limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilities.
What changed between versions
The entire new section (RSA 287-D:14-a) establishing a 4-tier revenue-based system for determining how many charities a gaming facility must host per game date was deleted. Under the original bill, facilities earning over $5 million monthly would have been required to contract with 4 charities per game date; the amended bill removes this requirement entirely.
The maximum number of charitable game dates per calendar year was reduced from 10 to 7 in multiple provisions: for individual charities (RSA 287-D:13), for host town/city game dates (RSA 284-D:4-a and RSA 287-D:14), for the license term (RSA 287-D:6), and for historic horse racing charitable distributions (RSA 284:23).
The host town game date provision (RSA 284-D:4-a, I) was changed from requiring a minimum of 7 and maximum of 10 game dates to simply capping at 7 game dates, removing the floor requirement.
The provision about host municipality game dates (RSA 284-D:4-a, III) was revised to clarify that additional charities may participate on the same dates when more than one charity would normally be involved in charitable gaming, broadening flexibility for co-hosting.
A new provision (RSA 287-D:19, III(f)) now requires game operator employers to equally distribute 35% of daily gross revenues from games of chance (minus prizes paid) among all licensed charitable organizations or the host community partnering on that date. The original language only required that no single charity receive less than 35%, which could have allowed uneven splits.
An effective date of January 1, 2027 was added as a new section 8.
