SPORTS WAGERING DEFINITION
Summary
Amends the Sports Wagering Act. Provides that "sports wagering" also includes participation in any prediction market involving a sports event or any portion of a sports event, or the individual performance statistics of athletes in a sports event, including the offering, listing, solicitation, purchase, sale, trading, exchange, or settlement of any event contract, sports-event contract, or other contract, agreement, or transaction, whether described as a derivative, option, binary contract, or similar instrument, in which a person risks something of value on the occurrence, nonoccurrence, or outcome of such sports event or any portion of a sports event or athlete performance statistics; such activity constitutes sports wagering regardless of whether the contract, agreement, or transaction is entered into on a peer-to-peer basis, whether participants take positions against one another rather than against the operator, whether the operator is not a counterparty to the transaction, or whether the operator describes the activity as an investing opportunity, exchange, marketplace, or prediction market.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 5, 2026
Last action Mar 27, 2026
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
7
Key actions
0
Committee
3
Mar 27, 2026
Committee
Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Committee
Assigned to Gaming Committee
lower
Feb 10, 2026
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Didech
DDemocratic
Co
Jay Hoffman
DDemocratic
Co
Michael Kelly
DDemocratic
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