Arizona is gearing up to offer bets before the 2021 NFL season kicks off next week.

Heres everything bettors need to know about sports betting in the state:

The states first online sportsbooks are scheduled to go live at 12:01 a.m. local time Sept. 9. The 2021 NFL season kicks off at 5:20 p.m. Pacific Time.

Once live, eligible bettors age 21 and up can register, deposit and wager with a mobile device anywhere within state lines (with certain exceptions on sovereign tribal lands and certain other federal property). Bettors wont have to complete registration in person at a casino beforehand.

Arizona digital sportsbooks will offer live, in-game betting. Books are allowed to take bets on a wide range of professional sports leagues, games and individuals, including point spreads, totals, moneylines and individual player props in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and many more.

College betting is permitted, including on in-state programs such as the University of Arizona and Arizona State. Individual player props such as passing yards in a game are not permitted on college games.

As many as 19 Arizona Native American gaming tribes are also permitted to open retail sportsbooks at each of their casino properties. If a tribe has more than one property, it can still open a retail book at each.

Arizona is also one of the first states to allow in-stadium sportsbooks; Chase Field (MLBs Arizona Diamondbacks), State Farm Stadium (NFLs Arizona Cardinals) and Footprint Center (NBAs Phoenix Suns) have all announced sportsbook plans. Additionally, TPC Scottsdale (host course of the PGA Tours Phoenix Open) and Phoenix Raceway (NASCAR and other motorsports races) will also open retail sportsbooks.

Arizona regulators licensed 10 tribes and eight professional sports organizations to offer statewide mobile sportsbooks:

The NHLs Arizona Coyotes as well as the Navajo Nation and the Tohono Oodham Nation also earned licenses but havent announced their respective online sportsbook partner. Arizonas 2021 sports betting law permits up to 20 online licenses (10 for tribes, 10 for sports organizations), meaning there are two potential future sports league licenses available.

PointsBetbelieved it had earned a license, only to find out days later it had been given due to a clerical order. The company has said it will still seek ways to earn an Arizona license, possibly with a future pro sports organization.

Other sportsbooks including MaximBet and BlueBet struck tribal sports betting partnerships but did not earn online licenses. These companies can still open retail books within their respective partners brick-and-mortar gaming facilities.

The Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, which did not earn a sports betting license, is seeking a legal ruling to stop the Sept. 9 launch, arguing the 2021 legalization law and the ensuing license allocation process was illegal. A hearing for a preliminary injunction on a temporary restraining order will be heard Sept. 6 with a judges ruling expected to be announced by Sept. 7.

If the judge grants the temporary restraining order, online sportsbooks would not be able to launch Sept. 9. The lawsuit would continue through the court system for a final decision, but it could jeopardize Arizona online sports betting.

If the judge doesnt grant the restraining order, Arizona sportsbooks could continue with their scheduled launch. It would also indicate the judge doesnt believe the suing tribe will ultimately prevail with its lawsuit, making it highly unlikely the current system would be further delayed or derailed.

Ahead of the hearing, its impossible to predict which way the decision will go. Both the tribe and the defendants, the office of Gov. Doug Ducey and state gaming regulators, have hired high-profile law firms to represent them, underscoring the significance of the ruling.

A temporary restraining order days before a scheduled sports betting launch would be an extraordinary and unprecedented development. Several of the more than two-dozen states to approve sports betting have been subject to lawsuits but none have prevented a scheduled launch.

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