New Hampshire Online Sportsbooks

The short answer is yes, but New Hampshire’s version of yes looks nothing like anyone else’s. Online betting is lawful here because House Bill 480 gave the New Hampshire Lottery Commission the power to conduct wagering itself or through a single contracted agent, and in 2019 the Commission ran a procurement and handed that agency to DraftKings and no one else. So the legal market is not an open field of licensees competing for approval — it is one state-appointed operator running under a Lottery contract, with the Commission as both landlord and business partner. Every online wager placed inside New Hampshire moves through that structure, which the state engineered on purpose and from which it keeps more than half the revenue. There is no gray zone to worry about: this is a fully sanctioned market that simply happens to have exactly one door.

What this means in practice is that you will not find FanDuel, BetMGM, Caesars, Fanatics, ESPN BET, or bet365 taking legal wagers in New Hampshire. Those brands operate in dozens of other states, but the Granite State’s contract does not permit them. If you download one of those apps here, it will either refuse to register a New Hampshire address or block wagering once geolocation confirms you are physically in the state. This is not a technical glitch or a rollout in progress — it is the deliberate structure of the market. For anyone used to bouncing between five or six apps to shop lines, New Hampshire is a genuine adjustment.

The 18-and-up age floor is worth flagging up front because it is unusual. Most legal betting states set the minimum at 21. New Hampshire lets residents and visitors bet at 18, one of only a handful of states with the lower threshold. You still need to be standing inside Granite State borders at the moment you wager, which geolocation verifies, but you need not live in the state. A visitor from Vermont or Maine can bet while standing in Portsmouth, as long as the app confirms the location. For a broader primer on eligibility rules across the country, our guide to gambling ages from state to state breaks down the thresholds.

The monopoly is not an accident or a temporary phase — it is the entire business model. When New Hampshire wrote its 2019 law, lawmakers had a choice between the crowded competitive approach most states took and a single-operator design that would maximize the state’s cut. They chose the second. Rather than licensing many books and taxing each at 10% or 15% of revenue, the state auctioned off an exclusive right and demanded a far larger share from the winner. DraftKings bid aggressively and won, agreeing to hand over 51 cents of every dollar of online gross gaming revenue and 50 cents of every retail dollar.

That 51% figure is extraordinary. In a typical competitive state, operators keep the lion’s share of their revenue and pay a modest tax. In New Hampshire, DraftKings keeps less than half of what it earns online. The trade-off is guaranteed exclusivity: no rival can undercut its lines, poach its customers, or split the market. DraftKings gets the whole state; the state gets an enormous revenue share and simplicity. New Hampshire consistently ranks among the top three states in the nation for sports betting revenue per capita, which the Lottery Commission points to as proof the model works better than a fragmented market would for a state this small.

Since DraftKings is the sole legal operator, a review of New Hampshire’s sportsbooks is really a review of one book examined from several angles. Its market depth is among the deepest in the industry, and for a Patriots or Bruins fan, the range of player props, alternate lines, and live markets is more than enough to keep things interesting. If you want to see how DraftKings compares to the rest of the field where it does compete, our full sportsbook reviews hub lays out the national picture.

Standout markets and app quality

Same-game parlays and the pre-built parlay suggestions are DraftKings strengths, and its NASCAR coverage matters here given the Loudon race weekends. The app itself is fast, stable, and well-designed, with reliable geolocation and a clean live-betting flow. It stays up during peak NFL Sunday traffic and is among the most stable apps in the industry.

Banking and the one differentiator

Online deposits and withdrawals run through debit card, online bank transfer, PayPal, and the DraftKings prepaid Play+ card, plus cash options at retail counters. The real differentiator in New Hampshire is simply that there is no alternative to weigh it against — a good app with zero competition is the single most important fact about betting in the Granite State.

Beyond the app, DraftKings also runs physical sportsbooks inside licensed New Hampshire casinos. State law allows up to 10 retail locations, each of which requires approval by local voters through a municipal referendum before it can open. As of the summer of 2026, DraftKings retail sportsbooks operate at:

• The Brook in Seabrook — site of the state’s first legal wager
• Revo Casino and Social House in Dover
• Revo Casino and Social House in Manchester
• Gate City Casino in Nashua

These retail counters let you place bets in person, watch on the venue’s screens, and cash tickets on site. The retail side pays the state a slightly lower 50% of gross gaming revenue rather than the 51% online rate, and under the 2026 contract extension the retail promotional deduction cap was raised substantially, giving DraftKings more room to run in-person promotions. For most bettors the app is more convenient, but the retail books matter for the social, watch-party experience and for anyone who prefers betting with cash.

