| Last Action | 03/18/26: floor amendment (4) filed to Committee Substitute |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to gaming. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Fiscal Impact Statements |
Corrections Impact
Additional Fiscal Impact Statements Exist |
| Bill Request Number | 463 |
| Sponsors | M. Meredith, M. Koch |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 230.210 to define various terms; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to authorize the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation to regulate the conduct of fantasy contest operators; require the use of geolocation technology; require fantasy contest operators to implement procedures to prevent fraud, abuse, and money laundering; require notification to the corporation for a confirmed breach of a sport's governing body's internal rules and codes of conduct, conduct that corrupts any outcome, and confirmed illegal activities; establish licensing requirements for a fantasy contest operator; allow the corporation to promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional qualifications and requirements for licensing to preserve the integrity and security of fantasy contests; prohibit a license from being issued to a person that has been convicted of a felony, crime involving illegal gaming or gambling, or any crime involving theft or fraud; require a fantasy contest operator to conduct an independent audit; require a fantasy contest operator to be at least 21 years old; require the corporation to investigate all reasonable allegations of prohibited conduct; require each fantasy contest operator to include a statement regarding obtaining assistance with real-money gaming problems on the operator's website or mobile application; prohibit a fantasy contest operator from paying any price or award to a person who is on the self-exclusion list; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the purse stabilization fund from fixed-odds wagers on horse racing taxes and fees; amend KRS 138.552 to define "fixed-odds wagering"; impose a 15% excise tax on the adjusted gross revenue of fixed-odds wagers on live horse racing; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 230 to establish the corporation's jurisdiction over fantasy contests and fixed-odds wagering; establish the Attorney General's concurrent jurisdiction with the Commonwealth's attorneys and county attorneys of this state for the enforcement of KRS Chapter 230 and 238; require the corporation to establish a process for the compilation, dissemination, and notification of the self-exclusion list; allow the corporation to authorize additional racing dates or amend racing dates; define "affiliate" and "beneficial interest"; prohibit an association or track or its affiliate from holding a license to conduct charitable gaming; require associations and tracks to accelerate the adoption of technologies, update the totalizator by April 1, 2027, and update technologies related to pari-mutuel wagering annually; require associations and tracks to disable all wagering simultaneously, but not later than the moment the starting gate is opened for commencement of a race; change the age of access to sports wagering from 18 to 21; allow a track to conduct fixed-odds wagering on horse racing; require a track or service provider to have a mandatory minimum hold of at least $2,000 per race; define "proposition bet"; prohibit sports wagering licensees and service providers from offering any proposition bets on individual players participating in collegiate sporting events; prohibit a track or association from participating in or contracting with platforms that offer events contracts through prediction markets; prohibit a track or association from contracting with a service provider that offers events contracts through a prediction market; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 238 to redefine "chairperson" and "charitable gaming facility"; define "licensed charitable gaming facility"; establish the power of the office relating to licensure issuance and renewal and imposing fines and penalties; require a background check for any person associated with an applicant if the corporation deems it necessary; change the distributor and manufacturer licensing fee from $1,000 to $5,000; change the charitable organization's licensing fee from $300 to $1,000; require an applicant to submit an application at least 60 days prior to the expiration of its existing license or its first expected date of operation; prohibit a person under the age of 21 from participating in the play of charitable gaming activities or events; increase the limit for a prize for an individual charity game ticket from $599 to $1,499; establish an affirmative defense for any prosecution for selling charitable gaming supplies to a minor if the sale was induced by the use of false identification; change the charitable gaming facility licensing fee from $2,500 to $5,000; prohibit an owner or affiliate of a licensed charitable gaming facility from soliciting licensed charitable organizations or holding a distributor license under KRS Chapter 238; allow the corporation to investigate and have free access to the office or place of business of a charitable gaming license or facility where licensed charitable gaming is offered; increase the administrative fine for a violation of KRS Chapter 238 from $1,000 to $5,000; allow a person to apply to the corporation for a stay of the ruling of the notice of violation; require a summary suspension to cease operations if there is an imminent risk to the health and safety of the public or a misappropriation of charitable gaming revenues; repeal and reenact KRS 238.538 to require a licensed charitable organization to only offer the play of electronic devices at locations authorized by the corporation and one additional location in either the same county or a county that is contiguous to the charitable organization's office location; require a charitable gaming facility to transfer