NH Minimum Age Sports Betting Proposal Rejected

A proposal was rejected to raise the age of athletic bet in New Hampshire from 18 to 21.

During the executive meeting of the roads and means in the House of Representatives on Monday, the Voice of the 11-7 votes against the Parliament’s Bill 83, and they found it “inaccurate of legislation.” This means that the measure has now died mainly.

Currently, New Hampshire is one of only four judicial states that allow children at the age of 18 to put legal sports stakes, along with Kentucky, Wyoming and Washington, DC, the case was discussed last week in a general hearing, where members of the Massachusetts Games Council argued in favor Age increased.

The motivation behind the bill arose out of concerns about increasing the problem of gambling between the younger betting. However, opponents, like Republican Representative Cyril, photographed the proposal as a freedom issue, saying, “If (young) want to bet with their money, let them bet.”

Some also pointed to the impact that will achieve the state financing. Maintaining the minimum age of 18 will save the country with an estimated $ 320,000 of the year 2026, with the expectation that this number is doubled every year.

The closest that the proposal can be reviewed is January 2026, although no decisions are made.

Online sports betting in New Hampshire since December 2019, with Titan industry Draftks It acts as the only SPORTSbook. The state is also home to four sports books: Filotimo Casino, a restaurant in Dover, Manchester, Brock in Seabroook, and Gate City Casino in Nashwa.

It is prohibited for betting on colleges within the country-including Player Prop-in Granite, similar to sites such as Connecticut and New York Rod Island.

The country has achieved a relatively good performance in recent years, as the revenues of the sports bet increased from $ 66.7 million in 2022 to $ 80 million in 2023, despite a slight decrease in the handle. During the same time, the reservation rate increased from 7.5 % to 9.7 %. The 2024 numbers will be released later this year.

Games expand numbers to be a hot topic in the next few months, as the state members of the state submitted a draft law that legitimizes a casino online by January 1, 2026. SB 168, proposed by Senator Timothy Lang, Senator Daniel Inns, Senator. Howard Perle and the Senator Keith Murphy were referred to the Senate Roads and A means on January 23.

The proposal includes issuing between three to six licenses for Gambling online The operators. The legal age will also be 18 years old, making it the first state to allow children from the age of 18 to 20 years of gambling in online casinos. Six states currently have legal Igaming – Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Wifer Virginia – and a handful of others is expected to explore legislation in 2025.

The legislators in the states failed to try to legalize the casino playing on the Internet in 2023.