title: North Carolina — Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence? | advennt.io canonical: https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-carolina/licensing/ [Jurisdictions](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/) [North Carolina](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-carolina/) Licensing and regulation North Carolina · Question 02 of 11 # Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence? Favourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · [Back to full North Carolina report →](https://advennt.io/jurisdictions/north-carolina/) Key section parameters | Jurisdiction | North Carolina (US-NC) | |---|---| | Regulator | Recorded in register | | Favourability | Favourable | | Confidence | Confirmed | | Review status | AI-generated | | Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 | Summary answer North Carolina's licensing framework for online sports wagering continues under the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, with seven operators currently licensed and active following Underdog's December 2025 exit; no change to this core structure was identified this cycle. The material developmen… ## Full section analysis North Carolina's licensing framework for online sports wagering continues under the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, with seven operators currently licensed and active following Underdog's December 2025 exit; no change to this core structure was identified this cycle. The material development is regulatory-perimeter rather than licensing-conditions: prediction markets and event-contract platforms are now explicitly treated as sitting outside the state gambling-licensing regime, recognized instead under federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission authority and subject to a new state tax rather than a state licence requirement. This reflects a deliberate choice to tax rather than licence a contested product category, distinct from and running parallel to the durable statutory licensing regime governing sports wagering itself.