal casino. DraftKings runs with Bay Mills, bet365 with the Odawa, Hard Rock Bet with the Hannahville Indian Community. Only three licenses belong to Detroit’s commercial casinos.

That mix makes Michigan one of the deepest markets in the country, with both sportsbooks and casino apps on offer. Below is the official list of authorized operators, the rules, and our partner offers live in Michigan.

21+. New customers only, must be physically located in Michigan. Gambling problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.

Michigan betting laws at a glance

Product	Status in Michigan
Online sports betting	Legal since January 22, 2021
Online casino	Legal since January 22, 2021
Sweepstakes casinos	Treated as illegal under existing state law; regulator enforcement ongoing
Prediction markets	Available on some CFTC-registered platforms; several exclude Michigan or limit sports contracts
Horse racing (online)	Legal through licensed advance deposit wagering
Regulator	Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB)
Minimum age	21
Tax	8.4% on online sports betting revenue; about 20% to 28% on online casino revenue, tiered

Tax figures are the rates the MGCB set out when the market opened in January 2021. Michigan’s low sports betting rate compared with New York’s 51% is one reason operators tend to run bigger promotions here.

Best Michigan offers from our partners

Hard Rock Bet is authorized in Michigan for both sports betting and online casino, so Michigan players get both of its products. AmWager covers horse racing.

Hard Rock Bet sportsbook in Michigan

Hard Rock Bet’s Michigan license runs through the Hannahville Indian Community’s Island Resort & Casino in the Upper Peninsula. Our Hard Rock Bet review walks through markets, odds and the app.

Hard Rock Bet Casino in Michigan

Michigan is one of the few states where Hard Rock Bet runs a full online casino alongside its sportsbook. The Hard Rock Casino review covers the game library and banking.

AmWager for horse racing

AmWager lists Michigan as an available state in its terms and conditions, with greyhound wagering excluded, and requires all account holders to be 21 or older.

Authorized Michigan sportsbooks and online casinos

The MGCB’s list of authorized platform providers pairs each brand with its licensed casino or tribe.

Brand	Licensed partner	Sportsbook	Casino
bet365	Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians	Yes	Yes
BetMGM	MGM Grand Detroit	Yes	Yes
betPARX	Gun Lake Tribe	Yes	Yes
BetRivers	Little River Band of Ottawa Indians	Yes	Yes
Caesars Sportsbook / WSOP	Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians	Yes	Yes
Caesars Horseshoe	Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	No	Yes
DraftKings	Bay Mills Indian Community	Yes	Yes
Fanatics	Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians	Yes	Yes
FanDuel	MotorCity Casino	Yes	Yes
Golden Nugget Casino	Keweenaw Bay Indian Community	No	Yes
Hard Rock Bet	Hannahville Indian Community	Yes	Yes
theScore Bet	Hollywood Casino at Greektown	Yes	Yes

Three more tribes hold authorizations through platform providers rather than a consumer brand. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe (Soaring Eagle) works with GAN. The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (FireKeepers) uses NeoGames, and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi (Four Winds) uses Strive. Check each tribe’s own app for current availability, and confirm it is still on the MGCB list before you deposit.

Michigan gambling law and enforcement

Sweepstakes casinos blocked

Michigan never passed a sweepstakes-specific ban because it did not need one. The MGCB treats dual-currency sweepstakes casinos as illegal gambling under existing law and has sent cease-and-desist letters, including one to Stake.us in January 2025. Our sweepstakes partners do not accept Michigan players. The full map is on our sweepstakes legal states page.

Prediction markets

Federally regulated prediction markets are available to Michiganders on some platforms. Several others leave Michigan off their eligible list or have pulled sports contracts in the state. Check the platform’s state list before you deposit. Trading event contracts involves risk of loss. Our prediction market legal states page tracks the details.

Betting on Michigan teams

Detroit has a team in all four major leagues: the Lions, Tigers, Pistons and Red Wings. Add Michigan and Michigan State on college Saturdays and the state gives bettors a full calendar of home-market games. Licensed Michigan books carry them all.

For newer events, including drone racing, robot combat and autonomous racing, a book needs regulatory sign-off before it can post odds. Our US drone betting sites guide and the robot combat sports explainer cover what is actually being priced.

How we rate Michigan betting apps

Every brand we cover has to be on the MGCB’s own list first. After that, we look at five things, in this order:

• Pricing. We compare the margin built into common markets, such as NFL spreads and moneylines, by converting both sides to implied probability. A lower combined total means a fairer price.
• Market depth. Main lines are table stakes. We check alternate lines, player props, live betting and how many smaller sports and leagues each book carries.
• Promotion terms. We read the full terms, not the headline. Opt-in rules, minimum odds, expiry dates and whether a bonus bet’s stake comes back with the winnings matter more than the dollar figure.
• Banking. Deposit options, withdrawal methods and published processing times.
• Player protection. Deposit limits, time-outs, reality checks and how easy it is to find them.

We do not take payment to change a ranking, and we only show offer cards for brands we work with directly.

How to sign up at a Michigan sportsbook

1. Choose an authorized brand from the MGCB table above and download its app.
2. Register with your legal name, date of birth, address and the last four digits of your Social Security number.
3. Allow location services so the app can confirm you are in Michigan.
4. Deposit, set your limits, and opt in to the welcome offer before your first bet.

Michigan sportsbook or Michigan online casino?

Most Michigan brands run both under one account and one wallet, so you can move from a Lions spread to a slot without a second sign-up. Welcome offers are usually separate, though. The sportsbook offer and the casino offer have different terms, and claiming one rarely counts toward the other. Read both before you deposit.

The two products also behave differently. A sportsbook bet is a price on an uncertain event, which you can compare across books. Casino games have a fixed house edge set by the game itself. All you can shop for are the bonus terms and the game’s published return-to-player figure. If you mostly bet sports, our odds converter helps you compare prices between apps.

Bet types on Michigan apps

Expect moneylines, spreads and totals on every major sport, plus parlays, same-game parlays, player props, live betting and futures. Combining legs multiplies the house edge as well as the payout, so parlays are where most bettors give back the most.

Geolocation in Michigan

You have to be inside Michigan to bet, though you do not have to live there. Detroit sits across the river from Windsor, Ontario, and phones there sometimes pick up Canadian towers. The same happens near the Ohio, Indiana and Wisconsin borders. Turning on Wi-Fi gives the app a more precise location. VPNs are blocked.

Deposits and withdrawals at Michigan betting sites

Michigan apps typically accept debit cards, online banking, PayPal and prepaid cards. Several let you deposit or withdraw cash at their partner casino. Each operator publishes its own limits and processing times in the cashier.

Responsible gambling help in Michigan

The Michigan Problem Gambling Helpline is 1-800-GAMBLER (1-800-426-2537), free and open 24/7, according to the MGCB. The state’s Responsible Gaming Database lets you self-exclude from every Michigan-regulated online casino and sportsbook in one step. The Disassociated Persons List covers Detroit’s three commercial casinos.