Fanatics Sportsbook Partners With Boyd Gaming For Missouri Sports Betting Access

• Fanatics Sportsbook will partner with Boyd Gaming for its Missouri sports betting market access
• Fanatics Sportsbook will offer online sports betting under Boyd’s sports betting license in the Show-Me State
• The companies will open Fanatics-branded retail sportsbooks in two Boyd-owned Missouri brick-and-mortar casinos

Fanatics Sportsbook is planning to enter the Missouri sports betting market through a partnership with Boyd Gaming.

Fanatics Betting and Gaming today revealed is has entered into a multi-year partnership with Boyd Gaming to enter Missouri’s sports betting market. Fanatics Betting and Gaming recently submitted applications to the Missouri Gaming Commission for retail and online sports betting licenses.

Missouri sports betting apps are set to launch on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.

Fanatics Expanding into Show-Me State

Fanatics Sportsbook applied for partnered retail and online sports betting licenses with the Missouri Gaming Commission earlier this month. If awarded a sports betting license, Missouri will be the 23rd state where Fanatics Sportsbook can do business. It also has a sports betting license in Washington, D.C.

In addition to online sports betting, the companies plan to open Fanatics-branded brick-and-mortar sportsbooks at Boyd’s Ameristar Casino Hotel Kansas City and Ameristar Casino Resort and Spa St. Charles.

Tethered sports betting licenses require potential operators to partner with either a Missouri professional sports franchise or casino. Boyd Gaming operates 28 gaming entertainment properties in 10 states, including two in Missouri, and is a manager of a tribal casino in northern California. It is also the owner and operator of Boyd Interactive, a B2B and B2C online casino gaming business.

In total, the commission will be allowed to issue up to 19 retail sports betting licenses and up to 14 online sports betting licenses under the approved framework.

Missouri Sports Betting Market Taking Shape

The Missouri Gaming Commission awarded its two available untethered sports betting licenses to DraftKings and Circa Sports, but is currently accepting tethered retail and online sports betting license applications until Friday, Sept. 12.

FanDuel, which applied for one of the available untethered licenses, recently announced a Missouri sports betting market access partnership with St. Louis CITY SC. Missouri will be FanDuel’s 25th state or territory of operation after launch.

Underdog is the only other company to officially submit a sports betting license application, but has yet to announce its market access partner.

The Show-Me State only has a few more deadlines to reach before launching later this year. Here is the remaining Missouri sports betting schedule:

Sept. 12: All other partnered retail and online sports betting license applications must be completed

Dec. 1: Deadline for the launch of Missouri sports betting