Bill Tracker — Keep Track of Online Gambling in the US
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US Bill Tracker for Gambling-Related Topics in All Fifty States
JustGamblers tracks state and federal legislation and regulations for US online gambling to make the legislative process more open and accessible. Bills are the primary legislative measure used to propose new laws, and we track each bill across the United States at the federal and state levels.
This bill pertains to the Town of White Hall in Lowndes County, Alabama, and proposes to allow the Town Council to authorize a licensed entity to conduct pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast past events as well as live horse and greyhound races under certain conditions.
Baldwin County, proposed local constitutional amendment to authorize and regulate certain charitable raffles, traditional paper bingo, and similar charitable games in the county.
Proposed constitutional amendment; Alabama Gaming Commission, established to regulate, license, and tax certain limited forms of gaming activity and stop unlawful gaming activity; compact with PCI, authorized; local bingo provisions, repealed.
Engrossed, also known as the Alabama Gaming Control Act, aims to establish a comprehensive framework for the regulation of gaming activities in Alabama, including casino-style gaming, sports wagering, and charitable gaming. It proposes the creation of the Alabama Gaming Commission, which will be responsible for licensing and oversight of these activities.
This bill proposes amendments to the laws governing the Greene County Racing Commission in Alabama, including changes to the appointment and compensation of commission members, the number of racing days, license fees, and residency requirements for licensure.
Latest Action
Re-referred to Committee in House of Origin (Economic Development and Tourism)
Under existing law, pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing has been determined to be a game of skill authorized under the Constitution of Alabama of 2022. This bill would establish the Horse Racing Modernization Act to establish the Alabama Racing Commission and provide for the issuance of licenses to conduct horse racing.
Latest Action
Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (Tourism)
This bill proposes amendments to the laws governing the Greene County Racing Commission in Alabama, including changes to the appointment and compensation of commission members, the number of racing days, license fees, and residency requirements for licensure.
Latest Action
Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Economic Development and Tourism)
The proposed bill amends Arizona Revised Statutes sections on event wagering by updating lottery prize payment regulations, prohibiting elected officials' names on tickets, mandating the display of winning odds, revising fiscal allocations for specific funds, clarifying electronic keno and mobile game operations, and refining definitions related to event wagering.
The proposed bill overhauls Arizona gaming regulation by replacing the Department of Gaming with the Arizona Gaming Commission, imposing a five-year industry ban on involved individuals, adjusting funding for the 2021 Compact Trust Fund, increasing nonprofit raffle benefits, setting a termination date for the Gaming Commission, and instructing alignment of statutes with the new provisions.
This bill proposes creating the Arizona Gaming Commission by consolidating the Arizona Racing Commission, Arizona State Boxing and Mixed Martial Arts Commission, and Arizona Department of Gaming, transferring all their responsibilities, licenses, and personnel, specifying commission membership and terms, and including a sunset clause for 2034, while amending and repealing various statutes to reflect these changes and mandating legislative alignment for the next session.
This bill aims to phase out pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast dog racing in Arizona by prohibiting wagering on international simulcasts starting July 1, 2024, and on all simulcast dog racing starting January 1, 2029, while making technical changes, repealing statutes related to charity racing days, and adjusting regulations for dog racing permittees.
This bill proposes amendments to the Arizona Revised Statutes to integrate horse racing permittees in Maricopa County as event wagering operators, redefining relevant terms, clarifying permittee responsibilities, and making technical updates to expand legal sports betting in Arizona.
This bill aims to phase out pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast dog racing in Arizona by prohibiting such wagering on international simulcasts starting July 1, 2024, and on all simulcast dog racing starting January 1, 2029, while making technical changes, repealing statutes related to charity racing days, and clarifying regulations for dog racing permittees.
The bill amends section 5-1318 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to require event wagering operators to pay an annual problem gambling fee of at least three percent of their adjusted gross receipts, to be deposited into the event wagering fund, and appropriates $1,000,000 from the state general fund to support problem gambling programs, exempting this appropriation from lapsing.
The proposed bill restructures gaming regulation in Arizona by replacing the Department of Gaming with the Arizona Gaming Commission, imposes a five-year industry ban on individuals involved in gaming legislation, adjusts funding allocations, increases nonprofit raffle benefits, sets a termination date for the commission in 2034, and mandates statutory alignment with the new provisions.
The bill amends section 5-604 of the Arizona Revised Statutes to state that any close relative of the director or an employee of the Department of Gaming with a financial or employment interest in Arizona's gambling industry can lead to their dismissal, updating and clarifying the current law.
The bill amends Arizona's event wagering laws to ensure lottery prizes are evenly distributed among claimants, prohibit elected officials' names on tickets, require odds of winning to be printed, allocate $900,000 to internet crimes against children enforcement, $100,000 to victims' rights enforcement, clarify rules for electronic keno and mobile games, and update definitions and terminology.
This bill proposes creating the Arizona Gaming Commission to consolidate responsibilities from three existing commissions, inheriting their assets and staff, setting membership terms, and including a 2034 sunset clause, while amending and repealing various statutes to reflect these changes and align with the new structure.
This bill aims to phase out pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast dog racing in Arizona by prohibiting it on international simulcasts starting July 1, 2024, and on all simulcast dog racing starting January 1, 2029, while making technical changes and repealing certain statutes related to charity racing days.