its license first to one of the licensed charitable organizations it is affiliated with as of January 1, 2026, and next to any licensed charitable organization; prohibit a charitable gaming facility from transferring more than 3 licenses from locations where persons 21 years old and under are permitted to locations where only persons 21 years or older are permitted within 90 days of the effective date of this Act; establish the occurrences in which the play of charitable gaming devices shall be lost and forfeited at an additional location; amend KRS 243.500, 436.480, 525.090, 528.010, and 528.070 to exempt fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, and wagering on live horse races and historical horse races; amend KRS 2.015, 68.182, 91.202, 92.282, and 238.550 to conform; require the corporation to present a status report on the purse stabilization fund not later than November 30, 2027; provide that the Act may be cited as the Wagering Consumer Protection Act. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Fantasy contests, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Amusements And Recreations - Charitable gaming, wagering, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Business Entities And Organizations - Charitable gaming, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations - Licensing, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Gaming And Wagering - Fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, charitable gaming, prediction markets, regulation Gaming And Wagering - Wagering, age of majority Horses And Horse Racing - Fixed-odds wagering, prediction markets, regulation Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Horses And Horse Racing - Fantasy contests, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Licensing - Charitable gaming, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Licensing - Fantasy contests, regulation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Licensing - Sports wagering, service provider, proposition bets Public Safety - Wagering, age of majority Short Titles And Popular Names - Wagering Consumer Protection Act State Agencies - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, regulation Taxation - Fixed-odds wagering, excise taxes |
| Jump to Proposed Amendments |
House Committee Substitute 1 with Fiscal Impact Statements House Floor Amendment 1 House Floor Amendment 2 House Floor Amendment 3 House Floor Amendment 4 |
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| Amendment | House Committee Substitute 1 |
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| Fiscal Impact Statement | Corrections Impact to House Committee Substitute 1 |
| Summary | Retain original provisions, except amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "athlete," "fantasy contest entry fee," "fantasy contest," "fantasy contest service provider," "fantasy contest participant," and "prohibited participant"; define "restricted participant"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to exempt the Kentucky Lottery Corporation and the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation from being required to have the Governor's signature to promulgate administrative regulations; create new sections of KRS Chapter 230 to define "licensed online gaming operator," "child support arrearage," and "disqualified person"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services compile and maintain a child support arrearage registry and transmit an updated registry to each licensed online gaming operator on a monthly basis; require a licensed online gaming operator to deny account creation to any applicant who is on the registry; exclude persons licensed to conduct charitable gaming from the child support arrearage registry requirements; require fantasy contest service providers to make all commercially and technologically reasonable efforts to notify the corporation of a breach of conduct or any conduct that corrupts an outcome of a sporting event; require a fantasy contest operator to be at least 18 years old; prohibit the corporation from limiting or restricting lawful fantasy contests by labeling them as sports wagering except when warranted by its actual characteristics and consistent with state and federal law; prohibit a restricted participant from participating in fantasy contest except in contests that are outside the scope of the individual's profession or relationship for which the individual has access to nonpublic information; require an initial licensing fee of $7,500 and a renewal fee of $5,000 for fantasy contest service providers that were operating in the Commonwealth 12 months prior to the effective date of this Act; require an initial licensing fee of $15,000 and a renewal fee of $10,000 for fantasy contest service providers that were not operating prior to the effective date of this Act; establish the fantasy contest administration fund; amend KRS 13A.190 to conform; amend KRS 138.552 to define "adjusted gross fixed-odds wagering revenue" and "adjusted gross sports wagering revenue"; redefine "sporting event" and "sports wagering"; impose a 9.75% excise tax on the adjusted gross revenue of fixed-odds wagers on live horse racing at the track; impose a 14.25% excise tax on the adjusted gross revenue of fixed-odds wagers on live horse racing online via websites or mobile applications; amend KRS 230.225 to require a licensee to submit a report to the corporation under penalty of perjury and under penalty of refusal, suspension, or revocation of a license for any substantially misleading or false information in a report; amend KRS 230.805 to redefine "proposition bet" and "beneficial interest"; prohibit this Act from preventing a service provider, track, or a fantasy contest service provider from offering advanced deposit account wagering through an online platform; amend KRS 238.505 to delay the requirement that a chairperson complete training and a background check until July 1, 2027; delete the definition of "licensed charitable gaming facility"; repeal and reenact KRS 238.538 to establish the transfer of a charitable gaming facility license to a licensed charitable organization; allow a licensed charitable organization to move to a new location restricted to ages 21 and over if a sale or transfer of ownership or any of the property or business occurs where the location is located or if there is a closure for 90 days or more due to acts of God; retroactively prohibit the authorization of locations for the play of electronic charity game tickets between April 15, 2026, until April 25, 2027; allow charity game ticket locations operating prior to April 15, 2026, to resupply or update; amend KRS 238.540 to require the corporation to create an online version of the training for chairpersons prior to July 1, 2027; make technical corrections; RETROACTIVE. |
