A new bill to legalize online casinos in New Hampshire has appeared in the state Senate, but the same issues that sank the last effort could be a factor again this year. In 2023, concerns over iGaming’s impact on charitable casino gaming in New Hampshire proved sufficient to deny the expansion.
While the 2025 legislation is substantively different from the 2023 bill, a recent study sponsored by the New Hampshire Charitable Gaming Study Commission expresses the same cannibalization concerns. The 2025 bill’s funding measures could provide incentive to support the expansion.
The primary sponsor of SB 168 is Sen. Tim Lang, although the bill has four co-sponsors. Lang was the sponsor of the 2023 proposal.
