Betting on Our Future Act

Betting on Our Future Act

This bill prohibits certain advertising of sports betting. Specifically, it makes it unlawful to advertise sportsbooks (persons engaged in the business of taking sports bets or wagers and paying out winnings) using a medium of electronic communication that is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission.

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 967 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 967

To prohibit the advertising of sportsbooks on any medium of electronic 
communication subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications 
                  Commission, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 9, 2023

  Mr. Tonko introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit the advertising of sportsbooks on any medium of electronic 
communication subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications 
                  Commission, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Betting on Our Future Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON ADVERTISING OF SPORTSBOOKS ON CERTAIN MEDIA OF 
              ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION.

    (a) Prohibition.--It shall be unlawful to advertise a sportsbook on 
any medium of electronic communication subject to the jurisdiction of 
the Commission.
    (b) Implementation and Enforcement.--The Commission shall implement 
and enforce this section as if this section is a part of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). A violation of this 
section, or a regulation promulgated under this section, shall be 
considered to be a violation of the Communications Act of 1934, or a 
regulation promulgated under such Act, respectively.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal 
        Communications Commission.
            (2) Sporting event.--The term ``sporting event'' includes a 
        fantasy or simulation sports game or contest.
            (3) Sports bet or wager.--The term ``sports bet or 
        wager''--
                    (A) means the staking or risking by any person of 
                something of value upon the outcome of a sporting 
                event, upon an agreement or understanding that the 
                person or another person will receive something of 
                value in the event of a certain outcome;
                    (B) includes any scheme of a type described in 
                section 3702 of title 28, United States Code; and
                    (C) does not include participation in any game or 
                contest in which participants do not stake or risk 
                anything of value other than--
                            (i) personal efforts of the participants in 
                        playing the game or contest or obtaining access 
                        to the internet; or
                            (ii) points or credits that the sponsor of 
                        the game or contest provides to participants 
                        free of charge and that can be used or redeemed 
                        only for participation in games or contests 
                        offered by the sponsor.
            (4) Sportsbook.--The term ``sportsbook'' means a person who 
        is engaged in the business of--
                    (A) taking sports bets or wagers; and
                    (B) paying out winnings.
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