Every other state in this series either licenses several competing sportsbooks or licenses none at all. New Hampshire did neither. When HB 480 legalized sports betting in 2019, the state ran a single competitive bid and handed the entire online and retail market to one operator — DraftKings — rather than opening a field. That contract has since been renewed twice, most recently through 2028, at the highest tax rate any state charges a sportsbook. Rainbet was never a candidate for it, and separately closed its doors to the whole country in 2023 anyway.

Why New Hampshire Has Exactly One Sportsbook

The mechanism matters more than the outcome here. Most states that legalize online sports betting set up a licensing process: any qualified operator can apply, and several usually do. New Hampshire's HB 480, signed in July 2019, told the New Hampshire Lottery Commission to run a competitive bid instead, for one exclusive statewide contract covering both online and retail wagering. DraftKings won it, launched the market in December 2019, and has held it ever since — the Lottery Commission exercised a two-year extension in February 2026, keeping the exclusive arrangement in place through June 30, 2028.

The trade for exclusivity: DraftKings remits 51% of its online gross gaming revenue and 50% of retail revenue to the state — the highest sports betting tax rate in the country — with the money earmarked for public education. FY2025 alone produced about $815 million in wagers and a record $40 million in tax revenue under that arrangement.

Is Rainbet Legal in New Hampshire?

No, and the single-operator structure makes the “no” unusually mechanical. New Hampshire's law was never built as an open licensing process a second operator could apply to join — it's one contract, competitively bid, held by one company. Rainbet has no path into that structure even hypothetically. And separate from New Hampshire's design entirely, Rainbet's own Terms of Service have excluded the entire United States, New Hampshire included, since the platform's 2023 launch — a blanket policy with no state-by-state review.

Is Rainbet Legit?

Outside the roughly 180 countries it actually serves, by the standard measures, yes: RBGAMING N.V. operates under Anjouan Gambling Authority license 001-2023-AJG, its provably-fair Originals verify as advertised, and the ten-minute rakeback pays out consistently in player reports. The honest caveat is the one that follows this brand into every state review — three years is a short operating history, and an Anjouan license carries little weight next to a state process that audits its single contract holder the way New Hampshire's Lottery Commission does with DraftKings. None of that legitimacy is reachable from a New Hampshire account anyway, since the signup flow rejects a US address before one exists.

How Safe Is a VPN Workaround From New Hampshire?

Not safe. A VPN can push a New Hampshire connection past Rainbet's geo-check at signup, but Rainbet's terms separately ban VPN use and reserve the right to withhold a withdrawal once a circumvented restriction turns up — usually right when a balance is worth defending. New Hampshire already has an unusually accessible legal market by national standards — sports betting open to 18-year-olds, no state income tax on winnings — which makes the risk of an offshore VPN workaround a tougher sell here than in states with no legal betting option at all.

New Hampshire's Betting Market, By the Numbers

  • 1 — the number of licensed sportsbooks in New Hampshire, by design
  • 51% — DraftKings' tax rate on online revenue, the highest of any state
  • 2028 — when the current exclusive contract runs through, after a February 2026 renewal
  • $815 million — FY2025 wagering handle
  • 18 — New Hampshire's legal sports betting age, younger than most states' 21

What New Hampshire Residents Can Use Instead

  • For sports betting: DraftKings — online, mobile, and retail — the state's only licensed option, regulated by the New Hampshire Lottery Commission.
  • For online casino games: nothing licensed exists yet; a 2026 bill to legalize real-money online casino play for adults 18 and up did not pass, so only sweepstakes-style social casinos operate legally today.
  • For Rainbet's crypto-first shape specifically: Bovada accepts New Hampshire accounts and has paid US players since 2011 — it doesn't block the state the way Rainbet does, though its own offshore trade-offs are worth reading honestly first.

New Hampshire built the tightest, highest-taxed sports betting market in the country around a single operator it chose on purpose. Rainbet was never in contention for that contract, and its 2023 policy means the rest of the question is moot anyway. Ten-minute rakeback, wherever it's reachable, discounts the house edge; it doesn't reverse it. Play with money set aside for entertainment, or don't play.