The proposed bill amends sections 5-1301 and 5-1314 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, updating definitions and operations related to event wagering, notably changing "E-sport" to "E-sport event," adjusting the numbering of definitions, removing "Official league data," requiring league data for tier two sports wagers unless unavailable on reasonable terms, and prohibiting the bundling of sports data for wagering purposes.
The proposed bill replaces the Department of Gaming with the Arizona Gaming Commission, prohibits certain individuals from engaging in the gambling industry for five years post-April 15, 2021, adjusts funding allocations, increases nonprofit raffle benefits, sets a termination date for the commission in 2034, and updates statutes accordingly.
The proposed bill amends Arizona statutes to increase event wagering operator licenses from ten to twenty-two, makes all federally recognized tribes eligible for a license, allows tribes to operate retail and mobile wagering, and mandates the release of license application materials to legislators, enhancing transparency and oversight.
This bill proposes creating the Arizona Gaming Commission to consolidate the responsibilities of three existing gaming commissions, inherit their assets and personnel, set terms and qualifications for members, and includes a sunset clause for 2034, while amending various statutes to reflect this change and align with the new regulatory structure.
This bill allows Maricopa County horse racing permittees from 2023 to apply for event wagering, operator licenses, expands event wagering definitions to include these permittees and racing meetings, redefines sports facilities, and clarifies that licensees aren't responsible for their designees' conduct, aiming to integrate horse racing into Arizona's sports betting framework.
Latest Action
Introduced to the House, referred to Appropriations (House)
This bill phases out pari-mutuel wagering on simulcast dog racing in Arizona by 2029, starting with international simulcasts in 2024, includes technical changes effective retroactively to July 1, 2024, and updates statutes on charity racing days and dog racing permits.
There is hereby appropriated, to the Department of Finance and 21 Administration, to be payable from the Miscellaneous Agencies Fund Account, 22 for compulsive gambling disorder treatment and educational programs as 23 defined by Amendment 100 to the Arkansas Constitution for the Department of 24 Finance and Administration - Racing Commission for the fiscal year ending 25 June 30, 2025
This bill would, beginning January 1, 2025, increase the monthly limit on bingo overhead costs to $3,000 per month, increased annually by the annual average percentage in the California Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the preceding calendar year.
This bill would explicitly require the agreement to specify which live in-state races would be provided by the association or fair to the site. The bill would also make non substantive changes, including deleting obsolete language.
This bill would authorize a California Indian tribe, under certain conditions, to bring an action solely against licensed California card clubs and third-party proposition player services providers to seek a declaration as to whether a controlled game operated by a licensed California card club and banked by a third-party proposition player services provider constitutes a banking card game that violates state law and tribal gaming exclusivity under Section 19 of Article IV of the California Constitution and a tribal-state gaming compact or secretarial procedures.
This bill would clarify that an applicant with an out-of-state conviction, within 10 years of application, for a misdemeanor involving dishonesty or moral turpitude, may also be considered for licensure if the conviction has been expunged under the laws of the state in which the conviction occurred.
This bill would additionally require the commission to post a public record of every vote on the commission's internet website no later than the close of business on the 2nd business day after the meeting at which the vote was taken.
This bill would, for the 2-year period from July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025, suspend the payment or collection of any quarterly payments required to be made by any gaming tribe to the fund pursuant to a tribal gaming compact, and would additionally require the commission, at the discretion of the Legislature, to refund any quarterly payment due during that time period that was already made. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
The act implements certain recommendations of the department of regulatory agencies (department), as specified in the department's sunset review of the "Bingo and Raffles Law" (law).
The act refers to a ballot issue to the voters at the November 2024 statewide election to allow the state to keep and spend all revenue from the existing tax on the net proceeds of licensed sports betting (sports betting tax).
This bill revises Connecticut's gaming laws by introducing new definitions, mandating Department of Consumer Protection oversight over the Connecticut Lottery Corporation's operations including sports wagering, and updating licensing processes while prohibiting certain types of sports bets and animal prizes, with fiscal impacts outlined.
Substitute Senate Bill No. 132, also known as Public Act No. 24-1, updates Connecticut's dog racing regulations effective October 1, 2024, by repealing and replacing statutes governing animal treatment, commissioner authority, off-track betting fines, pet adoption programs, employment requirements, and tax rates, among other changes.
House Bill 5284 aims to update Connecticut's gaming laws by defining new terms, requiring regulation of the Connecticut Lottery Corporation by the Department of Consumer Protection for lottery integrity, sports betting, and fantasy contests, while also specifying testing protocols for gaming systems, updating licensing procedures, expanding regulatory definitions, and addressing fiscal impacts.
Substitute House Bill No. 5282 proposes amendments to Connecticut statutes, focusing on the Connecticut Lottery Corporation (CLC) and its employees, introducing a new "delinquency assessment" definition for lottery sales agents, revising penalties for delinquency, implementing hardship waivers for interest, and requiring new licensing procedures for CLC employees effective January 1, 2025, while also addressing licensing fees, disciplinary actions, and fiscal impacts.