| Index Headings |
Corrections Impact - Fantasy contests, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Fantasy contests, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Signature, Kentucky Lottery Corporation, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, exception Amusements And Recreations - Charitable gaming, wagering, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation Business Entities And Organizations - Charitable gaming, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations - Licensing, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Gaming And Wagering - Fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, charitable gaming, prediction markets, regulation Gaming And Wagering - Wagering, age of majority Horses And Horse Racing - Fantasy contests, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Horses And Horse Racing - Fixed-odds wagering, prediction markets, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Licensing - Charitable gaming, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Licensing - Fantasy contests, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Licensing - Sports wagering, service provider, proposition bets Public Safety - Wagering, age of majority Retroactive Legislation - Charitable gaming, electronic charity game tickets, authorization State Agencies - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, regulation Taxation - Fixed-odds wagering, excise taxes |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 |
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| Sponsor | D. Osborne |
| Summary | Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "Thoroughbred race" or "Thoroughbred racing"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to prohibit a registrar of Thoroughbreds from restricting the number of mares that can be bred to a stallion; require the corporation to select an entity to serve as the registrar of Thoroughbreds; amend KRS 230.400 to remove "Jockey Club" from the certificate issued to register Thoroughbreds. |
| Index Headings |
Horses And Horse Racing - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, Thoroughbreds, registrar Horses And Horse Racing - The Jockey Club, Thoroughbreds, registrar State Agencies - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, The Jockey Club, Thoroughbreds, registrar |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 2 |
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| Sponsor | N. Wilson |
| Summary | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to define "suspicious wagering activity"; require sports wagering licensees and service providers to accept any deposits or wagers up to $1,000; suspend the $1,000 requirement if the player has already wagered more than $5,000 on the same day, if a winning wager would result in a payout of $1,000,000 or more, or if the wagering activity constitutes suspicious wagering activity or indicates problem or compulsive gambling; require a sports wagering licensee or service provider to send an electronic notification within 24 hours of issuing a limit or ban; require sports wagering licensees and service providers to establish an appeal process and notify a person of the determination of the appeal within 1 week. |
| Index Headings |
Amusements And Recreations - Sports wagering, licensees and service providers, wagering limits Athletics - Sports wagering, licensees and service providers, wagering limits Gaming And Wagering - Sports wagering, licensees and service providers, wagering limits Licensing - Sports wagering, licensees and service providers, wagering limits |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 3 |
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| Sponsor | T. Roberts |
| Summary | Prohibit any operator conducting horse racing, sports wagering, or fantasy contests from participating in or contracting with any prediction market that operates within Kentucky. |
| Index Headings |
Amusements And Recreations - Prediction markets, in-state, racing or gaming operator, prohibition Gaming And Wagering - Prediction markets, in-state, racing or gaming operator, prohibition Horses And Horse Racing - Prediction markets, in-state, racing or gaming operator, prohibition Contracts - Prediction market contracts, in-state, racing or gaming operator, prohibition Athletics - Prediction markets, in-state, racing or gaming operator, prohibition |
| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 4 |
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| Sponsor | M. Meredith |
