1, 2023: The Mississippi House appropriations committee approves an amended bill ( HB-606) that would create an 11-member Mississippi sports betting Task Force. 24: Members of Mississippi's 'Mobile-Online Sports Betting Task Force' met with local representatives from the gaming industry to discuss the future of a legal online sports betting market.įeb. Here’s some background on the Magnolia State’s march to legal sports betting: One of the first states to legalize retail sports betting in 2018, Mississippi lawmakers have taken a much more deliberate approach to grow the state’s online betting market.