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Negative. Utah’s strict gambling laws do not permit any form of gambling, including through brick-and-mortar casinos. There are also no tribal-owned casinos in the state either due to the state's unwillingness to allow gambling.

Utah classifies gambling as “fringe gambling,” which is defined (per the Utah Criminal Code) as “any gambling, lottery, or video gaming device which is:

• Given, conducted, or offered for use or sale by a business in exchange for anything of value; or
• Given away incident to the purchase of other goods or services.”

For a while, there were some residents participating in gambling through a loophole in the original legislation. Some gas stations had slot-like machines where residents could put in money, wait for a potential winning reel combination, and receive a cash payout.

As you can probably imagine, this did not sit well with Utah’s top brass. Senator Todd Weiler was appalled to find out there were gambling forms in the state and filed SB225 in March 2018 that adjusted the Criminal Code’s definition of gambling to include fringe devices. This amendment effectively eliminated gas station slot machines.

Utah is one of the few states in the United States without a state lottery. The fact that there isn’t even a lottery shows how strongly against gambling state lawmakers are. Lotteries are often used to funnel revenue to local education and infrastructure, but Utah already has those bases covered through other means.

No. Utah does not have any Daily Fantasy Sports operators in the state. There has not been any sort of legislative efforts put forward regarding DFS sports wagering.

Utah is able to legalize online casino gambling, poker, and sports betting but the state has not penned any legislation that would introduce any new gambling forms. In fact, Chapter 10 of the Utah Criminal Code states, “if any federal law is enacted that authorizes Internet gambling in the states and the federal law provides that individual states may opt out of Internet gambling, this state shall opt out of Internet gambling in the manner provided by federal law and within the time frame provided by that law.” The state is very anti-gambling as one can see.