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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1033
To establish minimum Federal standards for sports betting, and for other
purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH13, 2025
Mr. B
LUMENTHALintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To establish minimum Federal standards for sports betting,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
(a) S
HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
‘‘Supporting Affordability and Fairness with Every Bet 5
Act of 2025’’ or the ‘‘SAFE Bet Act’’. 6
(b) T
ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
this Act is as follows: 8
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
TITLE I—MINIMUM FEDERAL STANDARDS FOR SPORTS BETTING
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Sec. 101. General prohibition on sports wagering.
Sec. 102. State sports wagering program.
Sec. 103. State sports wagering program standards.
TITLE II—PUBLIC HEALTH IN SPORTS BETTING
Sec. 201. Annual nationwide survey on online sports betting.
Sec. 202. National self-exclusion list.
Sec. 203. Surgeon General’s Report on Public Health Challenges Associated
with Sports Betting.
Sec. 204. Surveillance of gambling disorder.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. State and Tribal authority.
Sec. 302. Cooperation with Federal Government regarding unlicensed gaming
facilities and platforms.
Sec. 303. Severability.
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.
1
In this Act: 2
(1) A
MATEUR ATHLETIC COMPETITION .—The 3
term ‘‘amateur athletic competition’’ has the mean-4
ing given the term in section 220501 of title 36, 5
United States Code. 6
(2) A
NONYMIZED SPORTS WAGERING DATA .— 7
With respect to a sports wager accepted by a sports 8
wagering operator, the term ‘‘anonymized sports wa-9
gering data’’ means— 10
(A) a unique identifier for the transaction 11
and, if available, the individual who placed the 12
sports wager, except that such identifier shall 13
not include any personally identifiable informa-14
tion of such individual; 15
(B) the amount and type of sports wager; 16
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(C) the date and time at which the sports 1
wager was accepted; 2
(D) the location at which the sports wager 3
was placed, including the internet protocol ad-4
dress, if applicable; and 5
(E) the outcome of the sports wager. 6
(3) G
AMBLING DISORDER .—The term ‘‘gam-7
bling disorder’’ means— 8
(A) gambling disorder, as the term is used 9
by the American Psychiatric Association in the 10
publication entitled ‘‘Diagnostic and Statistical 11
Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition’’ (or 12
a successor edition); 13
(B) pathological gambling; 14
(C) gambling addiction; and 15
(D) compulsive gambling. 16
(4) G
OVERNMENTAL ENTITY .—The term ‘‘gov-17
ernmental entity’’ means— 18
(A) a State; 19
(B) a political subdivision of a State; and 20
(C) an entity or organization, including an 21
Indian Tribe, that has governmental authority 22
within the territorial boundaries of the United 23
States, including Indian lands. 24
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(5) INDIAN LANDS.—The term ‘‘Indian lands’’ 1
has the meaning given the term in section 4 of the 2
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2703). 3
(6) I
NDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 4
has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in 5
section 4 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (25 6
U.S.C. 2703). 7
(7) I
NTERACTIVE SPORTS WAGERING PLAT -8
FORM.—The term ‘‘interactive sports wagering plat-9
form’’ means a person or entity that offers licensed 10
sports wagering over the internet, including through 11
an internet website and mobile devices, on behalf of 12
a licensed gaming facility. 13
(8) I
NTERSTATE SPORTS WAGERING COM -14
PACT.—The term ‘‘interstate sports wagering com-15
pact’’ means a compact to offer sports wagering in 16
accordance with this Act between— 17
(A) 2 or more States with a State sports 18
wagering program; 19
(B) 1 or more States with a State sports 20
wagering program and 1 or more Indian Tribes; 21
or 22
(C) 2 or more Indian Tribes. 23
(9) L
ICENSED GAMING FACILITY .—The term 24
‘‘licensed gaming facility’’ means a person licensed 25
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by a State regulatory entity or an Indian Tribe li-1
censed by a State regulatory agency for the conduct 2
of gaming. 3
(10) M
ICROBET.—The term ‘‘microbet’’ means 4
a wager placed on an outcome or occurrence within 5
a sporting event that may or may not be related to 6
the ultimate result of the sporting event. 7
(11) N
ATIONAL SELF-EXCLUSION LIST.—The 8
term ‘‘national self-exclusion list’’ means the list 9
maintained under section 554A of the Public Health 10
Service Act, as added by section 202 of this Act, in 11
cooperation with State regulatory entities, under sec-12
tion 103(b)(6)(A)(ii) of this Act. 13
(12) O
FFICIAL.—The term ‘‘official’’ means a 14
referee, umpire, judge, reviewer, or any other indi-15
vidual authorized to administer the rules of a sport-16
ing event. 17
(13) P
ROPOSITION BET.—The term ‘‘propo-18
sition bet’’ means a side wager on a part of a sport-19
ing event that does not concern the final outcome of 20
the sporting event. 21
(14) R
EASONABLE LENDER STANDARD .—The 22
term ‘‘reasonable lender standard’’ means applica-23
tion of underwriting criteria that would be applied 24
by a lender that is an insured depository institution 25
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(as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit In-1
surance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)) for an unsecured 2
loan extended to a consumer. 3
(15) S
PORTING EVENT.—The term ‘‘sporting 4
event’’ means any athletic competition. 5
(16) S
PORTS ORGANIZATION .—The term 6
‘‘sports organization’’ means— 7
(A) a person or governmental entity that— 8
(i) sponsors, organizes, schedules, or 9
conducts a sporting event; and 10
(ii) with respect to the sporting event 11
and the participants in the sporting 12
event— 13
(I) prescribes final rules; and 14
(II) enforces a code of conduct; 15
and 16
(B) a league or association of 1 or more 17
persons or governmental entities described in 18
subparagraph (A). 19
(17) S
PORTS WAGER.— 20
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 21
subparagraph (C), the term ‘‘sports wager’’ 22
means the staking or risking by any person of 23
something of value upon the outcome of a 24
sporting event, including the outcome of any 25
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portion or aspect thereof, upon an agreement or 1
understanding that the person or another per-2
son will receive something of value in the event 3
of a certain outcome. 4
(B) I
NCLUSION.—With respect to an ama-5
teur or professional sporting event, the term 6
‘‘sports wager’’ includes— 7
