2025 Regular SessionMississippi Legislature

HB1302: Mobile Sports Betting; regulate.

Legislative Summary

An Act To Create The Mississippi Mobile Sports Wagering Act; To Provide Definitions For The Act; To Provide That "online Race Book" And "online Sports Pool" Betting Shall Be Legal In This State; To Require A Platform That Operates An Online Sports Pool Or Online Race Book To A Manufacturer's And Distributor's License; To Authorize Licensed Gaming Establishments To Contract With No More Than One Platform; To Provide That A Platform Shall Only Accept Wagers From Players Located In Mississippi; To Require The Platform Contract For Geofencing And Age Verification; To Prohibit Play By Any Person Under The Age Of 21; To Amend Sections 97-33-17, 75-76-5 And 75-76-33, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Conform To The Preceding Sections; To Amend Section 75-76-89, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Inclusion Of Online Race Book And Sports Book For Gaming Licensing; To Amend Section 75-76-91, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Require The Licensed Gaming Establishment To Display The License Of The Platform It Is Contracted With; To Amend Section 75-76-203, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Provide An Exception For An Office In This State For Platforms; To Bring Forward Sections 75-76-211, 75-76-55, 75-76-205 And 75-76-175, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Corporate Gaming Establishments, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 75-76-177, 75-76-101 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify Certain Provisions; To Bring Forward Sections 97-33-305 And 97-33-8, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate Gaming Establishments, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 97-33-25, 75-76-129 And 75-76-79, Mississippi Code Of 1972, To Clarify The Provisions For Gaming; To Bring Forward Sections 97-33-1 And 97-33-7, Which Restrict Certain Types Of Wagers, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Bring Forward Sections 7-11-11, 29-1-107, 29-15-1, 29-15-3, 29-15-5, 29-15-9, 29-15-10, 29-15-13 And 59-7-405, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Regulate The Authority Of The Secretary Of State Regarding Tidelands, For Purposes Of Amendment; To Amend Sections 59-15-1, 75-76-67, 87-1-5, 97-33-25 And 97-33-27, Mississippi Code Of 1972, Which Are Related To The Powers Of The Gaming Commission, For Internal Statutory Updates; And For Related Purposes.

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Bill History

1/20/2025
Referred To Gaming
House of Representatives
1/29/2025
Title Suff Do Pass Comm Sub
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Committee Substitute Adopted
House of Representatives
2/3/2025
Passed
House of Representatives
2/4/2025
Transmitted To Senate
House of Representatives
2/14/2025
Referred To Gaming
Senate
3/4/2025
Died In Committee
Senate

Roll Call Votes

House Passed
2/3/2025
89
Yea
11
Nay
20
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Failed(3/4/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Sponsors

Republican: 1
Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Casey Eure
Casey Eure
Republican

Co-Sponsors (1)

Documents

Engrossed
Bill Text2/4/2025203.9 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/29/2025203.9 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/21/2025176.4 KB