title: Idaho — Overview: What kind of market is this? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/idaho/overview/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [Idaho](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/idaho/) Overview Idaho · Question 01 of 11 # Overview: What kind of market is this? Unfavourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full Idaho report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/idaho/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | Idaho (US-ID) | |---|---| | Regulator | Idaho State Lottery Commission | | Favourability | Unfavourable | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 11 Oct 2026 | Summary answer Idaho is a constitutionally restrictive jurisdiction: gambling is prohibited under Article III, Section 20 of the state constitution, with only three enumerated exceptions (state lottery, pari-mutuel betting, charitable bingo/raffles) plus a narrow 2002 initiative-created carve-out for tribal video … ### Key headwinds & conditions - Constitutional (not just statutory) prohibition raises reform bar to 2/3 legislature + voter referendum - No political appetite for expansion; AG and legislative leadership actively opposed - Broad named-game statutory definition leaves no interpretive room for novel product categories ## Full section analysis Idaho is a constitutionally restrictive jurisdiction: gambling is prohibited under Article III, Section 20 of the state constitution, with only three enumerated exceptions (state lottery, pari-mutuel betting, charitable bingo/raffles) plus a narrow 2002 initiative-created carve-out for tribal video gaming machines lacking coin/lever mechanisms. No online casino, poker, or sports betting product is lawful, and daily fantasy sports has been formally opined against by the state Attorney General.