Our rating process does not change just because New Hampshire offers one option. We still judge the product against the standards we apply everywhere, which is the only way to tell you honestly whether the state’s single book is any good. The factors we weigh:

• Pricing and market depth: How competitive are the odds, and how many markets are offered per game? DraftKings scores well on depth; on price, there is no local benchmark to measure against, which is the market’s structural weakness.
• App reliability: Does it stay up during peak NFL Sunday traffic, and is geolocation smooth? DraftKings is among the most stable apps in the industry.
• Banking: Range of deposit and withdrawal methods and payout speed. DraftKings covers the standard options and pays out reliably.
• Bonuses and ongoing promotions: Sign-up value and whether existing customers get regular boosts. This is where a monopoly has the least incentive to be generous.
• Responsible gambling tools: Deposit limits, time-outs, and self-exclusion. State rules require these, and DraftKings builds them into the app.
• Customer support: Responsiveness of live chat and phone help when something goes wrong.

You can read more about how we build these assessments across our real-money wagering coverage, which applies the same lens to every market we review.

Normally the advice for picking a sportsbook is to sign up for several, compare their lines, and place each bet wherever the number is best. That advice does not apply in New Hampshire, where the choice is made for you. So the useful question here is not which book to pick but how to bet smartly when you cannot shop.

• Learn the app deeply. Since DraftKings is your only tool, master its features — same-game parlays, live betting, bet types, and cash-out — so you use it well rather than partially.
• Track the promotions. Without competition forcing daily boosts, the promotions that do appear are worth catching. Check the promos tab before betting and use odds boosts when they favor a play you already like.
• Set your limits first. A single-app setup makes it easy to concentrate your play. Use the deposit and time limits to keep yourself disciplined.
• Accept the pricing reality. Because you cannot line-shop, understand that over time you may pay a bit more juice than a bettor in a competitive state. Bet accordingly — fewer, more considered wagers rather than high volume on thin edges.

If you travel, remember that your account works in other DraftKings states too, so a trip to a competitive market is a chance to see how prices differ. Our sportsbooks by state directory shows where else the app operates.

1. Confirm you qualify. To place a wager you have to be 18 or older and physically inside New Hampshire at that moment. Residency is not required, but your location is verified every time.
2. Download the DraftKings Sportsbook app from iOS and Android storefronts, or register through the DraftKings website.
3. Create your account. Because the Lottery Commission requires DraftKings to check you are of legal age before it accepts a wager, sign-up asks you to prove who you are: your full legal name and birth date, a home address, and four digits from your SSN. It is routine identity verification, not a credit application.
4. Enable location services. The app uses geolocation to confirm you are within state lines. Enable it, otherwise the book will not permit you to wager.
5. Fund the account. A debit card, an online bank (ACH) transfer, PayPal, or a DraftKings Play+ card will all load your balance. Scan the promos tab for a first-deposit offer before you move any money across.
6. Place your first bet. Pull up a Patriots or Bruins market, tap your pick onto the bet slip, key in a stake, and confirm. Keep those first Granite State wagers small while you find your footing.

Promotions in a monopoly market work differently than in competitive ones. DraftKings does not need to fight rivals for New Hampshire customers, so the aggressive dueling offers you see in states with a dozen books are muted here. That said, DraftKings still runs national promotions that reach New Hampshire accounts, including new-customer sign-up offers and ongoing boosts. Typical offers you may encounter:

• Welcome bonus: A sign-up package for new customers, usually structured as bonus bets tied to a first wager. The exact size and terms change periodically, so read the current offer carefully rather than assuming last month’s deal still stands.
• Odds boosts: Enhanced prices on selected games and parlays, refreshed daily during busy sports periods.
• Same-game parlay promotions: Profit boosts or insurance on qualifying same-game parlays, one of DraftKings signature features.
• Event-specific offers: Special promotions around big dates like the Super Bowl, the NFL playoffs, March Madness, and NASCAR weekends.

Always check the wagering requirements, minimum odds, and expiration on any bonus bet before opting in. Bonus bets are not cash — they typically return only the winnings, not the stake, if they hit. For a fuller explanation of how these offers work and how to read the fine print, browse our rundown of sportsbook bonuses.

