15, 2023: Fanatics Sportsbook announces a partnership with the Carolina Hurricanes, opening up access for the operator in North Carolina when the state launches legal sports betting.ĭec. Read on to learn about critical moments in North Carolina's legal sports gambling history:ĭec. Cooper signing HB 347 into law, legal online sports betting is officially on the horizon and is expected to launch in 2024. Although retail North Carolina sports betting was legalized in July 2019, it wasn’t until March 18, 2021, that the state took its first legal wager.