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15 Nov 2024


NextImg:How to bet on Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson: Best apps and which states allow wagering

The Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fight might end up being one of the most bet-on events of 2024.

Although you can’t bet the fight at traditional sportsbooks in a handful of states (including New York), almost everyone in the U.S. can put money down in some form of fashion.

Here are the three ways you can play this fight:

  1. Traditional, regulated sportsbook (~25 states): Sports betting apps like DraftKings, FanDuel, bet365 and more are offering odds on this fight (albeit not in every state they operate in).
  2. Social/sweepstakes sportsbooks (40+ states): This new type of operator allows you to purchase an on-platform currency, and use it to make picks on most of the same sporting events you would at a normal sportsbook. Fliff is the market leader in this space, while Rebet is an upstart app.
  3. DFS Pick’em (30+ states): DFS sites like PrizePicks and Underdog allow you to choose fight stats and build lineups. You can make entries with stats like total punches landed, fight time, fantasy score and more.

By our count, Idaho and Montana are the only two states with none of these options available. Some states require different rules for DFS pick’em — in New York, for example, there’s only free-to-play games, and in Florida there’s a new PrizePicks mode called “Arena” in which you compete against other players.

It should be noted that not all apps in each category operate in the exact same states.

Thrillzz, a social sportsbook, for example is only in about 30 states, while Fliff and Rebet are in 40-plus. States like Oregon and New Hampshire have a single operator (DraftKings), while other states like New Jersey have 15-plus legal, regulated sportsbooks.

StateSportsbookSweepstakesDFS
AlabamaXX
AlaskaX
Arizona
Arkansas
CaliforniaX
ColoradoX
ConnecticutXX
DelawareXX
DC
FloridaX
GeorgiaX
HawaiiXX
IdahoXXX
Illinois
Indiana
IowaX
Kansas
KentuckyX
LouisianaXX
MaineX
MarylandXX
Mass.
MichiganXX
MinnesotaX
MississippiXX
MissouriXX
MontanaXXX
NebraskaX
NevadaXX
New HampshireX
New JerseyX
New MexicoX
New YorkXX
North Carolina
North DakotaX
OhioX
OklahomaX
Oregon
PennsylvaniaXX
Rhode Island
South CarolinaX
South DakotaX
TennesseeX
TexasX
UtahX
Vermont
Virginia
WashingtonXX
West VirginiaX
WisconsinX
Wyoming

Seven states with legal online gambling are not allowing bets on the fight, for similar reasons (though they didn’t all put out statements like New York).

Even though the fight is sanctioned, which is generally the bar that a boxing match needs to clear to be listed by sportsbooks, the non-traditional rules are making some regulators skeptical.

The fight will be eight, two-minute rounds instead of three-minute rounds like normal. They’ll also be using 14-ounce gloves instead of 10-ounce gloves.

“Boxing matches approved for wagering in New York must follow Unified Rules as set by the Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports, which call for three-minute rounds and 10-ounce gloves,” the New York State Gaming Commission announced, via communicators director Brad Maione.

Doug Ziefel has been betting for more than a decade, and with U.S. operators in his native New Jersey since the market launched in 2018. He helps new bettors get the most out of their sportsbook promos and welcome offers for the New York Post.