This act encourages more capital investment in Delaware casinos by adjusting how table games licensing fee reductions are structured, allowing investments exceeding minimum requirements under Title 29 of the Delaware Code to qualify, and aligning calculation time periods for both table games and video lottery operations.
This act establishes the framework for a competitive mobile sports wagering market in Delaware under the Lottery Director's authority, aligning with neighboring states' laws and requiring licensed operators to pay fees, contribute to purses, and adhere to regulatory duties.
The Fantasy Sports Contest Amusement Act, would require the Florida Gaming Control Commission to regulate and administer fantasy sports contests, including licensing operators, enforcing consumer protections, and ensuring compliance with specific operational and financial standards.
Applicants for a fantasy sports contest operator license must pay specified application and annual renewal fees, provide certain written evidence, and remit additional fees, all capped at specified amounts.
The bill revises provisions concerning the Florida Gaming Control Commission, including performance schedules, fees and taxes, occupational and operating licenses, unclaimed tickets, and slot machine licenses.
Latest Action
Died in State Administration & Technology Appropriations Subcommittee
The bill revises provisions concerning the Florida Gaming Control Commission and pari-mutuel permit holders, including applicants, licenses, performance dates, suspensions, financial records, race broadcasts, facility leasing, non wagering licenses and horse racing, thoroughbred racing, audits, and waivers.
The bill allows the Florida Gaming Control Commission to deny, suspend, or revoke licenses for false statements, mandates notification of contact information changes, revises the application timeline for pari-mutuel operating licenses, and permits licensed horse tracks to receive out-of-state race broadcasts under certain conditions.
The Fantasy Sports Contest Amusement Act mandates the Florida Gaming Control Commission to enforce the act, sets application requirements for operator licenses, requires specific consumer protections, and mandates record-keeping for a specified period.
The bill allocates a portion of Seminole Tribe gaming revenue to the Indian Gaming Revenue Trust Fund, creates the Local Trail Management Grant Program, authorizes voluntary agreements for environmental services within the Florida wildlife corridor, and appropriates $536 million.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize the Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting, pari-mutuel betting, and casino gambling in this state; to provide for the regulation and allocation of revenues of such activities; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize the Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting in this state; to provide for the regulation and allocation of revenues of such activities; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Latest Action
House Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute (Higher Education)
A RESOLUTION proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of Georgia so as to authorize and require that the Georgia General Assembly provide by law for sports betting and casino gambling in this state by July 2, 2025; to provide for the regulation and allocation of revenues of such sports betting and casino gambling; to provide for related matters; to provide for the submission of this amendment for ratification or rejection; and for other purposes.
Authorizes limited casino gaming at a single integrated resort property on lands under the control of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs designated for commercial use on the island of Oahu excluding lands west of Ko Olina. Establishes the Hawaii Gaming Commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross gaming revenue. Creates the State Gaming Fund. Appropriates funds.
Authorizes a 10-year license for 1 poker and sportsbook gaming facility in a special district designated for tourism in a county with over 500,000 residents and that is not in a hotel.
Authorizes a 10-year license for one entity to operate online poker and sportsbook betting. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler assistance program. Allocates 70% of profits received by the State to certain wildfire victims with the percentage decreasing 5% each year.
Authorizes a 10-year license for 1 poker and sportsbook gaming facility in a special district designated for tourism in a county with over 500,000 residents and that is not in a hotel. Allows admission for individuals 21 years of age or older. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler assistance program. Allocates to the State an amount equal to 70% of profits, with the percentage decreasing 5% each year. Authorizes the State to make grants from revenue received to a nonprofit entity for the benefit of wildfire victims.
Authorizes a 10-year license for one entity to operate online poker and sportsbook betting. Establishes the Hawaii gaming control commission. Imposes wagering tax on gross receipts. Creates the state gaming fund and compulsive gambler assistance program. Allocates 70% of profits received by the State to certain wildfire victims with the percentage decreasing 5% each year.
Allows for the regulation of sports wagering by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism. Establishes licensing requirements for sports wagering operators and sports wagering suppliers. Creates a Sports Wagering Special Fund. Specifies that sports wagering shall not be considered games of chance or gambling.
Establishes an online fantasy sports contests registration and monitoring program under the Department of the Attorney General. Imposes an online fantasy sports contests tax on the gross revenues of registrants. Establishes the Online Fantasy Sports Contests Special Fund and allocates proceeds of the fund to the Lahaina community recovery efforts. Exempts registered online fantasy sports contests from state gambling laws. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Appropriates funds.
Amends the definition of gambling to exclude digital sports betting on a platform licensed pursuant to state law. Requires the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism, to develop a pilot program to license businesses in the State to operate digital sports betting platforms. Provides an amended definition of gambling to be enacted when the pilot program ceases to exist.
Requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a sports wagering working group to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the potential legalization and regulation of online sports wagering in Hawaii.
Requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a sports wagering working group to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the potential legalization and regulation of online sports wagering in Hawaii.
Requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a sports wagering working group to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the potential legalization and regulation of online sports wagering in Hawaii.
Requesting the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism to convene a sports wagering working group to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the potential legalization and regulation of online sports wagering in Hawaii.
The Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act allows the Illinois Gaming Board to regulate fantasy contest operators, collect fees and taxes, enforce licensing, and set rules for contests, audits, reporting, and supplier diversity, while excluding fantasy contests from sports wagering definitions and gambling offenses; effective immediately.
The Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 is amended to allow the Illinois Racing Board to manage inter-track and simulcast wagering, remit pari-mutuel taxes to the Board, and distribute charitable funds based on expenditure schedules, while repealing some provisions; effective immediately.
The Substance Use Disorder Act is amended to require the Department of Human Services to establish a public education program on gambling disorders, promote awareness, provide treatment resources, and require gambling establishments to post assistance information, with additional provisions for grants and collaborations.
The Substance Use Disorder Act requires a public education program on gambling disorders to promote awareness, provide treatment resources, post assistance information, advise officials, support prevention projects, and award grants for local gambling disorder initiatives.
The Fantasy Sports Consumer Protection Act authorizes the Illinois Gaming Board to regulate fantasy contest operators, including licensing, fees, taxes, penalties, and oversight, while excluding fantasy contests from the definition of "sports wagering" and "gambling place," and grants the Board emergency rulemaking authority.
The Department of Lottery and Gaming Act establishes a new department to merge the Illinois Department of the Lottery, the Illinois Racing Board, and the Illinois Gaming Board into a unified entity. It forms a Lottery and Gaming Board led by division directors overseeing Casino Gambling, Video Gaming, Horse Racing, Sports Wagering, and Lottery divisions, while ensuring smooth transitions and necessary adjustments across related legislation.
The Internet Gaming Act allows Internet gaming operators to offer online gaming under specific licenses, including provisions for branding limits, management services, platform requirements, wagering accounts, licensing criteria, and tax obligations, with funds directed to the State Gaming Fund. It also permits emergency rule adoption and aligns with the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and the Illinois Gambling Act by removing restrictions on employment history for board employees regarding prior business engagements with licensees.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 and the Illinois Gambling Act to allow licensees to withhold winnings reported to the IRS (Form W-2G) to pay delinquent claims owed to the State under the Illinois State Collection Act of 1986. Licensees may withhold up to the full amount of winnings, with an administrative fee capped at 4% of the winnings or $150, whichever is less. These provisions take effect upon the adoption of rules by the Department of Revenue and the State Comptroller and require licensees to display specified signs about withholding winnings.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act of 1975 to allow the Illinois Racing Board to appoint the Director of Mutuels as the State director for inter-track and simulcast wagering. Directs pari-mutuel taxes to be remitted to the Board instead of the Department of Revenue, with funds distributed to charitable organizations based on estimated grant expenditures. Removes requirements for daily fee deposits and drug testing at county fairs, making additional revisions effective immediately.
Creates the Internet Gaming Act, allowing operators to offer online gaming under specific licenses. Limits operators to three branded gaming platforms, with provisions for management services agreements. Establishes rules for platform requirements, player accounts, licensing, age verification, and responsible gaming. Imposes a 15% tax on gaming revenues for the State Gaming Fund, permits emergency rulemaking, and aligns with Illinois Administrative Procedure Act changes.
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act to require the Illinois Gaming Board to establish a website by January 1, 2025, for individuals to self-exclude from gambling, with rules for implementation.
Amends the Illinois Gambling Act to establish the Problem Gambling Task Force, tasked with recommending how the state can best support individuals with gambling problems. Specifies task force membership, duties, and reporting requirements, with administrative support provided by the Department of Human Services.
Amends the Illinois Horse Racing Act and the Illinois Gambling Act to remove restrictions on hiring employees who had prior business relationships with the respective boards within the past year.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law to allow interactive instant win games online, prohibits gambling games, removes the 2025 repeal of the Internet program, and makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Provides that the Department of the Lottery's rules shall allow a consumer to redeem all sums of winnings and to withdraw unspent money deposited in the consumer's internet lottery account in the same manner in which it was deposited.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law to eliminate the requirement for the Governor to select a private manager for the Lottery, change compensation and operational rules for private managers, and adjust provisions for publishing game-specific rules and payment of prizes.
Creates contest based raffles for charity gaming. Defines a "contest based raffle" as the selling of tickets or chances to win a prize award based on the result of a specific event or contest, including a sport horse competition.
Provides that a hold harmless agreement or an agreement to offset a financial loss between a casino, riverboat, or unit of government and another unit of government concerning potential losses of revenue by the other unit of government is prohibited and unenforceable. Repeals the requirement that the licensed owner of a riverboat operating in Vigo County pay certain payments to the city of Evansville. Repeals language concerning a supplemental payment to East Chicago, Hammond, and Michigan City under certain circumstances. Repeals the historic hotel district community support fee.
Establishes the gaming revenue fund (fund). Provides that tax revenue collected after June 30, 2024, from the imposition of the wagering tax, the supplemental wagering tax, the graduated slot machine wagering tax, the county gambling game wagering fee, the sports wagering tax, and taxes and fees imposed on pari-mutuel wagering, except for tax revenue collected from an operating agent, is deposited in the fund. Provides that the state comptroller administers the fund. Provides for distribution of the money in the fund. Makes corresponding changes. Makes an appropriation. Reconciles conflicting statutes.
