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Montana enacts ban on online sweepstakes gambling from October

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Montana Governor Greg Gianforte has signed Senate Bill 555, prohibiting covered gambling websites and apps in the state. The law takes effect on 1 October and covers services that handle gambling information and allow wagers with payouts in any form of currency, although it does not name sweepstakes gambling explicitly.

Operators offering covered sweepstakes or social casino services must account for the ban’s 1 October effective date.

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Pennsylvania lawmakers propose framework as skill game ban approaches on 13 October

Pennsylvania lawmakers have issued matching memoranda proposing a framework to keep skill game machines operating. The outlet said businesses must remove the machines by 13 October 2026, but attributed the underlying ruling to Virginia’s Supreme Court.

Lawmakers in Pennsylvania have released two matching co-sponsorship memoranda, House Memo 49310 and Senate Memo 49312, proposing a regulatory framework to keep skill game machines in operation, according to the memoranda. The proposals come ahead of a removal deadline of 13 October 2026 for businesses hosting the machines.

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