Legislation

S10721: Authorizes a person to limit the gambling self-exclusion to online platforms

This bill authorizes a person to limit gambling self-exclusion to online platforms only, rather than all forms of gambling. It was introduced on October 16, 2026, and referred to the Senate Rules Committee.

HB2801: An Act amending Titles 4 (Amusements) and 53 (Municipalities Generally) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in preliminary provisions, providing for scope of title, for legislative intent and for definitions; in fantasy contests, further providing for definitions, for general and specific powers of board, for issuance and denial of license, for license renewal, for conditions of licensure, for prohibitions, for penalties, for fantasy contest tax, for licensed operator deposits and for responsibility and authority of department and repealing provisions relating to compulsive and problem gambling; in general provisions relating to gaming, repealing provisions relating to legislative intent and further providing for definitions; in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, further providing for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board established, for general and specific powers, for expenses of regulatory agencies, for regulatory authority of board, for collection of fees and fines, for slot machine license fee, for reports of board and for specific authority to suspend slot machine license; in licensees, further providing for Category 1 slot machine license, for Category 2 slot machine license, for Category 3 slot machine license, for Category 4 slot machine license and for conduct of auctions, providing for conduct of additional auctions, further providing for slot machine license application financial fitness requirements and for slot machine license operation fee; in table games, further providing for regulatory authority, repealing provisions relating to temporary table game regulations, further providing for prohibitions, for table game accounting controls and audit protocols, for table game authorization fee and for table game taxes and repealing provisions relating to local share assessment; in interactive gaming, further providing for fee and for multi-use gaming device tax, repealing provisions relating to multi-use gaming device local share assessment, further providing for interactive games and interactive gaming devices and associated equipment testing and certification standards, for interactive gaming authorization fee and for interactive gaming tax, repealing provisions relating to local share assessment and to compulsive and problem gambling, further providing for certificate holder deposits and providing for sweepstakes games prohibited; in sports wagering, further providing for unauthorized sports wagering, for authorization to conduct sports wagering, for authorized locations for operation, for sports wagering authorization fee and for sports wagering tax and repealing provisions relating to local share assessment and to compulsive and problem gambling; in revenues, further providing for slot machine licensee deposits, for gross terminal revenue deductions, for itemized budget reporting, for establishment of State Gaming Fund and net slot machine revenue distribution, for distributions from licensee's revenue receipts, for Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Trust Fund, for protection of funds, for distributions from Pennsylvania Race Horse Development Trust Fund and for Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund, repealing provisions relating to Casino Marketing and Capital Development Account and to transfers from State Gaming Fund, further providing for Property Tax Relief Fund and providing for State Gaming Fund and for Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Regulatory Fund; in administration and enforcement, further providing for drug and alcohol treatment, for financial and employment interests, for list of persons self excluded from gaming activities and for prohibited acts and penalties; in fingerprinting, further providing for submission of fingerprints and photographs; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for Commonwealth Financing Authority; in general provisions relating to video gaming, further providing for definitions; in administration, further providing for powers of board and for records and confidentiality of information; in application and licensure, further providing for establishment licenses, for license or permit prohibition, for issuance and renewal and for conditional licenses; in operation, further providing for testing and certification of terminals and for video gaming limitations, providing for hours of operation and further providing for terminal placement agreements and for compulsive and problem gambling; in enforcement, further providing for self-exclusion, for investigations and enforcement and for prohibited acts and penalties; in revenues, further providing for fees and for taxes and assessments, repealing provisions relating to distribution of local share, further providing for regulatory assessments and repealing provisions relating to transfers from Video Gaming Fund; in ethics, further providing for financial and employment interests; in miscellaneous provisions, further providing for preemption of local taxes and license fees and for Commonwealth Financing Authority; in prohibition options, further providing for definitions and for municipal option for gaming; making repeals; and making an editorial change.

An omnibus gaming bill that rewrites large portions of Title 4, including skill-game regulation, a ban on sweepstakes casinos, and changes to tax and distribution formulas. Dropped on 24 September2026.

HB2862: An Act amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in fantasy contests, further providing for general and specific powers of board; in interactive gaming, further providing for regulatory authority; in sports wagering, further providing for regulatory authority; and, in administration and enforcement, further providing for prohibited acts and penalties.

HB2862 is in committee in the House, six weeks before final adjournment.

