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Feb 05, 2021 The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 forbade placing, receiving, or otherwise knowingly transmitting a wager or a betting by means of the internet. Thus, although it did not directly outlaw the US online gambling sites, it prohibited all American financial institutions from performing transactions with them. A random number generator (RNG) is a computer software that ensures fairness for players when gambling online. It's one of the most important features of any casino site and the reason why games.

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Prohibition on Funding of Unlawful Internet Gambling--A Small Entity Compliance Guide¹
What does the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act require?
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 ('UIGEA') prohibits any person, including a business, engaged in the business of betting or wagering from knowingly accepting payments in connection with the participation of another person in unlawful Internet gambling.² Such transactions are termed 'restricted transactions.' UIGEA requires the Secretary of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (collectively, the 'Agencies'), in consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice, to designate payment systems that could be used in connection with or to facilitate restricted transactions. Such a designation makes the payment system, and financial transaction providers participating in the system, subject to the requirements of the rule.

UIGEA also requires the Agencies, in consultation with the U.S. Department of Justice, to issue a rule requiring designated payment systems and financial transaction providers participating in each designated payment system to establish policies and procedures reasonably designed to identify and block, or otherwise prevent or prohibit, restricted transactions. The rule must identify types of policies and procedures that would be deemed to be reasonably designed to achieve this objective, including non-exclusive examples. UIGEA also requires the Agencies to exempt certain restricted transactions or designated payment systems from any requirement imposed by the rule if the Agencies jointly determine that it is not reasonably practical to identify and block, or otherwise prevent or prohibit the acceptance of, such transactions.

The rule implements these requirements.³

Is your business subject to the rule?
As required by UIGEA, the rule designates five payment systems that could be used to facilitate payments in connection with unlawful Internet gambling.⁴ The rule also exempts many participants in transactions in those payment systems.⁵ If, however, your business performs one of the following functions, your business is covered by the rule and should comply with the rule's requirements:

• The operator (i.e., the entity that provides centralized clearing and delivery services between participants and maintains the operational framework for the system)⁶of a money transmitting business that
  • Engages in the transmission of funds (not including check cashing, currency exchange, or the issuance or redemption of money orders); and
  • Permits customers to initiate transmission of funds transactions remotely from a location other than the physical office of the money transmitting business.⁷
• The depositary bank in a check transaction.
• The beneficiary's bank in a wire transfer.
• The receiving depository financial institution (RDFI) in an ACH credit transaction, the originating depository financial institution (ODFI) in an ACH debit transaction, the gateway operator for a cross-border ACH debit transaction, and a third-party processor for any of these.⁸
• The system operator, merchant acquirer, third-party processor, or card issuer in a card system (including credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid cards, and stored value cards).

If your business is covered by the rule, what is required?
You must establish and implement written policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to identify and block or otherwise prevent or prohibit payments related to unlawful Internet gambling that are restricted by UIGEA and are processed through your facilities.

Section 6 of the rule provides examples of policies and procedures for each designated payment system that would comply with the rule because they are reasonably designed to prevent restricted transactions. The examples are non-exclusive. You are permitted to design and implement policies and procedures tailored to your business that may be different than the examples provided in section 6. In addition, you may use different policies and procedures with respect to different business lines or different parts of your business.

The examples of policies and procedures for designated payment systems other than card systems focus primarily on a due diligence process when establishing a commercial customer relationship. For purposes of the rule, a 'commercial customer' is a customer that is not a natural person (i.e., a customer that is a business such as a corporation or partnership). This would be the core policy and procedure to prevent or prohibit restricted transactions. You could conduct due diligence in account-opening procedures designed to ensure that the commercial customer does not originate or receive restricted transactions through the customer relationship. The examples focus on your business relationship with commercial customers only and do not contemplate that a participant would take any particular action regarding individual consumer accounts.

In addition to due diligence at account opening, the examples in section 6 suggest that you communicate to your commercial customers that restricted transactions are prohibited. You could notify all of your commercial customers that restricted transactions are prohibited, by adding a term in the commercial customer agreement, by sending a simple notice to your commercial customers, or by some other method. In the examples in section 6, your procedures would also include procedures to be followed in case you have 'actual knowledge' (for example, if you receive information from government officials) that a commercial customer has received restricted transactions through your payment facilities. The procedures could cover, for example, the circumstances under which the commercial customer would not be allowed to initiate or receive further payment transactions through your payment facilities or the circumstances under which you would close the commercial customer's account.