(i) a straight bet; 8
(ii) a teaser; 9
(iii) a variation of a teaser; 10
(iv) a parlay; 11
(v) a total or over-under; 12
(vi) a moneyline; 13
(vii) a betting pool; 14
(viii) exchange wagering; 15
(ix) in-game wagering, including in- 16
game wagering on— 17
(I) a final or interim game score; 18
(II) statistics; or 19
(III) a discrete in-game event; 20
(x) a sports lottery; and 21
(xi) a proposition bet. 22
(C) E
XCEPTIONS.—The term ‘‘sports 23
wager’’ does not include— 24
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(i) any activity excluded from the defi-1
nition of the term ‘‘bet or wager’’ under 2
section 5362 of title 31, United States 3
Code; or 4
(ii) any activity that does not violate 5
a provision of the Interstate Horseracing 6
Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.). 7
(18) S
PORTS WAGERING .—The term ‘‘sports 8
wagering’’ means the acceptance of a sports wager 9
by a sports wagering operator. 10
(19) S
PORTS WAGERING OPERATOR .—The term 11
‘‘sports wagering operator’’ means— 12
(A) a licensed gaming facility that offers 13
sports wagering; and 14
(B) an interactive sports wagering plat-15
form. 16
(20) S
PORTS WAGERING OPT -IN STATE.—The 17
term ‘‘sports wagering opt-in State’’ means a State 18
that administers a State sports wagering program. 19
(21) S
TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 20
(A) a State; 21
(B) the District of Columbia; and 22
(C) any commonwealth, territory, or pos-23
session of the United States. 24
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(22) STATE REGULATORY ENTITY .—The term 1
‘‘State regulatory entity’’ means the governmental 2
entity— 3
(A) established or designated by a sports 4
wagering opt-in State under section 5
102(a)(2)(A)(ii); and 6
(B) responsible, solely or in coordination 7
with 1 or more other governmental entities, for 8
the regulation of sports wagering in the applica-9
ble sports wagering opt-in State. 10
(23) S
TATE SOCIAL GAMBLING LAW .—The term 11
‘‘State social gambling law’’ means a State law that 12
allows sports wagering that— 13
(A) is not conducted as a business; 14
(B) involves 2 or more players who com-15
pete on equal terms; and 16
(C) does not provide a benefit to— 17
(i) a player, other than the winnings 18
of the player; or 19
(ii) a person who is not involved in a 20
sports wager. 21
(24) S
TATE SPORTS WAGERING PROGRAM .— 22
The term ‘‘State sports wagering program’’ means a 23
program administered and overseen by a State pur-24
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suant to an application approved by the Attorney 1
General under subsection (b) or (e) of section 102. 2
(25) S
USPICIOUS TRANSACTION .—The term 3
‘‘suspicious transaction’’ means a transaction or an 4
arrangement that a sports wagering operator knows 5
or has reason to know, as determined by a director, 6
officer, employee, or agent of the sports wagering 7
operator is or would be if completed— 8
(A) a violation of, or part of a plan to vio-9
late or evade, any Federal, State, or local law 10
(including regulations); or 11
(B) sports wagering by or on behalf of an 12
individual described in subparagraph (C), (D), 13
or (E) of section 103(b)(4). 14
(26) S
USPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORT .—The 15
term ‘‘suspicious transaction report’’ means a report 16
submitted to a State regulatory entity or a sports 17
organization under section 103(b)(13). 18
(27) T
RIBAL-STATE COMPACT .—The term 19
‘‘Tribal-State compact’’ means a compact entered 20
into between a State and an Indian Tribe pursuant 21
to section 11(d)(3) of the Indian Gaming Regulatory 22
Act (25 U.S.C. 2710(d)(3)). 23
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TITLE I—MINIMUM FEDERAL 1
STANDARDS FOR SPORTS 2
BETTING 3
SEC. 101. GENERAL PROHIBITION ON SPORTS WAGERING. 4
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 5
(b), it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly accept 6
a sports wager. 7
(b) E
XCEPTIONS.—It shall not be a violation of sub-8
section (a) for— 9
(1) a sports wagering operator located in a 10
sports wagering opt-in State to accept a sports 11
wager in accordance with State law; or 12
(2) a person to accept a sports wager in accord-13
ance with an applicable State social gambling law. 14
(c) I
NJUNCTIONS.— 15
(1) I
N GENERAL.—If the Attorney General be-16
lieves a person has violated, is violating, or will vio-17
late subsection (a), the Attorney General may bring 18
a civil action in the appropriate district court of the 19
United States or the appropriate United States 20
court of a territory or possession of the United 21
States, which shall have jurisdiction in proceedings 22
in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Proce-23
dure to enjoin a violation of subsection (a). 24
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(2) JURY TRIAL.—In the case of an alleged vio-1
lation of an injunction or restraining order issued 2
under paragraph (1), trial shall be, on demand of 3
the accused, by a jury in accordance with the Fed-4
eral Rules of Civil Procedure. 5
(d) C
IVILPENALTIES.— 6
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Any person who violates 7
subsection (a) shall be, with respect to any such vio-8
lation, subject to a civil penalty of not more than the 9
greater of $10,000 or 3 times the amount of the ap-10
plicable sports wager. 11
(2) S
EPARATE VIOLATIONS.—A separate viola-12
tion occurs for each sports wager accepted in viola-13
tion of subsection (a). 14
(3) J
URISDICTION.—The district courts of the 15
United States and appropriate United States courts 16
of the territories and possessions of the United 17
States shall have jurisdiction to enforce this sub-18
section in accordance with section 1355 of title 28, 19
United States Code. 20
(4) E
FFECT OF LAW.—A violation of subsection 21
(a) shall not constitute a crime, and a judgment for 22
the United States and imposition of a civil penalty 23
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not give rise to any 24
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disability or legal disadvantage based on conviction 1
for a criminal offense. 2
(e) C
IVILPENALTYNOTEXCLUSIVE OFCRIMINAL 3
P
ENALTY.—A civil penalty, injunction, or temporary re-4
straining order imposed under this section shall be inde-5
pendent of, and not in lieu of, criminal prosecutions or 6
any other proceedings under any other law of the United 7
States, including sections 1084 and 1955 of title 18, 8
United States Code. 9
(f) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—Subsection (a) shall take ef-10
fect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enact-11
ment of this Act. 12
SEC. 102. STATE SPORTS WAGERING PROGRAM. 13
(a) I
NITIALAPPLICATION.— 14
(1) I
N GENERAL.—To request approval to ad-15
minister a State sports wagering program, a State 16
shall submit an application to the Attorney General 17
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by 18
