Tennessee lawmakers have filed bills to restrict mobile sports betting on and around public higher education campuses. The proposals cover campus property and qualifying satellite sites within one mile, as well as venues hosting college sporting events on the event day; they have not been enacted.
If passed, the bills would limit where licensed operators could accept mobile sports wagers in Tennessee.
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Tennessee Representative Scott Cepicky introduced House Bill 1885 to classify sweepstakes casino operations as illegal online gambling under the state Consumer Protection Act, according to the bill summary. The proposal would allow civil fines of up to $15,000 per violation and expand investigative powers; neither it nor companion Senate Bill 2136 had come to a vote.
Reportedly, Colorado lawmakers passed Senate Bill 26-131 in May 2026. The law caps deposits at six per 24 hours, prohibits credit card funding and push notifications soliciting deposits or bets, and bars advertising aimed at under-21s.
It was reported that Steven Horsford and Mark Amodei plan bipartisan legislation targeting sports-event contracts on prediction markets. The representatives outlined the proposal to The Nevada Independent on 23 July.
Tennessee’s sports betting handle increased 5% to $591.9 million in September, reportedly. The report described it as the highest monthly total of the year to date.
Tennessee's sports betting handle rose 5% to $591.9m in September, reportedly the highest monthly total of the year to date.
The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for Ohio and Tennessee in consolidated cases concerning Kalshi’s sports event contracts, according to the report. The unanimous decision found Kalshi had not shown that the contracts qualified as swaps under federal law and said the Commodity Exchange Act would not override state gambling laws even if they did.