Hawaii Advances Bill to Ban Sports Event Contracts

Hawaii is the first state to advance a prediction market ban bill The Hawaii House Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce unanimously advanced HB 2198 The prohibition will extend to all event contracts relating to sports, contests, people, politics, catastrophe, and death Hawaii became the first state in the nation to successfully advance a bill […]

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Hawaii Bill Seeks to Prohibit Sports Event Contracts

An introduced Hawaii bill seeks to define sports event contracts as illegal gambling The contracts “prey upon a gap in Hawaii’s gambling laws” The prohibition will extend to all event contracts relating to sports, contests, people, politics, catastrophe, and death Prediction markets are now in the crosshairs of Hawaiian legislators Lawmakers recently introduced HB 2198, […]

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