If you are a depository institution that participates in ACH, check, and wire-transfer systems, you will be able to establish and implement the same due diligence policies and procedures for commercial customers across all three of those systems for purposes of the rule. You will not need to establish and implement separate policies and procedures for each of these designated payment systems.

Because the rule's due diligence examples only apply to commercial customers, if you have few or no commercial customer accounts, the rule is likely to present relatively minimal implementation burden for you.

What due diligence is sufficient for participants in designated payment systems other than card systems?
There may be several ways to meet the rule's requirement to have reasonably designed policies and procedures and section 6 of the rule suggests some possible choices. With respect to due diligence, the Agencies expect that you could use a flexible, risk-based approach in your due diligence procedures so that the level of due diligence you perform will match the level of risk posed by your commercial customer. Section 6(b) of the rule sets out specific procedures that you could follow to conduct adequate due diligence of your business's commercial customers in order to assess the risk they present of unlawful Internet gambling.

The most efficient way for you to implement the due diligence procedures may be to incorporate them into your existing account-opening procedures (such as those required of depository institutions under Federal banking agencies' Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance program requirements).⁹ Specifically, you should have a basic understanding of a new commercial customer's business, based on normal account-opening procedures. If, based on your initial due diligence, you determine that your prospective commercial customer presents only a minimal risk of engaging in an Internet gambling business, you do not need to take further action under the rule before opening the account.

If a commercial customer's description of its business or other factors cause you to suspect that the customer may present more than a minimal risk of engaging in an Internet gambling business (for example, the commercial customer offers games or contests over the Internet), you should ask for further documentation from the commercial customer. A certification from the commercial customer that it does not engage in an Internet gambling business would address factual questions regarding the commercial customer's business.

Alternatively, if the commercial customer engages in an Internet gambling business, the commercial customer should provide further documentation to show that the Internet gambling business is lawful, such as a license issued by a U.S. State or Tribal authority that authorizes the commercial customer to engage in an Internet gambling business. If you have questions regarding the permissibility of a commercial customer's activities, you should consult with (or have the commercial customer obtain confirmation from) the applicable licensing authority. If the commercial customer does not have an Internet gambling license, you should obtain from the commercial customer a reasoned legal opinion from the commercial customer's legal counsel that demonstrates that the commercial customer's Internet gambling business does not involve transactions that are prohibited by UIGEA. You may want to consult your own lawyer if this occurs.

In addition, the commercial customer should provide you with a third-party certification regarding the commercial customer's automated systems. Specifically, the certification should confirm that the customer's automated systems for engaging in the Internet gambling business are reasonably designed to ensure that the commercial customer's Internet gambling business will remain within the licensed or otherwise lawful limits, including with respect to gambler age and location verification. This is to ensure that the Internet gambling business will prohibit minors from accessing the gambling business and that the gambler is located in a state where the gambling activity is permitted by applicable law.

If you are a depository institution and have commercial customers that are money transmitting businesses or third-party processors, you should apply your due diligence procedures, as described above, to those entities.¹⁰ You are not responsible, however, for conducting due diligence on the customers of the money transmitting business or third-party processor. In turn, if you are the operator of a money transmitting business or third-party processor, you are responsible for establishing and implementing your own UIGEA policies and procedures with respect to your own commercial customers.

The due diligence approach suggested in section 6 and discussed above is one approach to complying with UIGEA's requirements for establishing reasonably designed policies and procedures. As noted above, you are permitted to design and implement policies and procedures tailored to your business that may be different than the examples provided in section 6, so long as they comply with the requirements of UIGEA and the rule.