Moving money in and out of DraftKings works the same way in the Granite State as it does across the operator’s other markets. To load your balance, you can reach for:

• Debit and credit cards
• Online bank transfer (ACH / eCheck)
• PayPal
• The DraftKings Play+ prepaid card
• Cash at retail sportsbook counters

Withdrawals can be taken back to most of the same methods. PayPal and Play+ tend to be the fastest, often clearing within hours to a day or two, while transfers to a bank account lag a bit. Cashing out is also available in person at the retail books. DraftKings may request identity verification documents before processing a first withdrawal, which is a routine anti-fraud and age-verification step, so have a photo ID ready if asked. There are no state-specific banking hurdles unique to New Hampshire beyond the standard verification everyone goes through.

Live betting is fully supported through DraftKings in New Hampshire. Once a game is underway, the app offers constantly updating odds on the moneyline, spread, and total, plus a rotating set of in-play props — next team to score, result of the current drive, whether a specific batter reaches base, and so on. For a Bruins overtime period or a tight Patriots fourth quarter, in-game markets let you react to what you are watching.

DraftKings pairs live betting with a cash-out feature that lets you settle a wager early for a value the app calculates in real time, useful for locking in a profit or cutting a loss before the final whistle. Live betting moves fast and the margins built into in-play odds are typically higher than pre-game lines, so it rewards quick, disciplined decisions rather than chasing. Reliable geolocation and a stable connection matter here, and DraftKings performs well on both.

Here is the dated sequence that produced today’s one-operator market.

The legal foundation of the market is House Bill 480, signed in July 2019. The law does something most state betting statutes do not: it places sports wagering under the New Hampshire Lottery Commission and authorizes the Commission to conduct it either directly or through a contracted agent. That single provision is what made the monopoly possible. Rather than creating a licensing regime open to all qualified operators, HB 480 gave the Commission the power to pick one partner through competitive bidding and grant it exclusivity.

To weigh New Hampshire’s lean, Lottery-run design against the patchwork of models used elsewhere, our rundown of where online gambling stands coast to coast maps out the wider terrain.

Tribal gaming is not a factor in New Hampshire. The state has no federally recognized tribes operating gaming compacts, so there are no tribal casinos or tribal sportsbooks here. This sets New Hampshire apart from many western, plains, and southern states where tribal gaming is central to the betting landscape. Instead, the state’s gambling framework runs entirely through the Lottery Commission and the licensed commercial casinos that host DraftKings retail counters. There is no tribal-state negotiation, no compact, and no separate tribal regulatory authority to account for when you bet in New Hampshire.

The most important restriction for New Hampshire bettors involves college sports. Under state rules, you cannot bet on:

• Games involving a New Hampshire college or university, regardless of where the game is played
• Any college game physically played within New Hampshire, regardless of which teams are involved

That means no wagers on University of New Hampshire teams and no wagers on any college contest held at a New Hampshire venue. The rule is designed to protect the integrity of games close to home. There is a practical exception for large multi-team tournaments: postseason events such as the NCAA basketball tournament are generally permitted even if a New Hampshire team is participating, because barring an entire national bracket would be impractical.

Certain people are prohibited from placing sports wagers in the state so competition and the betting market stay above board. The restricted groups generally include:

• Anyone under 18
• DraftKings employees and employees of the Lottery Commission and its Division of Sports Wagering
• Athletes, coaches, referees, trainers, and other personnel who can influence the outcome of an event they might bet on
• Team and league officials with access to non-public information
• People who have signed themselves onto New Hampshire’s voluntary self-exclusion list

These prohibitions exist to prevent conflicts of interest and match manipulation. If someone in a restricted category places a bet, winnings can be voided and further penalties may apply. Self-exclusion is a separate, voluntary tool that lets anyone bar themselves from betting for a set period if they need to step away.

Because New Hampshire is a small state bordered on three sides by other jurisdictions, geolocation matters more here than in a large interior state. Bettors near the borders occasionally get flagged if their signal bounces to a tower across state lines, so if you are close to Massachusetts or Maine and get a location error, move a bit further into New Hampshire and retry. Keeping the app’s location permission enabled and your device’s location services turned on prevents most problems. Your residency does not matter for geolocation — only your physical position at the moment you bet. A New Hampshire resident betting from Boston cannot place a wager; a Boston resident betting from Nashua can.