A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of revenue including sports wagering, the lottery, cigarette and tobacco taxes, alcoholic beverages, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of revenue including sports wagering, the lottery, cigarette and tobacco taxes, alcoholic beverages, and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of revenue including confidentiality of records, sports wagering, the lottery, cigarette and tobacco taxes, alcoholic beverages, and including effective date provisions.
Latest Action
Introduced to the Senate, committee report approving bill
A joint resolution nullifying administrative rules of the state racing and gaming commission relating to sports wagering and fantasy sports contests and including effective date provisions.
A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of the department of revenue including confidentiality of records, sports wagering, the lottery, cigarette and tobacco taxes, alcoholic beverages, and including effective date provisions.
Authorizing any gaming compact regarding sports wagering to include provisions governing sports wagering outside the boundaries of Indian lands and crediting tax revenue generated from wagers on historical horse races to the horse breeding development fund and the horse fair racing benefit fund.
Exempting certain gaming suppliers from the certification requirement of the Kansas expanded lottery act when such suppliers do not contract with the state or the lottery gaming facility manager.
Exempting certain gaming suppliers from the certification requirement of the Kansas expanded lottery act when such suppliers do not contract with the state or the lottery gaming facility manager.
Increases the frequency of charitable bingo games. Present law provides that the office of charitable gaming within the Dept. of Revenue may provide issuances of a special license for the conduct of no more than two bingo sessions annually.
Increases compensation for charitable gaming workers. Present law authorizes charitable gaming operations. Present law provides that the compensation rate for charitable gaming personnel shall not exceed $15 per hour and $90 per session . The proposed law changes the present law to increase compensation from $15 to $20 and $90 to $100.
An act to support veterans' organizations and other nonprofit organizations and federally recognized Indian tribes by updating electronic gambling laws.
An act to legalize historical horse racing and electronic beano to allow Maine gaming licensees and federally recognized Indian tribes to compete with other gaming states.
The bill requires the State to negotiate casino licenses with federally recognized Indian tribes for operations on both tribal and non-tribal land, excluding Penobscot and Oxford counties.
Authorizing certain electronic machines offering a game of instant bingo to provide a player the option to print a paper ticket for each game of instant bingo played.
The legislation shifts oversight of satellite simulcast betting facilities from the State Racing Commission to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, modifies the definition of "satellite simulcast betting," and permits pari-mutuel betting at these facilities on races simulcast from specified states.
The legislation allows the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue licenses for Internet gaming, permits the Governor to enter multijurisdictional gaming agreements based on the Commission's recommendation, ensures certain payments to former video lottery employees do not affect benefits calculations, and mandates a referendum for the Act's approval.
The law allows the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to license video lottery operators and eligible applicants for Internet gaming, permits the Governor to enter multijurisdictional Internet gaming agreements upon Commission recommendation, and requires a referendum by the State's qualified voters.
The law mandates the Maryland Department of Health to conduct prevalence studies on problem and pathological mobile gambling, with the first study due by July 1, 2029, requires annual reports from the Secretary of Health starting in 2025 on the use of Problem Gambling Fund funds for treatment and prevention programs, and changes how proceeds from fantasy competitions and sports wagering are distributed.
Latest Action
Motion Special Order until Later Today (Senator Guzzone) Adopted
Authorizing the State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency to allow a person to purchase a State lottery ticket through an electronic device that connects to the Internet; and altering the distribution of certain lottery proceeds.
Requiring the Department of Health to conduct certain prevalence studies concerning problem and pathological mobile gambling; requiring the initial prevalence study to be completed by July 1, 2029; and altering the distribution of certain State lottery, fantasy competition, and sports wagering proceeds.
The law allows the General Assembly to authorize the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission to issue Internet gaming licenses, mandates that implementation legislation include specific criteria and specifications, expresses the General Assembly's intent for the State's share of Internet gaming revenues to fund public education, and requires a referendum for the Act's approval by the State's qualified voters.
Requiring a mobile sports wagering licensee that is part of an ownership group that operates a video lottery facility in Prince George's County to pay each year $3,500,000 from the proceeds of mobile sports wagering to the Comptroller to be used for local impact grants to nonprofit organizations and municipalities located within 6 miles of the video lottery facility.
The changes modify the Maryland Stadium Authority's authority to finance horse racing facilities by altering their location, type, and ownership, increasing the debt limit for specified purposes related to racing facilities, mandating financial statements from the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, and requiring legislative review of any lease of the Pimlico racing facility.
Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering content, sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners.
Requiring, rather than authorizing, certain sports wagering licensees and sports wagering operators that advertise in the State to contract with certain independent evaluators to evaluate and rate the sports wagering licensee's sports wagering content, sports wagering experts, sports wagering influencers, and content partners.
Requiring the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission, subject to certain limitations, to accept and consider applications for sports wagering facility licenses and mobile sports wagering licenses submitted before January 1, 2026; and altering the termination date of certain provisions of law requiring the application of the Minority Business Enterprise Program to the sports wagering industry.
Repealing the prohibition on applicants for and holders of video lottery operation licenses and persons who own an interest in video lottery facility operations in the State from directly or indirectly making contributions to the campaign finance entity of a candidate for any nonfederal public office in the State or any other campaign finance entity organized in support of a candidate for any nonfederal public office in the State.
Communication from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (pursuant to Section 9B of Chapter 128A of the General Laws) submitting proposed regulations for 205 CMR 15.00 relative to racing meeting licensing.