What are reasonably designed procedures with respect to card systems?
Card systems (including credit cards, debit cards, pre-paid cards, and stored value cards) are the only designated payment systems that use a merchant and transaction coding framework that permits participants to identify and block, during processing, transactions with indicia of being restricted transactions. The Agencies expect that a coding system to identify and block restricted transactions will be the method of choice for the vast majority of card system participants to comply with the rule.¹¹

The rule's examples contemplate that the operator of a card system would establish and implement a code system, such as transaction codes and merchant/business category codes, that are required to accompany a transaction authorization and permit the card-issuing bank to identify and deny authorization for a transaction that the coding procedure indicates may be a restricted transaction (i.e., a gambling merchant/business code coupled with a 'card not present' transaction code).

UIGEA permits a participant in a designated payment system to comply with UIGEA's requirements by relying on and complying with the policies and procedures of the designated payment system if the system's policies and procedures comply with the requirements of the rule. The rule also states that if you are a participant in a designated payment system (such as a card system), you may rely on a written statement or notice by the operator of that designated payment system that states that the operator has designed or structured the system's policies and procedures for identifying and blocking or otherwise preventing or prohibiting restricted transactions to comply with the requirements of the rule as conclusive evidence that the system's policies and procedures comply with the requirements of the rule, unless otherwise notified by your Federal functional regulator (as listed below).

Accordingly, if you are a depository institution and participate in a card system, you should be able to rely on the policies and procedures established by the operator of the card system when developing your own compliance procedure. In determining those card transactions for which you will deny authorization, you could rely on (and comply with) the merchant and transaction coding of the card system to determine which transactions may be restricted transactions.

Again, you may design and implement policies and procedures tailored to your business that may be different than the examples provided in section 6.

Do you have any legal protection from liability for refusing to honor transactions that you suspect are restricted transactions?
UIGEA provides that, if you identify and block a transaction or otherwise refuse to honor a transaction, you will not be liable to any party for such action if

• The transaction is a restricted transaction;
• You reasonably believed the transaction to be a restricted transaction; or
• You blocked or otherwise prevented the transaction in reliance on the policies and procedures of the designated payment system in an effort to comply with the rule.

Does the rule mandate a change in the circumstances or procedures for submitting suspicious activity reports (SARs)?
No, nothing in the rule modifies any requirement imposed on you by other applicable law or regulation to file a SAR with the appropriate authorities.

Who should you contact if you have further questions?
The requirements of this rule will be exclusively enforced by your Federal functional regulator. For example, the National Credit Union Administration will be responsible for enforcing the rule with respect to federally insured credit unions, the Office of Thrift Supervision will be responsible with respect to federal thrifts, the Office of Comptroller of the Currency will be responsible with respect to national banks, the Federal Reserve Board will be responsible with respect to State member banks, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will be responsible with respect to State nonmember banks. The Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission will be responsible for regulatory enforcement for their respective institutions that are non-exempt participants in designated payment systems. The Federal Trade Commission will be responsible for enforcement with respect to most non-exempt money transmitting businesses and other non-exempt participants not covered by the above regulators. Questions with respect to implementation of the rule should be addressed to your Federal functional regulator.

1. This guide was prepared by the staffs of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Departmental Offices of the Department of the Treasury as a 'small entity compliance guide' under Section 212 of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act of 1996, as amended (5 U.S.C. § 601 note). The guide summarizes and explains the joint rule adopted by the Board and the Treasury, but is not a substitute for the rule itself. Only the rule itself can provide complete and definitive information regarding its requirements. Return to text

2. UIGEA is codified at 31 U.S.C. § 5361 et seq. Return to text

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3. The rule implementing UIGEA was promulgated jointly by the Department of the Treasury and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Identical sets of the rule are published in the Code of Federal Regulations by the Board of Governors at title 12, Part 233 (12 CFR Part 233) and by the Department of the Treasury at title 31, Part 132 (31 CFR 132). Return to text

4. 12 CFR 233.3 and 31 CFR 132.3. Return to text

5. 12 CFR 233.4 and 31 CFR 132.4. Return to text

6. This means that the 'send' agents of money transmitting businesses that receive funds for transmission and forward the payment instructions to the system operator are not subject to the rule. Return to text

7. This means that a money transmitting business is not subject to the rule if it only offers money transmitting services to customers that physically appear at an office of the money transmitting business to arrange and pay for the transfer of funds and it does not provide money transmitting services over the Internet or telephone. Return to text