New Hampshire’s tax picture has two very different sides: how the operator is taxed and how you, the bettor, are taxed.

The operator side. New Hampshire never wrote a conventional gross-gaming-revenue tax rate into its betting law, and that omission is the whole design. Rather than taxing DraftKings at 10 or 15 percent like most states, the Lottery Commission sold exclusivity and set the price inside the contract: DraftKings hands over 51 percent of its online gross gaming revenue and 50 percent of its retail figure. Functionally that behaves like a 51 percent tax, but legally it is a negotiated revenue share, and it stands among the steepest cuts any government takes from a sportsbook. Those dollars route through the Lottery into New Hampshire’s Education Trust Fund, the same account that receives traditional lottery proceeds and helps bankroll public schools. In Fiscal Year 2025 that share delivered a record $39 million to education, and the program has now generated well over $170 million for the state since it opened in 2019.

The bettor side. Here New Hampshire is about as easy on you as a state can be. It taxes no wages and taxes no gambling winnings at the state level, so the profit you draw off a DraftKings ticket is never shaved by a New Hampshire income tax. The state’s last lingering personal levy, the Interest and Dividends Tax, finished a staged wind-down — 5 percent, then 4, then 3 — and was repealed outright as of January 1, 2025, so even investment income now escapes state tax and there is no New Hampshire return on which betting income could ever appear. Only the federal government reaches your winnings: the IRS counts net betting profit as taxable income, and DraftKings issues a Form W-2G once a payout clears federal reporting thresholds. Whether or not a form shows up, the reporting duty is yours. None of this is formal tax advice — your circumstances may differ and a professional can confirm the details — but the bottom line for Granite State bettors is blunt: the state takes its half from DraftKings, not a cent from you.

For a state with roughly 1.4 million residents, New Hampshire punches well above its weight in sports betting. The market has grown steadily since the December 2019 launch, and the single-operator model has proven remarkably productive on a per-person basis. The numbers tell the story.

In Fiscal Year 2025, New Hampshire bettors placed more than 27 million wagers totaling roughly $815 million in handle — both figures up nearly 9% from the prior fiscal year. That performance delivered a record $39 million to public education, topping the previous high of $37 million set in FY2023. Since the market opened, Granite Staters have placed well over 100 million wagers totaling billions of dollars, generating more than $150 million for schools over the life of the program. New Hampshire ranks third in the nation in sports betting revenue per capita, a striking result for such a small state and the central argument the Lottery Commission uses to defend the monopoly.

Monthly handle swings with the sports calendar, peaking during football season from September through the Super Bowl and dipping in the quieter summer months. Recent monthly handles have ranged from the high $40 millions in slow stretches to well over $80 million during peak NFL and playoff periods. The steady upward trend, combined with the 2026 contract renewal, suggests the market is mature and stable rather than still ramping up. For how New Hampshire’s trajectory compares to other states, our states hub tracks markets nationwide.

Prediction markets are the one development that genuinely unsettles New Hampshire’s betting officials, for a reason unique to this state: they route straight around the exclusive contract the entire model rests on. Exchanges such as Kalshi and Polymarket sell event contracts — yes-or-no positions on outcomes, sports results included — and because they answer to the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission rather than to any state gaming body, New Hampshire residents can reach them right now even though the Lottery Commission licenses none of them. Neither Kalshi nor Polymarket has signed any agreement with the state, which means every dollar a Granite Stater stakes on those platforms is a dollar the Education Trust Fund never collects.

That is what makes New Hampshire’s exposure different from a big competitive state’s. Elsewhere a prediction market just competes with a dozen sportsbooks; here it competes directly with the state’s own revenue stream. In March 2026, New Hampshire Lottery executive director Charlie McIntyre warned that the expansion of prediction markets could erode state revenues from sports betting, while adding that the Lottery had not yet measured an actual dent. The timing underlined the worry, with forecasts putting March Madness wagering in the state above $20 million. Even DraftKings itself, which rolled out its own prediction-market product nationally in December 2025, deliberately walled New Hampshire out of that offering rather than cannibalize its exclusive Lottery contract.

