North Carolina
The ultimate guide to North Carolina sports betting: Promos, launch details, more
North Carolina will launch sports betting on Monday, March 11, at noon, nine months after North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) signed the state’s sports betting bill into law.
Gov. Cooper signed HB 347 on June 14, 2023, at Spectrum Center, home of the Charlotte Hornets, alongside leading legislators who pushed the bill through the state general assembly.
The North Carolina Lottery Commission promulgated rules, regulations, and awarded licenses in just five months to put the state in position to launch sports betting next week, three months prior to its statutory deadline of June 2024.
Read below on everything you need to know about sports betting coming to North Carolina this Monday, including who’s in, winners and losers, best sportsbook promos and more.
Check out how to get all seven of the current NC sports betting signup promos here.
North Carolina sports betting features eight operators
Nine operators submitted sports betting license applications to the North Carolina Lottery Commission. The commission awarded eight licenses in late February, which will allow the operators to begin accepting bets on Monday at noon.
The following eight operators and their partners will launch next week in the Tar Heel state:
- bet365 NC: Charlotte Hornets
- BetMGM NC: Charlotte Motor Speedway
- Caesars Sportsbook: Tribal Casino Gaming Enterprise Cherokee
- DraftKings NC: NASCAR
- Fanatics Betting and Gaming: Carolina Hurricanes
- FanDuel NC: PGA Tour
- PENN Sports Interactive (ESPN BET NC): Quail Hollow Club (PGA Tour course)
- Underdog Sports: McConnell Golf
The Catawba Two Kings Casino is still awaiting a license and has yet to announce its operating partner. It was the only group that applied for a sports betting license that was not initially approved.
North Carolina will offer a unique sports betting landscape for potential customers. Underdog Sports, which has primarily operated in the daily fantasy sports landscape, will make its first foray into sports betting in the state.
Underdog Sports has a DFS presence in 41 states and Washington, D.C., but North Carolina will be its first opportunity to present its sports betting product to the public.
Additionally, ESPN BET will have its first chance to acquire customers from day one in the state, allowing it to compete on a neutral starting point for the first time. ESPN BET has transitioned from Barstool Sportsbook in every state it currently operates in and has yet to launch in a market from the first day.
PENN Entertainment representatives have said it’s their goal to be “on the pedestal” in the U.S. sports betting landscape. While it has been among the top three or four operators in states it’s currently in, ESPN BET lags behind market leaders DraftKings and FanDuel. North Carolina will provide ESPN BET with the best look into just how well it will be able to compete with the top operators in a state where every sportsbook is beginning from the start.
NC sportsbooks offer pre-registration bonuses
Ahead of Monday’s launch, North Carolina sports betting operators are offering new players the chance to sign up early and claim extra bonuses. Here is what is available, with links to each:
Available betting markets
The North Caroline Lottery Commission approved the state’s sports betting catalogue in early November 2023. The approved catalogue allows bets on professional sports, college sports (including in-state schools), and the Olympic games. The XFL was also included in the initial catalogue.
However, there will be no eSports on the initial sports betting catalogue, but operators are able to petition the North Carolina Lottery to allow bets on certain eSports events.
The typical slate of sports bets will be allow in North Carolina, including bets on point spreads, totals, the money line, same game parlays, live in-game betting, and a number of others.
While other states are looking to place prohibitions on college sports betting, North Carolina will have a wide open market. The state does not feature a ban on bets for in-state colleges or universities. Additionally, North Carolina regulators will allow prop bets on individual college athletes, as other states such as Ohio and Maryland are taking steps to prohibit those types of wagers.
History of North Carolina sports betting: How we got here
Gov. Cooper signed the state’s online sports betting bill into law on June 14, 2023. By law, North Carolina regulators had one year to launch sports betting from the day Cooper signed the bill.
In-person sports betting was legal in the state, but the bill expands where it can offered. There is currently no launch date for the expanded launch of brick-and-mortar sports betting in the state. Eight facilities are eligible to host brick-and-mortar sportsbooks.
The PNC Arena in Raleigh, WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, Bank of America Stadium and Spectrum Center in Charlotte, Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Wilkesboro Speedway, Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro and Quail Hollow Country Club in Charlotte will be allowed to host sportsbooks at their locations.
The sports betting bill includes an 18% sports betting tax rate, legalizes pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing, and disallows sports betting operators to deduct promotional bets from their gross revenues. It allows allows bets on professional sports, college sports (including in-state schools), eSports, and the Olympic games.
At an 18% tax rate, the state estimates $22.1 million in total sports wagering tax and fee revenue by FY 2023-2024, which increases to $100.6 million by FY 2027-28.