8. With respect to the ACH system, the rule defines a 'third-party processor' as a service provider that (1) in the case of an ACH debit entry, has a direct relationship with the commercial customer that is initiating the debit entry and acts as an intermediary between the commercial customer and the first depository institution to handle the entry; (2) in the case of an ACH credit entry, has a direct relationship with the commercial customer that is to receive the proceeds of the credit entry and acts as an intermediary between the commercial customer and the last depository institution to handle the entry; and (3) in the case of a cross-border ACH debit entry, is the first service provider located within the United States to receive the ACH debit instruction. Return to text

9. It is important to note, however, that the rule implementing UIGEA is separate from BSA regulations, and due diligence for purposes of the UIGEA rule differs significantly from BSA due diligence. Return to text

10. For example, you may be able to determine that the customer presents a minimal risk of engaging in an Internet gambling business. If not, you may choose to obtain a certification from the customer that it does not engage in an Internet gambling business. As with all of your commercial customers, you would also need to provide notice to the customer that restricted transactions are prohibited from being processed through its accounts with you. Return to text

11. The rule's non-exclusive examples for card systems also include due diligence of commercial customers at account opening as an alternative to implementation of a coding system. Return to text

The Ohio legislature has really been slacking when it comes to gambling options in the state, and players have yet to actually benefit because of it. If you are going to play online, you will not have to stress too much about the law as there are actually none written specifically covering online gambling. Instead you will only have to worry about the possibility of losing, which is a possibility inherent to all forms of gambling. What we are here to discuss is the legalities of online gambling in Ohio, and we are sure you will find these to be in your favor.

Online Gambling Age For Ohio Residents

Ohio's government has not yet put together any regulatory oversight for online gambling, and this has been a cause of some confusion, as many OH residents believe that the state’s basic gambling laws unilaterally apply to online gambling as well. This is not the case, however, and if you follow our advice, you will not encounter any trouble when you start to gamble over the Internet. This could change once any of the state’s gambling laws change to reflect online gambling, but such a move doesn’t seem to be a part of the state’s to-do list at this time.

Ohio Online Gambling Laws

The gambling laws in Ohio may not seem very clear re what is legal or illegal. We are confident that the lack of any specific laws related to online gambling means that you will not get in trouble for playing your favorite for-money poker, casino, and sports betting games over the Internet. Ohio residents will find that there is no crime related to gambling online, provided that they stick to legal offshore betting sites and online casino services.

Indeed, as long as you do business with overseas gaming sites and restrict your action to solely that of an individual bettor rather than a gambling house operator or bookmaker, then you are free and clear to play as you please. You can verify this for yourself by consulting § 2915.01 and § 2915.02 of the Ohio Revised Code.

Gambling Sites That Accept Ohio Residents

Many gambling sites exist that will accept you as an Ohio resident, it just depends upon where you look. If you look at the sites we have to show you, you will find that there are plenty of viable gambling opportunities out there. Residents of Ohio can turn to online sportsbooks, casinos, poker rooms, bingo halls, racebooks, and even the occasional lottery website, which is essentially the full gamut of gambling types available anywhere. Some sites even combine all of the above, which makes for a premier gambling destination. Below, you can find our list of the best 2021 online gambling websites for Ohio residents.

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Online Casinos That Accept Ohio Residents

With Ohio online casinos, you will be able to play all of the games you wish, with variety that puts land-based options to shame. While they are not licensed by the state, these Internet-based gambling houses are still open to residents in the state of Ohio. We have tested over 100 casinos in our search for the very best, and we are sure that each entry on our final lists is a viable choice for your gaming needs. We chose only the best casinos with the highest payouts and most stable reputations, and if you sign up with the providers, we are sure you’ll agree that they’re the best in the business.

For OH residents, the cream of the crop in gambling sites are destinations like Lucky Red, Slots.lv, Aladdin’s Gold, BuzzLuck, High Noon Casino, Manhattan Slots, to name just a few. These sites are all legal and certified for fair play by industry watchdogs, and they’ve each been in operation for decades.

