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A piece of legislation that would overhaul the regulated gaming market in Massachusetts is moving forward after receiving a favorable vote by a state joint committee.

Senate Bill 302 was passed by the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies on Monday by a 5-0 vote, resulting in the measure being referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee for further consideration. The bill, sponsored by Sen. John Keenan, aims to implement new standards in Massachusetts that address economic, health and social harms related to the availability of sports wagering.

SB 302, coined as The Bettor Health Act, was first introduced last year but took its first major step forward on March 9, 2026.

It would make sweeping changes to gambling rules related to tax rates, prop and live bets, TV advertisements, responsible gambling funds and deposit limits. The piece of legislation is familiar to lawmakers as the bill was under consideration in the House and Senate in 2025 and carried..

On a busy day in the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond on Wednesday, Senate lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to ban the use of credit cards for sports betting.

A little more than a month after House Bill 515 passed the House by a 94-3 vote, senators unanimously approved it 40-0.

The bill would remove credit cards from the list of approved account funding methods for sports wagering operators who are licensed to do business by the Virginia Lottery Board. The Lottery already prohibits credit cards for lottery play.

The three no votes on the House floor are the only rejections the idea has faced in the legislature this year. It was approved unanimously by multiple committees in each of the House and the Senate over the last six weeks, as well as on the Senate floor on Wednesday.

The Senate-approved version has one small amendment, made in the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee two weeks ago, to add that sportsbooks must be held accountable in taking “reasonable mea..

Louisiana’s 2026 legislative session begins on March 9, and legislators are already lining up a queue of gambling bills to discuss once the state Senate and House convene in Baton Rouge.

From banning prop bets and in-play micro markets to banning sweepstakes and legalizing iLottery, here are some things on the docket.

Time to prohibit props?

Senate Bill 354, which was pre-filed by Sen. Katrina Jackson-Andrews and has been provisionally referred to the Committee on Judiciary B, would change Louisiana’s sports betting statutes to remove the term “proposition bets” from the list of authorized wagers. It defines a prop as “a side wager” on a part of a sport or athletic event that does not concern the final outcome of the event.

While the list of authorized sports wagering markets includes “in-game wagering” and “in-play bets” SB 354 would also establish a brand-new definition for a “sports micro-bet,” meaning a prop bet that is placed while a sports event is in progress and which conce..

FIFA is continuing to ensure the integrity of competition ahead of this year’s World Cup with the extension of a partnership with Sportradar.

On Monday, Sportradar announced that it has extended its integrity services agreement with FIFA for an additional five years. The newly-minted deal runs through 2031 and allows FIFA to leverage the monitoring and investigative services offered by Sportradar.

“The expansion of our integrity agreement with FIFA further strengthens the ability to identify, assess and respond to risks in an increasingly complex global picture,” said Sportradar Executive Vice President of Integrity Services Andreas Krannich. “It underlines both organization’s commitment to fair and clean sport at all levels globally.”

FIFA and Sportradar first teamed up in 2017 to ensure the integrity of soccer matches around the world. In 2026, Sportradar will continue to monitor betting activity for competitions hosted by FIFA and its 211 member associations. FIFA and Sportradar’..

A new bipartisan bill filed in Colorado would implement several new measures on the state’s sports betting market, including banning numerous prop wagers and restricting how licensed sportsbooks can advertise.

Senate Bill 131, filed on Wednesday, is a wide-ranging responsible gambling-focused piece of legislation that aims to implement more player protection safeguards and several limitations on how operators can conduct business. It has one Democrat and one Republican sponsor attached for both the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The bill has been referred to the Senate Finance Committee for initial discussion.

Bill takes a wide-angle approach to prop bets

Chief among the provisions is a proposal to prohibit Colorado sportsbooks from offering betting markets on the performances of individual athletes.

Player prop betting remains under intense scrutiny amid numerous cases of alleged or confirmed manipulation of performances by both pro and college athletes, including Jont..

Integrity Compliance 360 (IC360) is assisting the U.S. federal government in preparing and executing a 2026 FIFA World Cup tournament that will take place in North America.

IC360 announced that it has joined the FIFA World Cup Task Force, a government unit that is responsible for overseeing this year’s interaction of the tournament. The task force collaborates with federal agencies in planning and delivering the World Cup.

“We are honored to be joining the FIFA World Cup Task Force,” said IC360 Co-CEO Scott Sadin. “Our team is looking forward to bringing unique insight and value to this group. Most importantly, we’re thrilled to be partnering with stakeholders who are passionate about protecting the integrity of the beautiful game on the world stage.”

As a member of the FIFA World Cup Task Force, IC360 will help sustain the integrity of competition for the nearly 40-day tournament that kicks off on June 11 in Mexico. IC360 will leverage its experience in navigating North American g..

A New York lawmaker is making a legislative effort to ensure that sportsbooks have to directly notify residents of their betting activity.

Assemblymember Rebecca Kassay’s Assembly Bill 10329 would require licensed online sports betting operators in the Empire State to provide authorized sports bettors with monthly account activity statements.

Under the bill, monthly statements would need to be delivered via mobile push notifications “no later than fifteen days following the end of each calendar month.” Sports bettors would have continuous access to the statements through their accounts.

What info must be included in the monthly statements?

Kassay’s measure provides specific requirements for the monthly activity statements.

Operators in New York would be required to provide details on the total amount of funds deposited, the total amount wagered and the total number of bets places by the authorized sports bettor during the relevant period. AB 10329 also requires the monthly activ..

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont is making a legislative effort to shield younger residents from prediction markets.

Lamont has introduced House Bill 5038, a piece of legislation that would raise the minimum age requirement for event contract trading from 18 to 21. The legislation also proposes new advertising rules for prediction markets amid the growing popularity of event contracts, particularly sports, nationwide.

HB 5038 was immediately referred to Connecticut’s Joint Committee on General Law, which held a hearing on the bill with plans to further discuss the potential age increase.

Lamont’s bill excludes sports from prediction markets definition

HB 5038 defines prediction markets as “any system that allows consumers to open a speculative position on the outcome of future events, in a bid-ask format, regardless of the mechanisms or structures used for opening speculative positions on future events.”

The text of the bill specifically notes that the definition of prediction marke..