This registration requirement is limiting sign ups. They can also bet online, but must register in person at the Twin River facility in either Tiverton or Lincoln before doing so. Eligible bettors can place bets in Rhode Island in-person at either casino. Rhode Island’s lottery is able to conduct sports betting at either of the Twin River Casino properties in the state. Gina Raimondo in late June 2018, but it took nearly five months for the state to accept its first wager. Sports betting was signed into law by Gov. Online sports betting is legal in Rhode Island, but it limited by only offering a solitary, lottery-run betting site and an in-person registration requirement.