Tax Revenue Earmarked for Education
North Carolina sports betting tax revenues will be distributed as follows:
- $2 million annually for gambling addiction and treatment services
- $1 million annually to Division of Parks and Recreation for the purchase of youth sports equipment
- $300,000 each annually to seven state universities for their athletic departments
- $1 million annually to Outdoor Heritage Advisory Council for grants
- If there is any remaining revenue, it will be distributed as follows:
- 20% to 13 historically black colleges and universities for their athletic departments
- 30% to a fund to attract major sporting events to the state (Super Bowl, March Madness, etc.)
- 50% to the state’s general fund
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GRANITE FALLS, N.C. (WTVD) — A state trooper responding to a crash had some harrowing moments as he encountered an armed man, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said Saturday evening.
The trooper responded just after 4:20 p.m. to a crash on Grace Chapel Road in Granite Falls, which is in Caldwell County. Before the trooper got there, first responders at the scene reported that a man involved in the crash had a handgun.
When Senior Trooper William Miller arrived, the man would not comply with commands and kept flashing a handgun. Miller fired a duty-issued weapon, striking the man. After securing the suspect, first responders began rendering aid. The man was taken in the ambulance but died a short time later.
The trooper was unharmed. The suspect was later identified as Scott Patrick Seagle, 48, of Hickory.
Miller is a five-year veteran of the State Highway Patrol and is assigned to Troop F, District 3 (Caldwell County). As is standard, Miller will be placed on administrative duty. The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) is conducting an independent investigation of the incident.
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This was one of the most disappointing developments in college football this season, with the North Carolina Tar Heels failing to qualify for bowl eligibility. In Bill Belichick’s first season as the head coach, the team finished with a 4-8 record and 14th in the ACC.
Handing over the keys to the 73-year-old head coach was supposed to offer prosperity. Instead, Belichick’s arrival brought off-field distractions and disappointing performances on a weekly basis.
That being said, North Carolina’s offseason has been productive, landing 39 commits on National Signing Day, including 10 four-star recruits and 29 three-star recruits. There have been several departures in the transfer portal, but the talent assembled for 2026 should open up opportunities for multiple players to break out next season.
Jordan Shipp
The second-year receiver is the most obvious candidate for a breakout campaign in 2026. The Tar Heels landed four-star quarterback Travis Burgess in this year’s class, and there is a legitimate possibility the incoming freshman signal-caller beats out Gio Lopez for the starting position.
No other player would benefit more from a quarterback change than Shipp, who secured 60 receptions for 671 yards and six touchdowns in 2025. That production is not terrible, but with Shipp’s abilities, he should be producing much more than that.
With the inevitable quarterback change, Shipp could be closer to 900-1,000 receiving yards in 2026.
Travis Burgess
Burgess was mentioned earlier in correlation with Shipp’s potential uptick in production next season, but the incoming quarterback also has an opportunity to hit the ground running in his collegiate career.
The 6-foot-5, 200-pound quarterback possesses the tools to be a game-changing quarterback for North Carolina. Shipp is a great receiver to have when arriving at a program with high aspirations. Additionally, the Tar Heels landed the 10th-overall ranked wide receiver in the class in Keeyun Chapman, who figures to be an immediate-impact player for North Carolina.
Shipp and Chapman could form one of the most electrifying wide receiver tandems in the country next season and will make Burgess’ life much easier when he takes over as the starting quarterback.
Keeyun Chapman
Chapman will seemingly slide in as the WR2 behind Shipp. With multiple wide receivers leaving the program due to graduating or the transfer portal, Chapman has the ability to make an immediate impact on the Tar Heels’ offense.
As mentioned, Chapman was the 10th-best receiver in the recruiting class. His ability to create yards after the catch will open up the offense, which will benefit both Chapman and Shipp to reach their full potential.
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) — This time of year, the to-do list is as long as Santa’s naughty/nice list, and you’re probably looking to save time any way you can.
So, sometimes that means ripping open a box of cookie mix. One Kernersville mom is hoping her mix will add more deliciousness and less mom guilt.
“I wanted something that tasted homemade. I wanted something that had really clean ingredients,” said Lindsay Hancock, My Better Batch.
And that’s where My Better Batch comes in.
“If you’ve ever gone to the grocery store and picked up a box or a bag off the shelf, the ingredients are not great. They’re not things you would find in your own kitchen pantry. That is actually what defines our product and that homemade taste is that these are things you can find in your own kitchen pantry,” Lindsay said.
I wanted something that tasted homemade.
Lindsay mixed up My Better Batch and shipped out her first order in April of 2024. Now you can buy the cookie mix at Costco, Lowes Foods, and Amazon. And this year, she even launched exclusive holiday flavors at Target-chocolate mint and holiday cheer.
“When you’re working on this day in and day out, you certainly have dreams of being able to get to the shelf, but it is pretty surreal to see. And the fact that we were able to get there so quickly,” Lindsay said.
A single mom and entrepreneur-mixing up holiday cheer for her family from her kitchen to yours.
“They taste homemade and they’re ingredients that you can feel good about feeding to your family,” Lindsay said.
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