such information as the Attorney General may re-19
quire. 20
(2) C
ONTENTS.—An application under para-21
graph (1) shall include— 22
(A) a full and complete description of the 23
State sports wagering program the State pro-24
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poses to administer under State law, includ-1
ing— 2
(i) each applicable State law relating 3
to sports wagering; and 4
(ii) an identification of the State regu-5
latory entity; and 6
(B) an assurance from the attorney gen-7
eral or chief legal officer of the State that the 8
laws of the State provide adequate authority to 9
carry out the proposed State sports wagering 10
program. 11
(b) A
PPROVAL BYATTORNEYGENERAL.— 12
(1) I
N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 13
after the date on which the Attorney General re-14
ceives a complete application under this section, the 15
Attorney General shall approve the application un-16
less the Attorney General determines that the pro-17
posed State sports wagering program does not meet 18
the standards set forth in section 103. 19
(2) D
ENIAL OF APPLICATION .—A decision of 20
the Attorney General to deny an application sub-21
mitted under this section shall— 22
(A) be made in writing; and 23
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(B) specify the 1 or more standards under 1
section 103 that are not satisfied by the pro-2
posed State sports wagering program. 3
(c) N
OTICE OFMATERIALCHANGES.—In the case of 4
a material change to a State law relating to sports wager-5
ing, the State regulatory entity, or other information in-6
cluded in an application submitted pursuant to subsection 7
(a) or (e), not later than 30 days after the date on which 8
the change is made, the State shall submit to the Attorney 9
General a notice of such change. 10
(d) D
URATION.—A State sports wagering program 11
shall be valid for a fixed 3-year period beginning on the 12
date on which the Attorney General approves the applica-13
tion of the applicable State under subsection (a) or (e). 14
(e) R
ENEWALAPPLICATION AND APPROVAL.—Not 15
later than the date on which the 3-year period referred 16
to in subsection (d) ends, a State seeking to renew the 17
approval of the State sports wagering program may sub-18
mit to the Attorney General a renewal application that— 19
(1) includes the information described in sub-20
section (a); and 21
(2) shall be subject to the approval process 22
under subsection (b). 23
(f) R
EVOCATION ANDREVIEW.— 24
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(1) EMERGENCY REVOCATION OF APPROVAL .— 1
The Attorney General shall promulgate regulations 2
that provide procedures by which the Attorney Gen-3
eral may revoke the approval of a State to admin-4
ister a State sports wagering program before the 5
date on which the 3-year term described in sub-6
section (d) expires if the Attorney General finds that 7
the sports wagering program does not meet 1 or 8
more standards set forth in section 103. 9
(2) A
DMINISTRATIVE REVIEW .—The Attorney 10
General shall promulgate regulations that provide 11
procedures by which a State may seek administra-12
tive review of any decision by the Attorney Gen-13
eral— 14
(A) to deny an application under sub-15
section (b); 16
(B) to deny a renewal application under 17
subsection (e); or 18
(C) to revoke an approval under paragraph 19
(1) of this subsection. 20
SEC. 103. STATE SPORTS WAGERING PROGRAM STAND-21
ARDS. 22
(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Attorney General shall ap-23
prove an application under section 102 unless the Attor-24
ney General determines that the proposed State sports wa-25
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gering program does not meet the standards set forth in 1
subsection (b) of this section. 2
(b) S
TANDARDS FORSTATESPORTSWAGERINGPRO-3
GRAMS.—A State sports wagering program shall meet 4
each of the following standards: 5
(1) S
TATE REGULATORY ENTITY .—Establish or 6
designate a public entity in the applicable State as 7
the State regulatory entity for the purposes of regu-8
lating sports wagering operators and enforcing 9
sports wagering laws in the State. 10
(2) P
ERMISSIBLE SPORTS WAGERING .— 11
(A) I
N-PERSON SPORTS WAGERING .—Pro-12
vide that in-person sports wagering may be of-13
fered only by a sports wagering operator. 14
(B) I
NTERNET SPORTS WAGERING .— 15
(i) I
N GENERAL.—With respect to any 16
authorization of sports wagering on an 17
interactive sports wagering platform, pro-18
vide that such sports wagering, as avail-19
able, is available only to— 20
(I) individuals located in the 21
State; or 22
(II) in the case of an interstate 23
sports wagering compact approved by 24
the Attorney General, individuals lo-25
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cated in States and on Indian lands of 1
Indian Tribes that are party to the 2
compact. 3
(ii) L
OCATION VERIFICATION .—In-4
clude location verification requirements 5
reasonably designed to prevent an indi-6
vidual from placing a sports wager on an 7
interactive sports wagering platform from 8
a location other than a location described 9
in clause (i). 10
(C) S
PORTS WAGER APPROVAL .— 11
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Provide that a 12
sports wagering operator shall not accept a 13
sports wager unless such sports wager or 14
class of sports wagers is expressly ap-15
proved by the State regulatory entity. 16
(ii) A
PPROVAL CRITERIA.—Direct the 17
State regulatory entity to establish criteria 18
for decisions with respect to the approval 19
of a sports wager or a class of sports wa-20
gers, such as whether the outcome of the 21
event or contingency on which the sports 22
wager is placed is— 23
(I) verifiable; 24
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(II) generated by a reliable and 1
independent process; and 2
(III) unlikely to be affected by 3
any sports wager placed. 4
(D) P
ROHIBITION ON AMATEUR OR INTER -5
COLLEGIATE PROPOSITION BETS .—Prohibit the 6
State regulatory entity from approving, or a 7
sports wagering operator from accepting, a 8
proposition bet on— 9
(i) any amateur athletic competition; 10
or 11
(ii) any intercollegiate sport (as de-12
fined in section 2 of the Sports Agent Re-13
sponsibility and Trust Act (15 U.S.C. 14
7801)). 15
(E) P
ROHIBITION OF SPORTS WAGERING 16
ON SPORTING EVENTS THAT HAVE COM -17
MENCED.—Prohibit the State regulatory entity 18
from approving, or a sports wagering operator 19
from accepting, a sports wager on any sporting 20
event, once such event has commenced. 21
(F) P
ROHIBITION ON RELOAD BONUSES .— 22
Prohibit the State regulatory entity from ap-23
proving, or a sports wagering operator from en-24
couraging, customers to make deposits by offer-25
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ing financial incentives, including bonus funds 1
or gambling credits when the account of a cus-2
tomer approaches or reaches a zero balance. 3
(G) P
ROHIBITION ON TIER PROGRAMS .— 4
