Fanatics Casino is operated by Fanatics Betting & Gaming, the gambling division of Fanatics Inc — a sports-merchandise e-commerce company founded in 2011 by Michael Rubin — which launched its betting and casino business in 2021 as a purpose-built digital division with no prior land-based betting-shop or casino operations of its own. Fanatics Casino launched in West Virginia in May 2025 as a standalone app, licensed by the West Virginia Lottery Commission and operating under a partnership with Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, the in-state “skin” arrangement West Virginia requires of every online casino operator.
Reported, not directly regulator-confirmed this time: West Virginia’s Voluntary Exclusion Program covers all licensed casino and sports betting operators in the state, including a minimum one-year exclusion period — a direct fetch of wvlottery.com returned HTTP 403, so this detail rests on secondary sourcing rather than a live regulator-page confirmation. Full sourcing and open verification gaps are covered in our full review.