Online Sports Betting Sites That Accept Ohio Residents

Residents in the state of Ohio have access to a number of different sportsbooks, and these sportsbooks will offer you easy access to quite a few different betting odds. If you live in Ohio, we recommend the following sportsbooks: Bovada, BetOnline, SportsBetting, 5Dimes, BetDSI, and BookMaker. These are, without a doubt, the very best sports wagering sites for OH residents, and they have over a century of experience serving the Buckeye State between them.

These sites are focused primarily on their sportsbook products, but they each also offer comprehensive casino gaming, live poker rooms, and international racebooks for horseplayers. Best of all, you need only one membership account to access all of these great pastimes.

Online Poker Sites That Accept Ohio Residents

Online poker is one of the most profitable forms of online gambling, and we can tell you that these poker sites offer some of the best options for OH players. If you decide to play with our favorite online poker rooms, you’ll get easy deposits, and we can assure you that your safety is guaranteed. Best of all, we can promise you that a substantial amount of poker types and game variants are available.

As a matter of course, the best poker sites for live play seem to be at the aforementioned sportsbook sites (Bovada, 5Dimes, etc.), as these tend to focus more on real-dealer, multiplayer poker opportunities. If you’d rather play themed video poker, your best bets will be to use more casino-centric sites like Lucky Red and Slots.lv.

Online Bingo Sites That Accept Ohio Players

While a few bingo halls may be available in a land-based setting in Ohio, online bingo games are those you will want to turn to. These online bingo halls allow you to choose your own stakes, types of games to play, and even the progressive jackpots you want to try for, offering infinite versatility. If Bingo is your game of choice, we can give you a few solid recommendations for where to play. 5Dimes is fairly renowned for their bingo offerings, but Downtown Bingo is the ultimate bingo site on the Internet, and their daily bonuses make it easier than ever to play often and win big.

Is Online Gambling Legal In Ohio?

Ohio gamblers will find that, with the lack of any law related to online gambling codified in the state’s legislation, you will not have to worry about anything other than playing your games. With no legal precedent showing that you are breaking the law by gaming over the Internet, you don’t ever have to worry about being fined or arrested for using offshore gambling sites.

Just like most other states, online gambling laws in Ohio aren’t very clear. But don’t let this deter you! The simple fact is this: None of their gambling laws mention the act of using online sites, so the easy thing to surmise is that it’s not illegal to gamble at offshore websites by state law. This is, in large part, because most states rely on the federal laws to cover their bases on the topic.

That being said, laws like PASPA (the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992) have given players pause in the past. But even before PASPA was overturned by the US Supreme Court in 2018, all it banned was the operation of sports betting businesses inside of the United States (excepting Bovada). That is, PASPA never even mentioned the players or bettors themselves – it was only focused on operators and bookmakers working inside the country. OH’s gambling laws are largely based on that approach, so as long as Ohio residents are using offshore online gambling sites, they are not breaking the law. Nobody has ever been arrested for using these sites, and nearly two million OH residents gamble with such services every single year.

Are Online Casinos Legal In Ohio?

Many people ask us, 'Hey, are online casinos legal in Ohio?' and we can simply say that if they’re located overseas and outside of US jurisdiction, they absolutely are. Residents of Ohio will find the number of laws related to casino gambling are spare in general, so you should not have to stress too much about the trouble you could possibly get in, because frankly, there isn’t any.

Is Online Sports Betting Legal In Ohio?

Residents of the state of Ohio no longer have to leave the state in order to participate in sports betting, as players can simply turn to the Internet. If you live in Ohio, you will find that there are many options available for betting on your favorite local, state, and national teams, as the Internet is full of different sportsbooks.

Of course, most of these sites haven’t got the best reputations for fair lines and prompt payouts, so if you want to bet with the very best, you should stick with the sites we listed above: Bovada, BetOnline, 5Dimes, SportsBetting, BetDSI, and BookMaker. These sports betting sites cover a number of events, with more options than even the best Las Vegas sportsbooks.

Is It Safe To Wager On The Buckeyes While Living In Ohio?

Online sports betting on the Ohio State Buckeyes is definitely a viable option for those who live near the campus or even in the state. Bottom line, there are several sports betting sites that allow residents from Ohio to join and wager on anything they want, including Buckeye football, basketball, and more.

