{"id":485,"date":"2026-03-10T07:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T08:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/?p=485"},"modified":"2026-03-25T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:25:55","slug":"new-hampshire-casino-bill-seeks-to-extend-nonprofit-gaming-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/new-hampshire-casino-bill-seeks-to-extend-nonprofit-gaming-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hampshire Casino Bill Seeks to Extend Nonprofit Gaming Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>New Hampshire&#8217;s charitable gaming law could soon be amended<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charities can currently be a casino&#8217;s beneficiary for 10 days a year<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A bill that has cleared the state Senate would reduce the allowable number of days to seven<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New Hampshire is unique in how it regulates casino gambling, as a considerable portion of the gross revenue must go to nonprofits. Legislation that has cleared the state Senate seeks to bring more charitable organizations into the gaming market.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_379090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-379090\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO wp-image-379090 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"New Hampshire casino charity\" width=\"858\" height=\"572\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/shutterstock_2282426825-858x572-1.jpg\"><figcaption>An aerial view of a New Hampshire town in Autumn. Legislation in New Hampshire seeks to limit how often a charity can be a casino&#8217;s beneficiary. (Image: Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Since 1977, when lawmakers authorized charitable gaming, a casino&#8217;s gaming machines and table games must primarily benefit nonprofits.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Each day, a casino must partner with two qualified nonprofits that are registered with the state. At the end of the day, the charities split 35% of the day&#8217;s gross gaming revenue (GGR).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Senate Bill 542, led by state Sen. Tim Lang (R-Sanbornton) and cosponsored by six Republicans and a single Democrat, would reduce how many days a year a charity could be that day&#8217;s beneficiary. Under current law, a nonprofit can choose a certain nonprofit for up to 10 days. SB542 would reduce that to seven days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Nonprofit Reach<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New Hampshire has 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-hampshire-hampton-beach-casino-gains-unanimous-approval\/\">charitable casinos<\/a>. Many of the casinos, however, designate the same beneficiaries each month and year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Supporters of SB542 say that leaves many smaller nonprofits, ones that might not have the same name recognition as a Make-A-Wish and Big Brothers Big Sisters, on the sidelines.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">SB542 passed the New Hampshire Senate in January on a voice vote. The bill is now in the House of Representatives, where it&#8217;s being reviewed by the Ways and Means Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lang says cutting each charity&#8217;s maximum number of days to be a casino&#8217;s beneficiary would allow more than 400 nonprofits to additionally participate in the Granite State&#8217;s gaming market. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Growing Industry<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2025, New Hampshire casinos directed over $60 million to charitable causes from their games of chance and slot-like historical horse racing machines (HHR). The benefit is expected to increase in 2026, as the introduction of video lottery terminals (VLTs) only began last fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">VLTs complete a spin about five seconds faster than an HHR terminal, which are parimutuel-based games that calculate odds on previously run horse races. New Hampshire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-hampshires-new-casino-industry-goes-into-effect\/\">overhauled the charitable gaming law<\/a> through the state&#8217;s two-year budget last year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In exchange for the VLT privileges, the casinos agreed to send the state a larger cut, with the gross gaming tax increased from 25% to 31%. The casinos now retain 31.25% of the gross gaming revenue, down from 40%. Charities maintained their 35% allocation through the regulatory overhaul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The New Hampshire Gaming Commission receives 2.5% for regulatory costs, and the remaining 0.25% is directed to the Governor&#8217;s Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">New Hampshire&#8217;s lone online sportsbook, DraftKings, shares 51% of its gross revenue with the state. Most of the tax benefit is used for education grants to public school districts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/new-hampshire-casino-bill-seeks-to-extend-nonprofit-benefits\/\">New Hampshire Casino Bill Seeks to Extend Nonprofit Gaming Benefits<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Hampshire&#8217;s charitable gaming law could soon be amended Charities can currently be a casino&#8217;s beneficiary for 10 days a year A bill that has cleared the state Senate would reduce the allowable number of days to seven New Hampshire is unique in how it regulates casino gambling, as a considerable portion of the gross&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":488,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485\/revisions\/488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cerulepillar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}