Lawful gambling; sports betting and fantasy contests provided for and authorized, local restrictions prohibited, sports betting and fantasy contest taxation provided, civil and criminal penalties provided, amateur sports grants provided, charitable gambling provided for and lawful gambling tax rates modified, pari-mutuel horse racing provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
Conduct of advance deposit wagering, card playing, and pari-mutuel betting provided; authorization of historical horse racing and other games prohibited; definitions provided; and clarifying and conforming changes made.
Advance deposit wagering, card playing, and pari-mutuel betting conduct provisions and historical horse racing and other games authorization prohibition.
An Act to amend section 75-76-5, Mississippi code of 1972, to revise the Gaming Control Act definition of ‘sports pool’ and define ‘digital platform’ as a person or entity that operates a sports pool or race book over the internet, including on websites and mobile devices.
An Act to amend section 75-76-5, Mississippi code of 1972, to revise the Gaming Control Act definition of ‘sports pool’ and define ‘digital platform’ as a person or entity that operates a sports pool or race book over the internet, including on websites and mobile devices.
An Act to amend section 43-19-31, Mississippi code of 1972, to require the Mississippi Gaming Commission to collaborate with the Department of Human Services to establish rules to withhold gaming winnings of persons with outstanding child support arrearages.
An Act providing that the Security Division for the State Lottery is a criminal justice agency and investigators of the Security Division are granted peace officer status.
An Act revising laws related to the sale of video gambling machines by a licensed operator to another licensed operator or licensed manufacturer, distributor, or route operator.
An Act generally revising state lottery and sports wagering laws related to sales agent commissions; exempting sales agents’ commissions set by the state lottery and sports wagering commission from rule requirements under the Montana Administrative Procedure Act.
Change powers and duties of the State Racing and Gaming Commission related to licensed racetrack enclosures and change dates related to the required market analysis and socioeconomic-impact studies.
Change provisions relating to certain lotteries and raffles, certain tobacco and nicotine delivery products, the State Lottery Act, the Nebraska Liquor Control Act, the Tobacco Products Tax Act, and public records.
Relative to historic horse racing licensing, establishing operations of games of chance for the benefit of the host community, and relative to charitable gaming dates for municipalities and charitable organizations.
Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses; modifies certain operating requirements for simulcasting facilities; reduces minimum number of annual thoroughbred races from 50 to 25.
Latest Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee
Provides for automatic renewal of off-track wagering licenses; modifies certain operating requirements for simulcasting facilities; reduces minimum number of annual thoroughbred races from 50 to 25.
Latest Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Establishes a hotline for reporting behavior negatively affecting the integrity of sporting events and excludes persons responsible from future sports wagering activities; prohibits certain sports wagering advertisements; and requires independent oversight of sports wagering operations to ensure integrity.
Latest Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Establishes hotline for reporting behavior negatively affecting integrity of sporting events and excludes persons responsible from future sports wagering activities; prohibits certain sports wagering advertisements; requires independent oversight of sports wagering operations to ensure integrity.
Latest Action
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Directs State Lottery Commission to permit lottery player to submit and validate lottery claims of $600 or more via Internet, mobile application, or other electronic means.
Latest Action
Reported and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee
Establishes annual fee for sports wagering licensees; directs funds from such fees to Council on Compulsive Gambling and gambling addiction treatment programs.
Latest Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Permits civil liability against casinos and simulcast facilities for reckless indifference or intentional misconduct toward persons self-excluded from gaming activities.
Latest Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Makes compulsive gambling prevention, education, and treatment program optional penalty for casino gambling by person under legal age of 21; makes fine optional.
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
Requires school districts to provide instruction on risks of compulsive gambling as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards in Comprehensive Health and Physical Education.
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee
Allow problem gamblers to request placement on Division of Gaming Enforcement's list for self-excluded persons through division's website, by mail, or in-person.
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Introduced, Referred to Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee
Proposes constitutional amendment giving Legislature authority to establish slot machine gambling at horse racetracks; dedicates revenues derived to support State-administered defined benefit retirement systems, casinos, improvements to Atlantic City, and horse racing.
Latest Action
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to interactive gaming; and to amend the tax law, in relation to interactive lottery gaming.
Authorizes one percent of mobile sports tax revenue be used for problem gambling, one percent for youth sports and education funding, and one percent for youth team sports funding.
Authorizes one percent of mobile sports tax revenue be used for problem gambling, one percent for youth sports and education funding, and one percent for youth team sports funding.
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to authorizing one percent of mobile sports tax revenue be used for problem gambling.
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to interactive gaming; and to amend the tax law, in relation to interactive lottery gaming.
Repeals provisions prohibiting the conduct of unregistered interactive fantasy sports contests; provides that interactive fantasy sports contests are not considered a contest of chance constituting a gambling offense under the penal law.
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law and the tax law, in relation to prohibiting individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.
An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to allowing season-long proposition bets and future award winners as authorized bets.
Includes contests wherein participants select whether athletes, in the case of sporting events, shall accumulate more or less than a target score set by an operator, as an interactive fantasy sports contest; provides a definition for interactive fantasy sports gross revenue; makes related provisions.
