Vermont lawmakers introduced H.913 on 25 February, proposing to prohibit specified event contracts and add a $0.50 fee to each wager placed through licensed sportsbooks. The bill would also make the contracts void under state law, while its full text had not yet been published, according to the report.
The proposed bill would void specified event contracts and add a fee to each wager through licensed Vermont sportsbooks.
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North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed the state’s fiscal 2026 budget, which taxes prediction-market operators at 6% of net trading-fee revenue. The source names Kalshi and Polymarket as examples of affected companies and says the measure forms part of a wider gambling tax increase.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission sued Kentucky, challenging state laws affecting prediction markets and a tax on their transaction fees. The tax, due to take effect on 1 January 2027, requires operators to pay 14.25% of monthly transaction fees; the CFTC is seeking to block enforcement.
Webull has removed its brokerage fee on prediction contracts linked to the Super Bowl, while traders still pay exchange costs, the company said. The contracts are offered through its partnership with Kalshi, which the report describes as an exchange approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Webull US chief executive Anthony Denier said event-driven trading had grown faster than the company’s other segments since launching in Q3 2025.
Wyoming’s Select Committee on Gaming unanimously sponsored draft legislation to ban online sweepstakes games and make their operation a felony. The proposal seeks to clarify which state body handles complaints; representatives for Bally’s and VGW challenged aspects of the draft, while the Wyoming Gaming Commission said the current referral process creates a recurring cycle.
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.