| Summary | Amend KRS 230.210 to redefine "fixed-odds wagering"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require the Attorney General's office to compile and maintain a child support arrearage registry to transmit to the corporation on a monthly basis for the corporation to disseminate to each licensed online gaming operator; prohibit the corporation from limiting or restricting lawful fantasy contests by labeling them as sports wagering unless warranted by its actual characteristics and consistent with state and federal law; establish fantasy contest service provider fees for fantasy contest service providers that are currently licensed as a sports wagering service provider and fantasy contest service providers that are not currently licensed as sports wagering service providers; establish the fantasy contest administration fund that shall consist of moneys received from fees and taxes imposed on fantasy contest service providers; amend KRS 138.552 to redefine "adjusted gross fixed-odds wagering revenue" and "adjusted gross sports wagering revenue"; amend KRS 230.310 to allow an association or track to lease space to a charitable organization at a commercially reasonable rate or conduct raffles or other special limited charity fundraising events as authorized by the corporation; amend KRS 230.361 to allow parimutuel pools and odds to be updated after wagering is disabled to reflect all wagers that were placed up to the moment wagering is disabled; amend KRS 230.805 to prohibit a track or service provider from offering fixed-odds wagering without a supplemental fixed-odds wagering license; define "minimum bet limit"; require a track to have a mandatory minimum bet limit of at least $1,000 per race; prohibit proposition bets on individual performance statistics on athletes participating in collegiate sports events for a team located in Kentucky if the outcome of the wager is contingent upon the athlete failing to meet a specified threshold or experiencing a negative performance outcome; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from participating in or contracting with platforms that offer events contracts in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from contracting with a service provider that offers event contracts through a prediction market in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from participating in or contracting with platforms that offer events contracts on and after July 1, 2027; prohibit a track or licensee offering fantasy contests from contracting with a service provider that offers event contracts through a prediction market on and after July 1, 2027; permit the corporation or Department of Revenue to promulgate administrative regulations to regulate the conduct or activity of prediction markets in the Commonwealth in accordance with applicable federal law; establish that if a track holds 2 or more licenses that only the specific license for which the track has violated the terms shall be subject to applicable penalties; amend KRS 238.505 to redefine "chairperson"; repeal and reenact KRS 238.538 to allow a licensed charitable organization to rebuild at the same location if there is a closure due to an act of God; amend KRS 238.545 and KRS 2.015 to restore the charitable gaming age of majority to 18 years of age; create a new section of KRS Chapter 138 to define "adjusted gross fantasy contest receipts," "department," "fantasy contest provider," and "location percentage"; establish an excise tax on fantasy contest service providers at a rate of 12%; define "consumer," "event contract," "gross receipts," "person," "prediction market," "prediction market operator," "speculative position," and "transaction fee"; establish an excise tax on prediction market operators at a rate of 14.25%; create a new section of KRS Chapter 230 to require a registrar of Thoroughbreds to not restrict the number of mares that can be bred to a stallion or refuse to register any foal based upon the number of mares bred to the stallion of thefoal submitted for registration unless the limitations have first been adopted and implemented by the International Stud Book Committee or not refuse to register any foal of a mare that is or seeks to be bred, residing, or foaling, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky if the foal would otherwise meet the registration requirements of the Jockey Club of America but for the previously stated limitation exclusive of the International Stud Book Committee; require a registrar of Thoroughbreds to consent to the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth of Kentucky; amend KRS 230. 400 to remove the Jockey Club from the certificates issued for Thoroughbred registration; amend KRS 230.811 to establish a supplemental license for fixed-odds wagering with an initial and annual renewal license fee of $2,500; amend KRS 230.990 to establish penalties for fantasy contest participants; establish a collaboration between the Jockey Club, Thoroughbred breeders of varying sizes, and recognized international stud book authorities to engage with each other and to consider matters of the scope set forth in this Act; make language and technical corrections; provide that Sections 1 to 54 of this Act may be cited as the Wagering Consumer Protection Act. |
| Index Headings |
Amusements And Recreations - Charitable gaming, wagering, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Short Titles And Popular Names - Wagering Consumer Protection Act Charitable And Nonprofit Organizations - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, regulation Gaming And Wagering - Wagering, age of majority Gaming And Wagering - Fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, charitable gaming, prediction Horses And Horse Racing - Fantasy contests, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, Horses And Horse Racing - Fixed-odds wagering, prediction markets, Kentucky Horse Racing and Horses And Horse Racing - The Jockey Club, Thoroughbreds, registrar Horses And Horse Racing - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, Thoroughbreds, registrar Licensing - Fantasy contests, fixed-odds wagering, Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, Licensing - Sports wagering, service provider, proposition bets State Agencies - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, fantasy contests, State Agencies - Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation, The Jockey Club, Thoroughbreds, registrar Taxation - Fixed-odds wagering, fantasy contests, prediction markets, excise taxes Administrative Regulations And Proceedings - Department of Revenue |
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