Just as telling is what New Hampshire has not done. Unlike neighboring Massachusetts, which secured a preliminary injunction against Kalshi in January 2026, or Arizona, which filed criminal charges accusing the exchange of running an illegal gambling operation, New Hampshire has sent no cease-and-desist letter, filed no lawsuit, and floated no bill to ban event contracts. State officials say they are watching the out-of-state cases instead — including the April 2026 Third Circuit ruling that sided with Kalshi on federal preemption — and holding fire until the jurisdictional question settles. For the moment, these platforms sit in a federally supervised lane the state has chosen not to challenge, wholly separate from the licensed DraftKings market. Our prediction markets coverage tracks how the fight is unfolding.

New Hampshire is unique among betting states in having no major professional sports franchise of its own in any of the big leagues. Its betting culture is imported almost entirely from Boston, less than an hour from the state’s southern border. Here is how the leagues break down for Granite State bettors.

College sports carry a betting asterisk in New Hampshire because of the in-state restrictions covered earlier. Here are the programs that matter, keeping in mind you cannot legally bet on New Hampshire schools or games played in the state.

• University of New Hampshire Wildcats: UNH is best known for hockey, a genuine Division I power in Hockey East, along with FCS football and other sports. Passionate as the local following is, you cannot place legal wagers on UNH teams under state rules.
• Dartmouth Big Green: Dartmouth, in Hanover, competes in the Ivy League across football, basketball, hockey, and more. As a New Hampshire school, Dartmouth games are also off-limits for legal wagering in the state.

Because the two most prominent college programs are both in-state and therefore un-bettable here, New Hampshire’s college betting action tends to point outward — toward national college football and basketball, March Madness, and out-of-state powers — rather than toward the home teams. The tournament exception does let you bet brackets that may include a New Hampshire school in a national event.

A few signature events shape the New Hampshire betting calendar, and one of them is uniquely tied to the state itself.

• NASCAR at New Hampshire Motor Speedway: The speedway in Loudon, known as the Magic Mile, hosts NASCAR Cup Series racing and is the single biggest live sporting event actually held in New Hampshire. Race weekends draw large crowds and heavy motorsports betting, and DraftKings offers full NASCAR markets — winner, top finishes, head-to-head driver matchups, and more.
• The Super Bowl: As Patriots country, New Hampshire treats Super Bowl weekend as the peak betting event of the year, with prop bets and parlays driving record single-day handle.
• NFL playoffs: Any Patriots postseason run supercharges betting statewide, and the broader playoff slate keeps the app busy through January.
• March Madness: The NCAA basketball tournament is a major betting window, with bracket-driven action even under the in-state college limits.
• Stanley Cup and NBA playoffs: Bruins and Celtics deep runs generate sustained spring betting interest.

The Loudon race weekends are what set New Hampshire apart — most states bet on events happening elsewhere, but the Magic Mile brings a marquee national event onto New Hampshire soil each year.

• New Hampshire Council on Problem Gambling (603-724-1605): An independent nonprofit built specifically for the Granite State, the Council runs a 24/7 confidential helpline and delivers education, prevention, advocacy, and referrals into treatment for gamblers and the people around them. Its resources live at nhproblemgambling.org.
• The New Hampshire Lottery’s responsible gaming program: Because the Lottery Commission both regulates and profits from sports betting, it funds responsible-gaming messaging and requires DraftKings to bake player-protection tools into the app — deposit and wager caps, time and cool-off limits, reality checks, and the state’s voluntary self-exclusion option.
• National Problem Gambling Helpline (1-800-522-4700): A round-the-clock, nationwide call-or-text line that connects Granite Staters to the nearest support when they want a second door.

These services cost nothing and stay confidential. Set your deposit and time limits before your first wager rather than after a rough night, treat any winnings as a bonus rather than a paycheck, and step back the moment betting starts feeling like an obligation instead of a diversion.

New Hampshire built a legal sports betting market around a single question: how does a small state extract the most value? Its answer was to sell one operator an exclusive right and demand more than half the revenue in return. The result is a clean, well-run, monopoly market where DraftKings is the only book, the state banks a huge share of the proceeds for schools, and bettors enjoy a top-tier app with an unusually low 18-plus age floor and no state tax on their winnings — but give up the ability to shop for better prices. Whether that trade favors you depends on how much you value competition, but the arrangement is stable, profitable, and locked in through at least 2028.

If you want to see the other side of the state’s gambling picture, our New Hampshire online casinos guide covers what is and is not available there. And to see how neighboring markets handle betting differently, compare the competitive setups in Massachusetts, Maine, and Vermont.