If we had to choose just one, we'd have to recommend SportsBetting, just because of their lifetime deposit bonus promo that all players get right now when they sign up. Plus, Sportsbetting.ag makes it very easy to use their site by having easy-to-read lines, a vast help section (for new bettors), and deposit methods that will work for anyone living in Ohio, regardless of their financial situations. And you will be happy to know that SportsBetting is located off of US soil and therefore is safe and legal for users in Ohio.

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All that said, there is no reason to limit your options to a single sportsbook. By joining multiple books, you give yourself an immediate gambling edge, because you can effectively shop lines for the very best deal available on every bet you want to make.

Is Online Poker Legal In Ohio?

Residents of Ohio will find that online poker is legal in Ohio, based solely on the premise that that which is not illegal is in fact legal. Ohio residents have access to a number of types of poker, including Texas Hold 'em and various other popular games like Seven Card Stud, Omaha, Razz, HORSE, and the like.

Online Horse Racing Betting Sites

Online horse racing betting sites provide players with a unique gambling experience that could never be found at an actual live horse racing track. You are offered way more opportunities in the form of wager types and tracks you can bet on. You are also offered bonuses and rebates at the top sites, neither of which you could ever find at an actual track. Throw in the convenience that comes with placing your horse racing bets from the comfort of your own home (or from your mobile device while on the go), and it doesn’t get any better. You will find the Internet’s best racebooks at sports betting sites like Bovada and BetOnline.

Can I gamble on Horse Races in Ohio?

You can gamble on horse racing in Ohio, though if you are doing it within the state, your options are somewhat limited. There are several horse racing tracks in the state of Ohio that accept wagers for races, but it’s important to remember that those tracks have seasons, and they do not run races year-round. If you are looking for a consistent option to bet on horse races in Ohio, then online racebooks have to be the way to go. As long as they operate outside of the United States, which all the top sites do, then you are safe to enjoy horse gambling activities at the sportsbook sites of your choice.

Mobile Gambling Apps In Ohio

Mobile gambling in Ohio is the future of gambling. Most wagering sites offer a mobile option that allows players to use their mobile devices to place their wagers. This adds even more simplicity and ease to the already convenient activity that is online gambling. When you gamble on your mobile, you will be offered all of the same opportunities that are on the actual desktop site, and you can even get special benefits or bonuses just for using that mobile outlet. Since there are no apps to download for mobile betting, anyone with an iPhone, iPad, Android device, Amazon Fire product, or Windows Mobile device can easily and efficiently access their favorite sites’ mobile portals.

Ohio Betting FAQ’s

Is fantasy sports betting legal in Ohio?

With the passage of HB 132 in December 2017, the Ohio legislature formally legalized Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) in the state. While DFS services are available in most states, the majority of those have no specific laws concerning the practice. Ohio, however, has made it clear that DFS sites and services are 100% legal in the state. With PASPA’s elimination and this DFS precedent, it seems like only a matter of time before OH also formally legalizes full-blown online and land-based sports betting in the state as well.

What is live betting?

Live betting is offered at most of the top sportsbook sites, and it allows players to place bets on games or matches that have already begun. If you aren’t as confident as you would like to be when deciding on betting on an event, you can wait and see how the momentum of the game is going before placing your wagers. It’s kind of like hedging your bet in this regard, but live betting (aka in-game betting) can also allow you to wager on fleeting in-game events, like whether or not a pitcher’s next toss will be a ball or a strike. These kinds of live prop bets have become extremely popular over the last few years, and all can be accessed by your mobile device anywhere you’ve got a reliable Internet connection.

How old must I be to gamble online?

Most of the more popular online gambling sites require their players to be at least 18 years old, but players should check with their state gambling laws to see what their age requirements are if they have concerns. The legal gambling age in Ohio is 21 years old for casino gaming on land, but it is technically legal to wager online at offshore casinos and sportsbooks once you’ve turned 18.

Will I go to jail for online gambling in Ohio?

Nowhere in the state of Ohio's statutes is there a law that says online gambling is a crime. Additionally, we have seen no evidence that anyone has ever been arrested for online gambling in the state. If you are really afraid of going to jail for online gambling in Ohio, you can relax - this is not a crime. Still, you can always consult a local lawyer to put any legal concerns to rest.