Under SB 104, NH would have been the seventh US state with online casino gaming. But lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee voted 20-0 to kill the bill.
SB 104 doesn’t specify a tax rate or the number of operators for an online casino contract, but a fiscal analysis attached to the bill assumed a 35% tax rate and three to five operators.
Four federally recognized tribes will have a monopoly on mobile sports betting, but 10 licenses for retail sportsbooks will also be available under new legislation signed by Governor.
One US gaming law attorney calls motion “an unmistakable wink and nod” to the gaming industry that lawful iGaming and sports betting won’t be subject to prosecution. Others aren’t so sure.
US gaming attorneys say extension likely a nothingburger, but there is also a chance Biden DOJ could be close to clarifying position on Wire Act.
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