LC258: Generally revise prediction market laws

General revise prediction market laws; drafter assigned 2026-09-16. No bill text yet. Montana considers prediction markets like Kalshi illegal. This draft could try to regulate or explicitly ban them; direction unclear without sponsor details.

A4002: Requires sports wagering licensees to adopt and publish rules governing wagering account limitations and to notify patrons when accounts are limited.

Passed the Assembly June 30, 2026 and reached the Senate Sept. 28, where it was referred to Budget and Appropriations. Would require sports wagering licensees to publish their wagering rules; Senate companion S3419 is in the same committee.

S597: Revises penalty for underage gambling to be civil penalty; provides for all associated fines to be used for gambling addiction treatment.

S597 revises the penalty for underage gambling from a disorderly persons offense to a civil penalty, with all associated fines used for gambling addiction treatment. It was introduced on January 13, 2026, with bipartisan primary sponsors (Beach, Polistina) and three cosponsors. After initial referral to Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation, it was transferred to the Judiciary Committee on September 28, 2026. The bill was reported from Judiciary on October 15, 2026, placed on second reading, and simultaneously referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee. The Assembly companion, A1822, remains idle in the Assembly Tourism, Gaming and the Arts Committee. Given this progress and the focus on treatment funding, S597 is likely to pass the Senate in the coming months; eventual Assembly passage is probable, though the Assembly’s own version has not moved.

A9251: Relates to prediction markets

Proposes requirements and restrictions on prediction markets; heavily amended, in Assembly Consumer Affairs and Protection.

Initiative 440: Online Sports Wagering Authorization Constitutional Amendment

Initiative 441: Online Sports Wagering Regulation Initiative

SB479: Specify that betting on elections constitutes prohibited gambling

SB479 specifies that betting on elections is prohibited gambling under Ohio law. It was introduced yesterday and has not yet been assigned to a committee.

SB2136: Gambling - As enacted, clarifies that gambling, the operation or possession of gambling devices, and the operation, conducting, or commercial promoting of online sweepstakes games and other forms of online or app-based gambling are unlawful and a violation of the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act; expands the authority of the sports wagering council to investigate illegal gambling and gaming activity; expands the investigative authority of the attorney general to investigate unlawful activity within the purview of the attorney general. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 2 and Title 47.

Codifies that online sweepstakes and app-based gambling are unlawful and a consumer-protection violation; expands the Sports Wagering Council’s and attorney general’s investigation powers. Enacted May 22, 2026, effective immediately.

SB131: Sports Betting Protections

This law limits online sports betting operators to six deposits per gaming day, bans push notifications and texts soliciting bets or deposits, and restricts advertising aimed at people under 21. It also requires annual data reporting to the Division of Gaming, and was signed June 1, 2026.

LD2007: An Act Regarding The Prohibition Of Online Sweepstakes Games

This law prohibits online sweepstakes games. It passed both chambers by April 2, 2026 and was signed April 6.

AB2173: Tribal gaming: compact ratification.

Tribal compact ratification by Assemblymember Wallis, signed Sept. 14, 2026 as Chapter 211.

AB2539: Tribal-state gaming: compact ratification.

Tribal compact ratification by Assemblymember Ramos, signed Sept. 14, 2026 as Chapter 213.

HB515: Sports betting; prohibition on use of credit cards.

Approved by Governor-Chapter 926 (effective 7/1/2026)

HB883: GAMBLING: Provides relative to enforcement of illegal online gambling (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX See Note)

This law covers enforcement against illegal online gambling. It passed both chambers and was signed May 15, 2026 as Act 182, with an August 1, 2026 effective date.

LD2080: An Act To Protect Consumers By Prohibiting The Use Of Credit Cards In Sports Wagering

This law prohibits using credit cards for sports wagering. It passed both chambers by March 25, 2026 and was signed April 3.

HB6126: Gaming: other; expenditures under the internet sports betting fund; modify. Amends secs. 15 & 16 of 2019 PA 149 (MCL 432.415 & 432.416)

Modifies expenditure categories within the Internet Sports Betting Fund. Signed by the governor and became law on September 22, 2026.

HB6127: Gaming: other; expenditures in the internet gaming fund; modify. Amends secs. 14 & 16 of 2019 PA 152 (MCL 432.314 & 432.316).

Adjusts how money in the Internet Gaming Fund is spent. Signed the same day as its companion, effective immediately.