A New Hampshire House Ways and Means Committee voted 11-7 on 27 January 2025 against a bill to raise the sports betting age from 18 to 21. The proposal will not advance in 2025, although the source says it could be reopened as early as January 2026.
The proposed age increase will not advance in 2025, leaving the current sports betting age unchanged under the bill.
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A New Hampshire Senate Finance Committee approved Senator Tim Lang’s amendment to House Bill 2, which would remove the state’s $50 maximum bet on casino table games. Senator Cindy Rosenwald raised concerns about gambling expansion, while Lang argued that the change would help New Hampshire compete with neighbouring states; the bill’s next steps are not stated.
New Hampshire Lottery reported that sports wagering in the state rose 41% in June to $71.1 million.
New Hampshire Lottery sports betting fell 1% year on year to $60.9 million in May, the report said.
New Hampshire sports betting handle rose 5% in March to $81.3 million, reportedly. Mobile wagers accounted for $76.7 million of the total.
New Hampshire recorded $845m in sports betting handle in 2025, according to a published revenue tracker. The tracker says DraftKings is the state's sole mobile operator under a lottery-run model and that reported figures combine online and retail wagering unless otherwise specified by the regulator.