Prohibit the State regulatory entity from ap-5
proving, or a sports wagering operator from 6
providing, anything of value that is greater 7
than $5 as a form of reward or incentive linked 8
to the level, amount, frequency, scope, pace, du-9
ration, or rate or gambling activity of a cus-10
tomer. 11
(H) P
ROHIBITION ON VIP PROGRAMS .— 12
Prohibit the State regulatory entity from ap-13
proving, or a sports wagering operator from 14
providing— 15
(i) compensation in any form that is 16
directly or indirectly connected to the de-17
posits, gambling activity, gambling wins, 18
gambling losses, or the level, amount, fre-19
quency, scope, pace, duration, or rate of 20
gambling activity of a customer; or 21
(ii) cash, gambling credit, prizes, 22
gifts, merchandise, event tickets or passes, 23
or property (real or personal) connected to 24
the deposits, gambling activity, gambling 25
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wins, gambling losses, or level, amount, 1
frequency, scope, pace, duration, or rate of 2
gambling activity of a customer. 3
(3) R
ESTRICTIONS ON SPORTS WAGERING TO 4
PROTECT CONTEST INTEGRITY .— 5
(A) D
EFINITION OF NECESSARY TO MAIN -6
TAIN CONTEST INTEGRITY .—In this paragraph, 7
the term ‘‘necessary to maintain contest integ-8
rity’’ means that, in the absence of a restric-9
tion, there is a reasonably foreseeable risk that 10
the outcome of the sporting event or contin-11
gency on which the wager is placed would be af-12
fected by the wager. 13
(B) C
ONTEST INTEGRITY .—Prohibit a 14
sports wagering operator from accepting a 15
sports wager in violation of a notice of restric-16
tion received by the sports wagering operator 17
under subparagraph (E)(i). 18
(C) R
EQUEST TO RESTRICT SPORTS WA -19
GERING.— 20
(i) I
N GENERAL.—With respect to a 21
sporting events sponsored, organized, or 22
conducted by a sports organization, permit 23
the sports organization to submit to the 24
State regulatory entity a request to re-25
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strict, limit, or exclude wagers on 1 or 1
more sporting events, including by restrict-2
ing, limiting, and excluding sports wagers 3
on 1 or more performances of an athlete in 4
1 or more sporting events in which such 5
athlete participates, if the applicable sports 6
organization determines that such restric-7
tion is necessary to maintain contest integ-8
rity. 9
(ii) D
EADLINES FOR SUBMISSION .— 10
Provide that the State regulatory entity 11
shall establish reasonable deadlines for the 12
submission of a request under clause (i) in 13
advance of the applicable sporting event. 14
(D) D
ETERMINATION BY THE STATE REG -15
ULATORY ENTITY.—Provide that the State reg-16
ulatory entity shall promptly— 17
(i) approve a request described in sub-18
paragraph (C)(i) unless the State regu-19
latory entity determines, considering any 20
information provided by the sports organi-21
zation and any other relevant information, 22
that a restriction is not necessary to main-23
tain contest integrity; 24
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(ii) provide a written explanation of a 1
determination under clause (i) to approve 2
or deny a request; 3
(iii) make such written explanation 4
available to the public; and 5
(iv) provide a process by which the 6
sports organization that submitted the re-7
quest may seek review of such determina-8
tion. 9
(E) N
OTICE OF RESTRICTION .—Provide 10
that the State regulatory entity shall establish 11
a process— 12
(i) to provide to sports wagering oper-13
ators prompt notice of any restriction ap-14
proved by the State regulatory entity; and 15
(ii) to make such notice publicly avail-16
able. 17
(4) P
REVENTION OF SPORTS WAGERING BY 18
PROHIBITED INDIVIDUALS .—Prohibit a sports wa-19
gering operator from accepting sports wagers from 20
any— 21
(A) individual younger than 21 years of 22
age; 23
(B) individual on the national self-exclu-24
sion list; 25
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(C) athlete, coach, official, or employee of 1
a sports organization or any club or team of a 2
sports organization, with respect to a sporting 3
event sponsored, organized, or conducted by the 4
sports organization; 5
(D) employee of a player or an official 6
union of a sports organization, with respect to 7
a sporting event sponsored, organized, or con-8
ducted by the sports organization; 9
(E) individual who, with respect to a sport-10
ing event sponsored, organized, or conducted by 11
a sports organization, is— 12
(i) credentialed or accredited by the 13
sports organization; and 14
(ii) prohibited from placing a sports 15
wager by the terms of such credential or 16
accreditation; or 17
(F) individual convicted of an offense 18
under subsection (a) or (b) of section 224 of 19
title 18, United States Code. 20
(5) A
UTHORIZED DATA.— 21
(A) R
ESULT OF A SPORTS WAGER .— 22
(i) M
ARKET TRANSITION PERIOD .— 23
With respect to any sports wager accepted 24
on or before December 31, 2025, provide 25
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that a sports wagering operator shall de-1
termine the result of a sports wager only 2
with data that is licensed and provided 3
by— 4
(I) the applicable sports organi-5
zation; or 6
(II) an entity expressly author-7
ized by the applicable sports organiza-8
tion to provide such information. 9
(ii) P
OST-TRANSITION PERIOD.—With 10
respect to any sports wager accepted after 11
December 31, 2025, provide that a sports 12
wagering operator shall determine the re-13
sult of a sports wager only with data that 14
is obtained from a source that the State 15
regulatory entity has— 16
(I) found to provide— 17
(aa) data of substantially 18
similar speed, accuracy, and con-19
sistency to the data available 20
under clause (i); and 21
(bb) only data that is— 22
(AA) legally obtained; 23
and 24
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(BB) in full compliance 1
with the terms of any appli-2
cable contract or license; 3
(II) expressly authorized to pro-4
vide such data to sports wagering op-5
erators; and 6
(III) identified in the application 7
of the State regulatory entity under 8
section 102. 9
(B) O
THER PURPOSES.—Provide that the 10
statistics, result, outcome, or other data used 11
by a sports wagering operator for a purpose 12
other than to determine the result of a sports 13
wager shall be in the public domain or other-14
wise legally obtained. 15
(6) C
ONSUMER PROTECTIONS .— 16
(A) S
ELF-EXCLUSION.— 17
(i) S
TATE SELF-EXCLUSION LIST.— 18
Provide a process by which an individual 19
may restrict himself or herself from plac-20
ing a sports wager with a sports wagering 21
operator located in the State, including by 22
imposing sports wager limits. 23
(ii) N
ATIONAL SELF -EXCLUSION 24
LIST.—Provide, through the State regu-25
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latory entity acting in cooperation with the 1
Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and 2
