A New Bill Would Make Bettors Scan Their Faces to Prove They Are Old Enough

Facial Recognition Gambling Bill | Congress Targets Minors

A bipartisan measure would force betting and prediction-market apps to scan a user’s face before a wager, all in the name of shutting kids out. Few argue with the aim, yet the specifics, and the label on the bill, are murkier than they first appear. Legislation now in Congress would slip a camera between you … Read more

North Carolina’s Budget Squeezes Sportsbooks and Goes Easy on Prediction Markets

North Carolina Sports Betting Tax | Jumps to 23% in Budget

The state’s fresh budget makes operating a sportsbook pricier while giving a competing product a gentle landing, and a few legislators fear the imbalance could siphon off the very dollars the increase was supposed to bring in. In one budget, North Carolina made sportsbooks costlier to operate and, at the very same moment, gave a … Read more

Ohio Could Become the First State to Repeal Online Sports Betting

Ohio Sports Betting Ban | The Save Ohio Sports Act, HB 971

A GOP proposal, the Save Ohio Sports Act, would herd every legal wager back onto the floors of the state’s four casinos, kill props, parlays, and in-play markets, and cap a single bet at $100. Passage is a stretch, yet nothing this drastic has surfaced anywhere since betting went legal. As nearly every other state … Read more