Anyone typing "Fanatics alternative" and expecting PointsBet to show up is chasing a company that doesn't take US bets anymore. Fanatics Betting and Gaming closed a $225 million purchase of PointsBet's US sportsbook, iGaming, and advance-deposit wagering business in April 2024, finishing state by state with Illinois last. Every PointsBet US login just became a Fanatics login that week. So this isn't really a two-operator comparison — it's a search for whatever comes after the thing that already got absorbed.
PointsBet Didn't Disappear. It Moved.
PointsBet Holdings, the Melbourne-founded parent company, kept operating — just not in the United States. What's left is Australia (still its biggest market, even after a roughly 4% revenue dip in the nine months to March 2026) and Canada, where it's licensed in Ontario since April 2022 and has since added Alberta. In September 2025, Tokyo's MIXI, Inc. took a controlling 66.43% stake through its Australian subsidiary. None of that is reachable from a US address, which is the actual reason "PointsBet alternative" searches keep landing on Fanatics instead: Fanatics is the answer, not a competitor to it.
One more wrinkle: in February 2026, Ontario's AGCO proposed a five-day licence suspension against PointsBet Canada over a "systemic failure" to flag suspicious prop betting tied to the Jontay Porter NBA scandal. PointsBet is appealing. It's a Canadian regulatory matter with zero bearing on Fanatics, but it shows up in the same searches often enough to be worth separating out.
Who Actually Out-Covers Fanatics on States
DraftKings' sportsbook runs to roughly 27 states plus D.C.; FanDuel sits at 24 plus D.C. Both beat Fanatics' 23-state-plus-D.C. map. BetMGM lands at the same 23 as Fanatics, so that comparison is closer to a coin flip on state count and more about bonus structure and app feel. None of the three adds a state Fanatics categorically can't reach for legal reasons — this is just each operator's own pace of licensing, not a Fanatics-specific gap.
Sportsbook states: DraftKings (~27 + D.C.) > FanDuel (24 + D.C.) > Fanatics ≈ BetMGM (23 + D.C. each)
Casino states: Fanatics, FanDuel, and BetMGM all match at four (MI, NJ, PA, WV); Golden Nugget and Caesars run narrower four-state maps that don't line up the same way.
Florida Is a Different Story Entirely
Fanatics isn't licensed in Florida, and neither is DraftKings, FanDuel, or BetMGM. Hard Rock Bet is the exception, and it's not licensed the normal way either — it operates under the Seminole Tribe of Florida's gaming compact with the state, which is why it's the only legal mobile sportsbook Floridians can actually open. A reader in that state isn't missing a Fanatics competitor so much as finding the one operator whose legal path around the state's lack of commercial gaming law happens to work.
The Casino Side Is Its Own Smaller Map
Fanatics Casino only exists in Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia — a much narrower footprint than the sportsbook. FanDuel Casino and BetMGM Casino are the two operators licensed in that identical four-state set. Golden Nugget and Caesars Palace Online Casino both run their own four-state casino maps, but not the same four, so a state-by-state check matters more than the raw headcount before assuming either one is a drop-in swap.
What to Check Before Switching
Fanatics' own map has kept shifting — Missouri joined in December 2025 — and every operator named here moves on its own state-by-state timeline. Confirm the specific product, sportsbook or casino, is currently licensed in the specific state before treating a familiar name as an available alternative. A brand being bigger nationally doesn't mean it's live where the reader actually is.
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