Twin River Casino Age To Gamble
Rhode Island added fully mobile sports betting during the 2020 legislature and appears ready to move its operation into the modern-day era.
Twin River Casino Parent Says IGT Slot Machines ‘Are the Worst,’ Further Criticizes $1B Rhode Island Lottery Contract. Posted on: July 30, 2019, 08:02h. Currently, the only casino in Rhode Island is the Twin River (occupying the former Lincoln Downs area). The Newport Grand Casino closed in 2018, and was owned by Twin River at the time. It wasn't until 2012 that table games were allowed. In 2018, sports betting was voted to become legal in the Ocean State.
The state became the eighth to offer sports betting in 2018, months after the Supreme Court struck down PASPA. In early 2019, lawmakers expanded the existing provisions to include online and mobile betting. Rhode Island launched mobile sports betting with in-person registration in late 2019.
Sports betting apps in Rhode Island
Mobile sports betting in Rhode Island is conducted by the Rhode Island Lottery, powered by William Hill on an IGT platform.
You can download the mobile app and soon will be able to register remotely without visiting Twin River Casino or Twin River Tiverton in person to verify your identity.
Twin River Casino Age To Gamble Play
You don’t have to be a resident of Rhode Island, but you do have to be within the state’s borders to place a bet.
The original law limited sports betting to in-person at the Twin River casinos, but the legislature soon realized that was a mistake and passed an expansion to allow statewide mobile betting. That bill was signed into law in March 2019.