Substance Use, a process by which an indi-3
vidual may restrict himself or herself from 4
placing a sports wager with a sports wa-5
gering operator located in any sports wa-6
gering opt-in State, including by imposing 7
sports wager limits, and placing himself or 8
herself on the national self-exclusion list. 9
(iii) R
EASONABLE STEPS RE -10
QUIRED.—Provide that a sports wagering 11
operator may not accept a sports wager by 12
an individual who is— 13
(I) described in clause (i); or 14
(II) included on the national self- 15
exclusion list. 16
(B) W
ITHDRAWAL RESTRICTIONS .—Pro-17
hibit a sports wagering operator from— 18
(i) requiring an individual engaged in 19
sports wagering to participate in a pub-20
licity or an advertising activity of the 21
sports wagering operator as a condition of 22
withdrawal of the winnings of the indi-23
vidual; and 24
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(ii) imposing on any individual en-1
gaged in sports wagering— 2
(I) a minimum or maximum 3
withdrawal limit for the account of 4
the individual; 5
(II) any restriction on the right 6
of the individual to make a with-7
drawal from the account of the indi-8
vidual based on the extent of the 9
sports wagering by the individual; 10
(III) an unreasonable deadline 11
for the provision of information relat-12
ing to the identity of the individual as 13
a condition of withdrawal from the ac-14
count of the individual; or 15
(IV) a dormancy charge for an 16
account of the individual that is not 17
used to place a sports wager. 18
(C) D
ISCLOSURE.— 19
(i) R
ESTRICTIONS OR CONDITIONS .— 20
Provide that a sports wagering operator 21
shall provide an individual with adequate 22
and clear information relating to any appli-23
cable restriction or condition before the in-24
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dividual opens an account with the sports 1
wagering operator. 2
(ii) B
ONUSES OFFERED .—Provide 3
that a sports wagering operator shall pro-4
vide to an individual engaged in sports wa-5
gering clear, concise, and unambiguous in-6
formation relating to any bonus offered, 7
including— 8
(I) the terms and conditions for 9
awarding, receiving, or withdrawal of 10
the bonus; and 11
(II) a description of any and all 12
wagering requirements. 13
(iii) P
UBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Provide 14
that the information described in clauses 15
(i) and (ii) be available to the public. 16
(iv) A
CTUAL ODDS.—Provide that a 17
sports wagering operator shall— 18
(I) prior to accepting a sports 19
wager, provide an individual with ade-20
quate and clear information on the ac-21
tual odds of winning a sports wager, 22
as calculated by the sports wagering 23
operator or a representative of the 24
sports wager; and 25
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(II) provide an individual placing 1
a sports wager with an opportunity to 2
cancel the proposed wager without 3
any cost or penalty, and provide infor-4
mation to the individual regarding 5
such opportunity. 6
(D) T
REATMENT AND EDUCATION FUND -7
ING.—Provide that a sports wagering operator 8
shall allocate an appropriate percentage of the 9
revenue from sports wagering to— 10
(i) treatment for gambling disorder; 11
and 12
(ii) education on responsible gaming. 13
(E) R
ESERVE REQUIREMENT .—Provide 14
that a sports wagering operator shall maintain 15
a reserve in an amount not less than the sum 16
of— 17
(i) the amounts held by the sports wa-18
gering operator for the account of patrons; 19
(ii) the amounts accepted by the 20
sports wagering operator as sports wagers 21
on contingencies the outcomes of which 22
have not been determined; and 23
(iii) the amounts owed but unpaid by 24
the sports wagering operator on winning 25
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wagers during the period for honoring win-1
ning wagers established by State law or 2
the sports wagering operator. 3
(F) A
FFORDABILITY PROTECTIONS .—Pro-4
vide that a sports wagering operator— 5
(i) may not accept more than 5 depos-6
its from an individual during a 24-hour pe-7
riod; 8
(ii) may not accept deposits made 9
using a credit card; and 10
(iii) shall be required, before accepting 11
sport wagers from an individual in an 12
amount that is more than $1,000 during a 13
24-hour period or $10,000 during a 30-day 14
period, to conduct an affordability check 15
which shall be satisfied by 1 or both of the 16
following ways: 17
(I) Verification that the proposed 18
deposit is not greater than 30 percent 19
of the monthly income of the indi-20
vidual. 21
(II) Verification through a rea-22
sonable lender standard based on 23
issuance of an unsecured loan for the 24
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proposed deposit through methods 1
normally used by consumer lenders. 2
(G) A
RTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE RESTRIC -3
TION.—Provide that a sports wagering operator 4
may not use artificial intelligence to— 5
(i) track the sports wagers of an indi-6
vidual; 7
(ii) create an offer or promotion tar-8
geting a specific individual; or 9
(iii) create a gambling product, such 10
as a microbet. 11
(7) A
DVERTISING.—Provide that advertise-12
ments for a sports wagering operator— 13
(A) shall— 14
(i) disclose the identity of the sports 15
wagering operator; and 16
(ii) provide information about how to 17
access resources relating to gambling ad-18
diction; 19
(B) shall not recklessly or purposefully tar-20
get— 21
(i) problem gamblers; 22
(ii) individuals suffering from gam-23
bling disorder; or 24
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(iii) individuals who are ineligible to 1
place a sports wager, including individuals 2
younger than 21 years of age; 3
(C) may not be broadcasted— 4
(i) between the hours of 8:00 am and 5
10:00 pm local time; or 6
(ii) during a live broadcast of a sport-7
ing event; and 8
(D) may not include— 9
(i) odds boosts or similar offers, in-10
cluding advertising that contains the 11
phrase ‘‘bonus’’, ‘‘no sweat’’, ‘‘bonus bet’’, 12
or any other similar term; or 13
(ii) any information on how to place a 14
sports wager or how sports wagers work. 15
(8) L
ICENSING REQUIREMENT .— 16
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Provide that a sports 17
wagering operator located in the State shall be 18
licensed by the State regulatory entity. 19
(B) S
UITABILITY FOR LICENSING.— 20
(i) I
N GENERAL.—Provide that before 21
granting a license to a prospective sports 22
wagering operator, the State regulatory en-23
tity shall make a determination, based on 24
a completed background check and inves-25
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tigation, with respect to whether the pro-1
spective sports wagering operator and any 2
person considered to be in control of the 3
prospective sports wagering operator is 4
suitable for license in accordance with suit-5
ability standards established by the State 6
regulatory entity. 7