Relates to issuing temporary permits to certain fantasy sports operators that were not offering contests to persons located in New York prior to November 10, 2015.
Amends the definition of sports wager to include other things of value; changes the licensing requirement for mobile sports wagering operators; provides the state shall by no later than January 31, 2024 have fourteen operators and by January 31, 2025 have sixteen operators; provides tax rates shall be determined based on the number of operators.
Expands eligible uses for charitable gaming net proceeds, including a statewide veterans’ organization’s administrative and program management expenses. The bill was declared an emergency measure effective on April 12, 2023.
Increases from $200,000 to $250,000 the mandatory quarterly transfer to the StateTreasurer of net proceeds from the lottery operating fund for deposit in the Attorney General multijurisdictional drug task force grant fund, beginning July 1, 2023.
Authorizes an organization permitted to conduct raffles to sell the squares on the raffleboard at a site 30 days before the drawing and requires the squares to be sold for the same price. The bill also provides an exemption from gaming stamp requirements to an organization hosting a same-day raffle.
Provides an exemption to the prohibition on having more than one permitted or licensedorganization conducts gaming at a single site for a sports pool conducted under a local permit for a special occasion.
Creates the charitable gaming technology fund and requires $25 of each eligible organization's licensure fee, $1,500 for each electronic pull-tab manufacturer's licensure fee, $500 for each paper pull-tab manufacturer's licensure fee, $500 for each electronic raffle manufacturer's licensure fee, and $500 for each distributor's licensure fee be deposited into the fund.
Certain horse racing companies pay a fee to the Oregon Racing Commission. Currently a portion of the fee goes to the General Fund. The Act provides that portion must be spent by the ORC for horse and jockey safety.
The Act makes betting on dog races illegal. The Act requires veterinarians to make reports if horses involved in racing show signs of abuse, injury or bad health. The Act allows the ORC to impose civil penalties for certain actions.
This Act amends the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to update definitions, prize limits, and sales restrictions, and to introduce provisions for pull-tab deals. It also revises licensing, proceeds distribution, enforcement, and auditing by the Auditor General.
This Act updates the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act by clarifying definitions, adjusting prize limits and sales restrictions, introducing pull-tab deals, updating distributor and manufacturer regulations, revising club licensee distribution rules, enhancing enforcement measures including license revocation, and requiring audits by the Auditor General for eligible organizations.
This Act updates the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act by clarifying definitions, adjusting prize limits and sales restrictions, regulating distributors and manufacturers, enhancing club licensee rules, strengthening enforcement measures, and updating regulations for tavern gaming.
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Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act amends the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act to update definitions, prize limits, sales restrictions, and regulations for distributors and manufacturers. It also revises provisions for club licensees, enforcement, local options, advertising, and various aspects of tavern gaming.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act updates the Local Option Small Games of Chance Act by clarifying definitions, adjusting prize limits and sales restrictions, and enhancing regulations for distributors and manufacturers. It also modifies rules for club licensees, enforcement procedures including license revocation, and regulations for tavern gaming licenses and revenue distribution.
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Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act amends Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to update definitions, regulatory authority, and licensing related to gaming. It also addresses slot machine and table game regulations, revenue deposits, enforcement, penalties, liquor licenses at gaming facilities, and introduces live-streaming on casino floors.
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Re-committed to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act updates Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to improve administration and enforcement related to self-exclusion from gaming activities and penalties for prohibited acts.
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Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further providing for list of persons self-excluded from gaming activities and for prohibited acts and penalties.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further providing for list of persons self excluded from gaming activities and for prohibited acts and penalties.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in administration and enforcement, further providing for list of persons self excluded from gaming activities and for prohibited acts and penalties.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on sports betting in this Commonwealth, including recommended methods to further regulate the industry in order to reduce problem gambling behaviors, gambling debt and the exposure of children to sports betting advertisements.
A Resolution directing a study on sports betting in the Commonwealth to recommend ways to regulate the industry, reduce problem gambling, gambling debt, and children's exposure to sports betting ads.
A Resolution directing a study on sports betting in Pennsylvania to recommend better regulations aimed at reducing problem gambling, gambling debt, and children's exposure to sports betting ads.
A Resolution directing the Joint State Government Commission to conduct a study on sports betting in this Commonwealth, including recommended methods to further regulate the industry in order to reduce problem gambling behaviors, gambling debt and the exposure of children to sports betting advertisements.
This proposed legislation removes the minimum number of slot machines, allowing casinos to adjust slot machine numbers based on demand, with significant reductions requiring Gaming Control Board approval to ensure no adverse impacts on revenue, taxes, employees, or local governments.
This Act amends Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to update prohibitions on fantasy contests, authorize iLottery, regulate interactive gaming transactions, and authorize sports wagering.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for prohibitions; in lottery, further providing for iLottery authorization; in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming account credits, debits, deposits and payments; and, in sports wagering, further providing for authorization to conduct sports wagering.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for prohibitions; in lottery, further providing for iLottery authorization; in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming account credits, debits, deposits and payments; and, in sports wagering, further providing for authorization to conduct sports wagering.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for prohibitions; in lottery, further providing for iLottery authorization; in interactive gaming, further providing for interactive gaming account credits, debits, deposits and payments; and, in sports wagering, further providing for authorization to conduct sports wagering.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act amends Pennsylvania laws on amusements, crimes, and health, addressing state and local gaming revenues, licensure, operations, enforcement, and taxes. It also establishes the Local Gaming Fund and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Programs Fund, and updates penalties for gambling offenses.
