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Bill Summary · HB 828

Summary — HB 828 (North Carolina): Prohibit Proposition Wagers on College/Amateur Sports

Status / Key Dates
- Filed: April 8, 2025 (Edition 1 / House filing)
- Referred: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (April 9, 2025)
- Effective date if enacted: July 1, 2025

Purpose
HB 828 aims to protect the integrity of amateur and collegiate athletics and reduce gambling-related risks to student‑athletes by (1) banning proposition (“prop”) wagers on college and amateur sports and (2) restricting in‑person sports wagering at venues that are hosting college sports events in the period immediately before and during those events.

What the bill does — major provisions
- Adds a definition to G.S. 18C‑901:
- “Proposition wager” (new subdivision 13g): a wager on an individual action, statistic, occurrence, or nonoccurrence determined during a sporting event, including actions/statistics that do not directly affect the final outcome of the event.

  • Amends G.S. 18C‑902(d) (scope of what the Article does not authorize):

    • Reaffirms existing prohibitions (e.g., wagers involving youth sports; wagers on injuries, penalties, disciplinary outcomes, replay reviews).
    • Adds an explicit prohibition on “the placing of a proposition wager on amateur sports or college sports.”

  • Amends G.S. 18C‑926 by adding subsection (h):

    • Prohibits a sports facility from being open to registered players for placing sports wagers during the eight hours before or during any college sports event at that facility or adjacent to the facility. (In-person wagering at or next to the venue is barred in this timeframe.)

Who is affected
- Licensed sports wagering operators and platforms: required to remove or block proposition‑style markets for college and amateur sports and to prevent in‑person wagering at specified venues/times.
- Sports facilities and event venues: must restrict on‑site/adjacent in‑person wagering during the defined pre‑ and in‑game window.
- College and amateur athletes and institutions: protections intended to reduce betting-related pressure and integrity risks.
- Bettors/fans: fewer available bet types for college and amateur events; restricted ability to place in‑person wagers at venues during events.
- Regulatory/enforcement body (the Commission charged by the Article): responsible for ensuring compliance under existing enforcement mechanisms in Article 18C.

Implementation and scope notes
- The ban specifically targets proposition wagers on amateur and college sports and a defined in‑person wagering window at event sites; it does not, by text alone, ban all forms of college sports betting (e.g., certain money‑line or spread bets are not expressly addressed).
- The bill relies on existing enforcement and penalty provisions in Article 18C; it does not itself create new civil/criminal penalties beyond those already in statute.
- Operators will need to adjust product offerings, marketing, operator rules, and venue access procedures ahead of the July 1, 2025 effective date if the bill becomes law.

Policy rationale (as reflected by the bill)
- The measure is framed to protect student‑athletes and preserve the integrity of college and amateur competition by eliminating wagers on discrete events or statistics that are particularly vulnerable to manipulation and by limiting wagering activity in close proximity to live events.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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