(ii) A
SSOCIATES OF APPLICANTS .— 8
Provide that if a prospective sports wager-9
ing operator is a corporation, partnership, 10
or other business entity, a background 11
check and investigation shall occur with re-12
spect to— 13
(I) the president or other chief 14
executive of the corporation, partner-15
ship, or other business entity; and 16
(II) any other partner or senior 17
executive and director of the corpora-18
tion, partnership, or other business 19
entity, as determined by the State 20
regulatory entity. 21
(iii) B
ACKGROUND CHECK AND INVES -22
TIGATION.—Establish standards and pro-23
cedures for conducting the background 24
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checks and investigations described in this 1
subparagraph. 2
(C) U
NSUITABILITY FOR LICENSING .— 3
With respect to the suitability standards under 4
subparagraph (B)(i), provide that a prospective 5
sports wagering operator shall not be deter-6
mined to be suitable for licensing as a sports 7
wagering operator if the prospective sports wa-8
gering operator— 9
(i) has failed to provide information 10
and documentary material for a determina-11
tion of suitability for licensing as a sports 12
wagering operator; 13
(ii) has supplied information which is 14
untrue or misleading as to a material fact 15
pertaining to any such determination; 16
(iii) has been convicted of an offense 17
punishable by imprisonment of more than 18
1 year; 19
(iv) is delinquent in— 20
(I) filing any applicable Federal 21
or State tax returns; or 22
(II) the payment of any taxes, 23
penalties, additions to tax, or interest 24
owed to the United States or a State; 25
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(v) on or after October 13, 2006— 1
(I) has knowingly participated in, 2
or should have known the prospective 3
sports wagering operator was partici-4
pating in, an illegal internet gambling 5
activity, including— 6
(aa) taking an illegal inter-7
net wager; 8
(bb) payment of winnings on 9
an illegal internet wager; 10
(cc) promotion through ad-11
vertising of an illegal internet 12
gambling website or service; or 13
(dd) collection of any pay-14
ment on behalf of an entity oper-15
ating an illegal internet gambling 16
website; or 17
(II) has knowingly been owned, 18
operated, managed, or employed by, 19
or should have known the prospective 20
sports wagering operator was owned, 21
operated, managed, or employed by, 22
any person who was knowingly par-23
ticipating in, or should have known 24
the person was participating in, an il-25
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legal internet gambling activity, in-1
cluding an activity described in items 2
(aa) through (dd) of subclause (I); 3
(vi) has— 4
(I) received any assistance, finan-5
cial or otherwise, from a person who 6
has, before the date of enactment of 7
this Act, knowingly accepted bets or 8
wagers from any other person who is 9
physically present in the United 10
States in violation of Federal or State 11
law; or 12
(II) provided any assistance, fi-13
nancial or otherwise, to a person who 14
has, before the date of enactment of 15
this Act, knowingly accepted bets or 16
wagers from any other person who is 17
physically present in the United 18
States in violation of Federal or State 19
law; 20
(vii) with respect to any other entity 21
that has accepted a bet or wager from any 22
individual in violation of United States 23
law, has purchased or otherwise obtained— 24
(I) such entity; 25
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(II) a list of the customers of 1
such entity; or 2
(III) any other part of the equip-3
ment or operations of such entity; or 4
(viii) fails to certify in writing, under 5
penalty of perjury, that the applicant or 6
other such person, and all affiliated busi-7
ness entities (including all entities under 8
common control), during the entire history 9
of such applicant or other such person and 10
all affiliated business entities— 11
(I) have not committed an inten-12
tional felony violation of Federal or 13
State sports wagering law; and 14
(II) have used diligence to pre-15
vent any United States person from 16
placing a sports wager on an internet 17
site in violation of Federal or State 18
sports wagering laws. 19
(D) R
EVOCATION AND SUSPENSION .—Es-20
tablish standards and procedures for sus-21
pending or revoking the license of a sports wa-22
gering operator. 23
(9) E
MPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS .—Pro-24
vide that a sports wagering operator— 25
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(A) shall ensure that each existing and 1
newly hired employee or contractor of the 2
sports wagering operator undergo an annual 3
criminal history background check; and 4
(B) shall not employ or enter into a con-5
tract with any individual who has been con-6
victed of a Federal or State crime relating to 7
sports wagering. 8
(10) R
ECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS .— 9
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 10
subparagraph (B), with respect to each sports 11
wager accepted by a sports wagering operator 12
or attempted to be placed by an individual with 13
a sports wagering operator, provide that the 14
sports wagering operator shall secure and main-15
tain a record of the following: 16
(i) The name, permanent address, 17
date of birth, and social security number 18
or passport number of the individual who 19
placed, or attempted to place, the sports 20
wager, which the sports wagering operator 21
shall verify in accordance with the require-22
ments for verification of identity in parts 23
1010.312 and 1021.312 of title 31, Code 24
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of Federal Regulations (or any successor 1
regulation). 2
(ii) The amount and type of the 3
sports wager. 4
(iii) The date and time at which the 5
sports wager was placed or attempted to 6
be placed. 7
(iv) The location at which the sports 8
wager was placed or attempted to be 9
placed, including the internet protocol ad-10
dress, if applicable. 11
(v) The outcome of the sports wager. 12
(B) E
XCEPTION.—Provide that a sports 13
wagering operator shall not be required to 14
maintain a record of the information described 15
in subparagraph (A) if— 16
(i) the sports wager is not placed by 17
an individual through an account with the 18
sports wagering operator; 19
(ii) the amount of the sports wager 20
does not exceed $10,000; 21
(iii) the sports wagering operator and 22
any officer, employee, or agent of the 23
sports wagering operator does not have 24
knowledge, or would not in the ordinary 25
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course of business have reason to have 1
knowledge, that the sports wager is 1 of 2
multiple sports wagers placed by an indi-3
vidual or on behalf of an individual during 4
1 day that are, in the aggregate, in excess 5
of $10,000; and 6
(iv) the sports wagering operator is 7
not required, pursuant to section 8