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Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
This Act amends Pennsylvania's statutes to enhance regulation and revenue distribution for gaming, establish local gaming terminals, address ethical considerations, update gambling laws, establish an emergency management fund, prescribe penalties, and allocate funds.
Latest Action
Referred to Community, Economic and Recreational Development
Pennsylvania's sports wagering laws, though early to legalize after the 2018 Supreme Court decision, currently exclude E-Sports events and lack authority for the Gaming Control Board to approve new types of sporting events like the NFL draft, prompting a forthcoming legislation to authorize E-Sports betting and grant the PGCB discretion in expanding betting options while maintaining strict regulatory standards.
An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for regulatory authority of board.
This Act amends Titles 4 and 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to audit the Race Horse Development Trust Fund, enhance enforcement procedures, define terms more clearly, update licensing procedures, regulate terminal operations and gambling hours, adjust revenue distribution, address ethical concerns, update gambling offenses, and repeal outdated provisions.
A legislation to regulate and tax Pennsylvania's skill game industry, which has operated without state oversight or consumer protections. This bill aims to align skill games with existing regulations for Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) in truck stops, limiting their number statewide to 50,000 and 5 per location, while implementing protections against problem and underage gambling, similar to those for VGTs.
Representative Mustello will introduce legislation to update the Local Small Games of Chance Act to help charitable organizations. The bill will allow new paper pull tab games, eliminate certain restrictions on prize limits and ticket quantities, and provide more ways for these organizations to raise funds and support their communities.
Latest Action
Introduced to the House on the 9th of August, 2023
This legislation will allow organizations with a Bingo License to sell event tickets online using debit cards, ensuring uniformity across counties. This bill clarifies ticket sales online without permitting online bingo gameplay.
Latest Action
Introduced to the Senate on the 7th of March, 2023
Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology. It also codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.
Amends the law consistent with the advent of iGaming and new technology. It also codifies the payment of investigatory expenses incurred by the State in limited circumstances.
Increases the maximum amount of credit a video lottery retailer may extend to a patron and would authorize certain amendments to the regulatory agreement involving Bally's Corporation and affiliates of Bally's.
Makes various amendments to the authorization of gaming credits and the regulatory agreement involving Bally's corporation and affiliates to increase Rhode Island's competitiveness in the gaming industry.
Allows social gaming in private residences and in public taverns or private clubs as long as the gambling is incidental to a bona fide social relationship between the participants and no person other than the participants receive anything of value.
Latest Action
Committee recommended measure be held for further study
A Bill to amend the South Carolina code of laws by amending section12-21-4200, relating to the disbursement of bingo tax revenues, so as to increase the percentage that is credited to the parks and recreation development fund and decrease the percentage credited to the general fund; and by amending section 51-23-20, relating to allocation of proceeds of the parks and recreation fund, so as to increase the amount that must be credited to each county.
A Bill to amend the South Carolina code of laws by amending section 59-150-70, relating to temporary regulations of the South Carolina education lottery, initial availability of tickets, and alternate use for nonwinning tickets.
An Act to amend the South Carolina code of laws by adding section 59-150-145 so as to exempt certain personally identifiable information concerning lottery claims from nonconsensual disclosure or release under the freedom of information act.
Establishes the Charitable Sports Raffles Act for the purpose of authorizing athletic event drawings, defined in the bill, to be conducted by affiliated nonprofit organizations that conduct such drawings in accordance with regulations promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Provides that with respect to all authorized historical horse racing terminals, of the amount that a horse racing licensee retains from wagering on historical horse racing pools.
Exempts from the provisions of Code prohibiting illegal gambling the placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or jurisdiction.
Modifies the definition of "organization" for the purposes of charitable gaming in the Commonwealth to include an organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant
Removes the City of Richmond as an eligible host city for casino gaming establishments in the Commonwealth.
Latest Action
Prefiled and ordered printed by the House
Date
January 10, 2024
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Origin of a Bill: A bill is a proposal for a new law or an amendment to an existing law. It can originate from a current U.S. Senate or House of Representatives member or be suggested during their election campaign. Additionally, individuals or citizen groups can petition a member of Congress to introduce a bill on their behalf.
Committee Assignment: Once a bill is introduced, it is assigned to a committee. The committee members will research the bill, discuss its merits, and make any necessary changes.
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Review by the Other Chamber: If the bill passes in one chamber, it moves to the other chamber. Here, it undergoes a similar process of research, discussion, amendments, and voting.
Reconciliation of Differences: If both chambers pass different versions of the bill, they must reconcile any differences. Both chambers then vote on the final unified version of the bill. If it passes, the bill is sent to the president.
Presidential Consideration: The president reviews the bill. The president can either approve and sign the bill into law or veto it.
Veto and Override: Congress can override the veto with a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers if the president vetoes the bill. If Congress succeeds, the bill becomes law. However, suppose the president does not sign the bill, and Congress adjourns during this period. In that case, the bill is automatically vetoed through a process known as a pocket veto, which Congress cannot override.
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