- A new bill introduced in Kentucky may raise the legal age for sports betting in the state to 21 years old, while it currently sits at 18.
- Consumer protections, fixed odds, a purse stabilization fund, college prop bet restrictions, and prediction market limitations are also in the bill’s language.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – The current age requirement for sports betting in Kentucky is set at 18 years of age, but new potential legislation aims to raise that number to 21, which would bring the legal sports betting age in line with the majority of other states across the country.
House Bill 904, introduced by state representatives Michael Meredith and Matthew Koch, proposes other legal sports betting changes, including:
- Consumer protections
- Restriction on college sports prop bets
- Limiting prediction markets
The bill has plenty of public support, including the endorsement of the President of the Kentucky Council on Problem Gambling, Ronsonlyn Clark. Clark suggests that it can be extremely easy for sports bettors between the ages of 18 and 20 to fall into debt.
Though the bill would raise the sports betting age, it would remain at 18 years old for horse racing and historical horse racing machines.
