{"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":"
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 Since 1977, when lawmakers authorized charitable gaming, a casino’s gaming machines and table games must primarily benefit nonprofits.<\/span><\/p>\n 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’s gross gaming revenue (GGR).<\/span><\/p>\n 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’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 New Hampshire has 14 charitable casinos<\/a>. Many of the casinos, however, designate the same beneficiaries each month and year.<\/span><\/p>\n 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 SB542 passed the New Hampshire Senate in January on a voice vote. The bill is now in the House of Representatives, where it’s being reviewed by the Ways and Means Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n Lang says cutting each charity’s maximum number of days to be a casino’s beneficiary would allow more than 400 nonprofits to additionally participate in the Granite State’s gaming market. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n 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 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 overhauled the charitable gaming law<\/a> through the state’s two-year budget last year.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n 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 The New Hampshire Gaming Commission receives 2.5% for regulatory costs, and the remaining 0.25% is directed to the Governor’s Commission on Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention.<\/span><\/p>\n New Hampshire’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 The post New Hampshire Casino Bill Seeks to Extend Nonprofit Gaming Benefits<\/a> appeared first on Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" New Hampshire’s charitable gaming law could soon be amended Charities can currently be a casino’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…<\/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}]}}
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