31.3402(q)–1 of title 26, Code of Federal 9
Regulations (or a successor regulation), to 10
furnish a Form W–2G to the individual 11
who placed the sports wager with respect 12
to winnings from the sports wager. 13
(C) R
ECORDS RELATING TO SUSPICIOUS 14
TRANSACTIONS.—Provide that, in addition to 15
the records required to be maintained pursuant 16
paragraph (A), a sports wagering operator shall 17
be required to maintain any other records relat-18
ing to a suspicious transaction, including video 19
recordings, in the possession, custody, or con-20
trol of the sports wagering operator. 21
(D) D
URATION OF RECORDKEEPING OBLI -22
GATION.—Provide that a sports wagering oper-23
ator shall be required to maintain each record 24
required under this paragraph for not fewer 25
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than 5 years after the date on which the record 1
is created. 2
(11) D
ATA SECURITY.—Provide that a sports 3
wagering operator and the State regulatory entity 4
shall take reasonable steps to prevent unauthorized 5
access to, or dissemination of, sports wagering and 6
customer data. 7
(12) R
EAL-TIME INFORMATION SHARING .—Pro-8
vide that a sports wagering operator shall provide to 9
the State regulatory entity anonymized sports wa-10
gering data in real-time or as soon as practicable, 11
but not later than 24 hours, after the time at which 12
a sports wager is accepted by the sports wagering 13
operator. 14
(13) S
USPICIOUS TRANSACTION REPORTING .— 15
(A) R
EPORTING TO STATE REGULATORY 16
ENTITY.—Provide that each sports wagering 17
operator located in the State shall promptly re-18
port the information described in paragraph 19
(10)(A) for any suspicious transaction to the 20
State regulatory entity, in such manner and ac-21
companied by such additional information as 22
the State regulatory entity may require. 23
(B) R
EPORTING TO SPORTS ORGANIZA -24
TIONS.— 25
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(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 1
(ii), provide that a sports wagering oper-2
ator shall simultaneously transmit to the 3
applicable sports organization, and any 4
component of the Department of Justice or 5
other Federal law enforcement entity des-6
ignated by the Attorney General to receive 7
such reports, any suspicious transaction 8
report submitted to a State regulatory en-9
tity under subparagraph (A). 10
(ii) P
ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE IN -11
FORMATION.— 12
(I) I
N GENERAL.—Except as pro-13
vided in subclause (II), a suspicious 14
transaction report submitted to a 15
sports organization shall not contain 16
any personally identifiable information 17
relating to any individual who placed, 18
or attempted to place, a sports wager. 19
(II) E
XCEPTION.—A suspicious 20
transaction report submitted to a 21
sports organization shall include any 22
available personally identifiable infor-23
mation relating to an individual de-24
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scribed in subparagraph (C), (D), or 1
(E) of paragraph (4). 2
(14) M
ONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT .— 3
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Provide that the State 4
regulatory entity, in consultation with law en-5
forcement, shall develop and implement a strat-6
egy to enforce the sports wagering laws of the 7
State. 8
(B) A
UTHORITY TO MONITOR AND EN -9
FORCEMENT.—Provide adequate authority to 10
the State regulatory entity and law enforce-11
ment, as appropriate, to monitor compliance 12
with and enforce the sports wagering laws of 13
the State, including— 14
(i) the authority and responsibility to 15
conduct periodic audits and inspect the 16
books and records of each sports wagering 17
operator located or operating in the State; 18
and 19
(ii) a requirement that the State regu-20
latory entity shall refer evidence of poten-21
tial criminal violations to the appropriate 22
law enforcement entity. 23
(15) C
OOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATIONS .— 24
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(A) SPORTS WAGERING OPERATORS .—Pro-1
vide that any sports wagering operator located 2
or operating in the State shall cooperate with 3
any lawful investigation conducted by— 4
(i) the State regulatory entity; 5
(ii) Federal or State law enforcement; 6
or 7
(iii) a sports organization, with re-8
spect to a sports wager— 9
(I) on a sporting event spon-10
sored, organized, or conducted by the 11
sports organization; 12
(II) placed by or on behalf of an 13
individual described in subparagraph 14
(C), (D), or (E) of paragraph (4); and 15
(III) accepted by the sports wa-16
gering operator. 17
(B) S
TATE REGULATORY ENTITY .—Pro-18
vide that the State regulatory entity shall co-19
operate with any lawful investigation conducted 20
by— 21
(i) Federal or State law enforcement; 22
or 23
(ii) a sports organization, with respect 24
to a sports wager— 25
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(I) on a sporting event spon-1
sored, organized, or conducted by the 2
sports organization; and 3
(II) accepted by a sports wager-4
ing operator located or operating in 5
the State. 6
(16) I
NTERNAL CONTROLS .— 7
(A) I
N GENERAL.—Provide that each 8
sports wagering operator shall devise and main-9
tain a system of internal controls sufficient to 10
provide reasonable assurances that sports wa-11
gers are accepted in accordance with all appli-12
cable laws, regulations, and policies. 13
(B) M
INIMUM STANDARDS .—Provide that 14
the State regulatory entity shall adopt and pub-15
lish minimum standards for internal control 16
procedures. 17
(C) R
EPORT.—Provide that each sports 18
wagering operator shall submit to the State reg-19
ulatory entity not less frequently than annually 20
the written system of internal controls of the 21
sports wagering operator. 22
(D) A
UDIT.—Provide that system of inter-23
nal controls of a sports wagering operator shall 24
be evaluated on a periodic basis, but not less 25
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frequently than every 3 years, by the State reg-1
ulatory entity or an independent third-party 2
auditor. 3
TITLE II—PUBLIC HEALTH IN 4
SPORTS BETTING 5
SEC. 201. ANNUAL NATIONWIDE SURVEY ON ONLINE 6
SPORTS BETTING. 7
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 8
(42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.) is amended by adding at the 9
end the following: 10
‘‘SEC. 554. ANNUAL NATIONWIDE SURVEY ON ONLINE 11
SPORTS BETTING. 12
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 13
date of enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, 14
the Secretary shall— 15
‘‘(1) conduct a nationwide survey designed to 16
provide quantitative data regarding the scope of 17
problem gambling and gambling-related harm expe-18
rienced by individuals using online sports betting; 19
and 20
‘‘(2) make available to the public summaries 21
and analyses of the data collected pursuant to sur-22
