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H828 • 2025

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Morey, N. Jackson, Harrison, Setzer, Ager, Belk, Biggs, Butler, Cervania, Echevarria, Greenfield, Logan, Longest, Lopez, G. Pierce, Pike, von Haefen, Ward, White
Last action
2025-04-09
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
2025-07-01

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-09 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-04-09 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-04-08 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 1
HOUSE BILL 828

Short Title: Prohibit Prop Bets on College/Amateur Sports. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Morey, N. Jackson, Harrison, and Setzer (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
April 9, 2025
*H828-v-1*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROHIBIT P ROPOSITION WAGERS ON COLLEGE AND AMATEUR 2
SPORTS AND TO PROHIB IT IN -PERSON SPORTS WAGERS AT A SPORTS 3
FACILITY HOSTING A C OLLEGE SPORTS EVENT BEFORE AND DURING TH E 4
EVENT. 5
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 6
SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 18C-901 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read: 7
"(13g) Proposition wager. – A wager on an individual action, statistic, occurrence, or 8
nonoccurrence to be determined during a sporting event and includes any such 9
action, statistic, occurrence, or nonoccurrence that does not directly affect the 10
final outcome of the sporting event to which it relates." 11
SECTION 1.(b) G.S. 18C-902(d) reads as rewritten: 12
"(d) Nothing in this Article shall authorize any of the following: 13
(1) Sports wagering involving youth sports. 14
(2) Sports wagering on any of the following: 15
a. The occurrence of injuries. 16
b. The occurrence of penalties. 17
c. The outcome of disciplinary proceedings against a participant in a 18
sporting event. 19
d. The outcome of replay reviews. 20
(3) The Commission serving as an operator of a sports wagering platform. 21
(4) The placing of a pari-mutuel wager. 22
(5) The placing of a proposition wager on amateur sports or college sports." 23
SECTION 2. G.S. 18C-926 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 24
"(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, no sports facility shall be open 25
to registered players for placing sports wagers during the eight hours before or during any college 26
sports events at the sports facility or adjacent to the sports facility." 27
SECTION 3. This act is effective July 1, 2025. 28