veys under paragraph (1). 23
‘‘(b) I
SSUESTOBESURVEYED.—Each survey under 24
subsection (a) shall include— 25
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‘‘(1) a survey of the rates and outcomes of on-1
line sports betting; and 2
‘‘(2) examination of the rates of potential prob-3
lem gambling and gambling-related harm by admin-4
istering the Problem Gambling Severity Index (Fer-5
ris and Wynne, 2001) to a select sample of individ-6
uals engaged in online sports betting over the 12- 7
month period covered by the survey. 8
‘‘(c) R
EQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure 9
that each survey under subsection (a) is— 10
‘‘(1) conducted by qualified researchers; and 11
‘‘(2) not conducted, funded, or instructed by 12
the gambling industry.’’. 13
SEC. 202. NATIONAL SELF-EXCLUSION LIST. 14
Part D of title V of the Public Health Service Act 15
(42 U.S.C. 290dd et seq.), as amended by section 201, 16
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 17
‘‘SEC. 554A. NATIONAL SELF-EXCLUSION LIST. 18
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—In cooperation with State regu-19
latory entities, the Secretary shall maintain and admin-20
ister— 21
‘‘(1) a list (to be known as the ‘national self- 22
exclusion list’) of individuals who, by placing them-23
selves on the list, restrict themselves from placing a 24
sports wager with a sports wagering operator located 25
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in any sports wagering opt-in State, including by im-1
posing sports wager limits; and 2
‘‘(2) a process by which an individual may add 3
or remove himself or herself from the national self- 4
exclusion list. 5
‘‘(b) D
EFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms 6
‘sports wager’, ‘sports wagering operator’ and ‘sports wa-7
gering opt-in State’ have the meanings given to such terms 8
in section 2 of the Supporting Affordability and Fairness 9
with Every Bet Act of 2025.’’. 10
SEC. 203. SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT ON PUBLIC 11
HEALTH CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH 12
SPORTS BETTING. 13
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 14
of this Act, the Surgeon General shall submit a report to 15
Congress on the public health challenges associated with 16
widespread sports betting. 17
SEC. 204. SURVEILLANCE OF GAMBLING DISORDER. 18
Title III of the Public Health Service Act is amended 19
by inserting after section 317V (42 U.S.C. 247b–24) the 20
following: 21
‘‘SEC. 317W. SURVEILLANCE OF GAMBLING ADDICTION. 22
‘‘(a) I
NGENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 23
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-24
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vention and in coordination with other appropriate agen-1
cies, shall, as appropriate— 2
‘‘(1) enhance and expand infrastructure and ac-3
tivities to track the epidemiology of gambling addic-4
tion; and 5
‘‘(2) incorporate information obtained through 6
such infrastructure and activities into an integrated 7
surveillance system, which may consist of or include 8
a registry, to be known as the ‘National Gambling 9
Addiction Surveillance System’. 10
‘‘(b) R
ESEARCH.—The Secretary shall ensure that 11
the National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if 12
established, is designed in a manner that facilitates fur-13
ther research on gambling addiction. 14
‘‘(c) P
UBLICACCESS.—Subject to subsection (d), the 15
Secretary shall ensure that information and analysis in the 16
National Gambling Addiction Surveillance System, if es-17
tablished, are available, as appropriate, to the public, in-18
cluding researchers. 19
‘‘(d) P
RIVACY.—The Secretary shall ensure that in-20
formation and analysis in the National Gambling Addic-21
tion Surveillance System, if established, are made avail-22
able only to the extent permitted by applicable Federal 23
and State law, and in a manner that protects personal 24
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privacy, to the extent required by applicable Federal and 1
State privacy law, at a minimum.’’. 2
TITLE III—GENERAL 3
PROVISIONS 4
SEC. 301. STATE AND TRIBAL AUTHORITY. 5
(a) R
ELATION TO INDIANGAMINGREGULATORY 6
A
CT.— 7
(1) I
N GENERAL.—For purposes of the Indian 8
Gaming Regulatory Act (25 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), a 9
sports wager made through an interactive sports wa-10
gering platform shall be deemed to be made at the 11
physical location of the server or other equipment 12
used to accept the sports wager. 13
(2) S
ERVER ON INDIAN LANDS .—With respect 14
to a sports wager described in paragraph (1) accept-15
ed through a server or other equipment located on 16
Indian lands, the sports wager shall be considered to 17
be exclusively occurring on Indian lands if— 18
(A) the sports wager and the server are in 19
the same State; and 20
(B) the applicable State and Indian Tribe 21
have entered into a Tribal-State compact au-22
thorizing the placing of sports wagers through 23
interactive sports wagering platforms. 24
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(b) NOPREEMPTION.—Nothing in this Act preempts 1
or limits the authority of a State or an Indian Tribe to 2
enact, adopt, promulgate, or enforce any law, rule, regula-3
tion, or other measure with respect to sports wagering 4
that is in addition to, or more stringent than, the require-5
ments of this Act. 6
(c) T
AXATION OFSPORTSWAGERING.—Nothing in 7
this Act limits or otherwise affects the taxation of sports 8
wagering by a State, an Indian Tribe, or a locality. 9
SEC. 302. COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RE-10
GARDING UNLICENSED GAMING FACILITIES 11
AND PLATFORMS. 12
States and sports wagering operators shall support 13
efforts of the Federal Government to eliminate unlicensed 14
gaming facilities and platforms that operate outside of the 15
United States and attempt to accept sports wagers from 16
customers located in the United States by promptly 17
issuing cease and desist orders directed to any unlicensed 18
gaming facilities and platforms designated by the Attorney 19
General. 20
SEC. 303. SEVERABILITY. 21
If a provision of this Act, an amendment made by 22
this Act, a regulation promulgated under this Act or under 23
an amendment made by this Act, or the application of any 24
such provision, amendment, or regulation to any person 25
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or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remaining provi-1
sions of this Act, amendments made by this Act, regula-2
tions promulgated under this Act or under an amendment 3
made by this Act, or the application of such provisions, 4
amendments, and regulations to any person or cir-5
cumstance— 6
(1) shall not be affected by the invalidity; and 7
(2) shall continue to be enforced to the max-8
imum extent practicable. 9
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