LD 2080

APPROVED  CHAPTER
  APRIL 3, 2026  628
  BY GOVERNOR  PUBLIC LAW
  STATE OF MAINE
  _____
  IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX
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  H.P. 1395 - L.D. 2080
   An Act to Protect Consumers by Prohibiting the Use of Credit Cards in
  Sports Wagering and Internet Gaming
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
   Sec. 1. 8 MRSA §1203, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6, is
amended to read:
   C. The methods of operation of sports wagering, including but not limited to the
   permitted systems and methods of wagers; the use of credit and checks by persons
   making wagers, which must prohibit a person from making a wager using a credit card;
   the types of wagering receipts that may be used; the method of issuing receipts; the
   prevention of sports wagering on prohibited sports events; the protection of patrons
   placing wagers; and the promotion of social responsibility and responsible gaming and
   display of information on resources for problem gambling at a facility operator's
   premises or on any mobile application or digital platform used to place wagers;
   Sec. 2. 8 MRSA §1203, sub-§2, ¶F, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6, is
amended to read:
   F. Minimum design and security requirements for the physical premises of facility
   operators in which sports wagering is conducted, including but not limited to minimum
   requirements for the acceptance of wagers at a self-serve kiosk located on the premises
   and minimum required methods for verifying the identity and age of a person who
   places a wager with a facility operator, for verifying that the person making a wager is
   not prohibited from making a wager under section 1213, for ensuring that a person does
   not use a credit card to make a wager and for requiring the refund of any wager
   determined to have been placed by a person prohibited from making a wager under
   section 1213;
   Sec. 3. 8 MRSA §1203, sub-§2, ¶G, as enacted by PL 2021, c. 681, Pt. J, §6, is
amended to read:
   G. Minimum design and security requirements for mobile applications and digital
   platforms for the acceptance of wagers by mobile operators, including required
   methods for verifying the age and identity of a person who places a wager with a mobile
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    operator, for verifying that the person making the wager is physically located in the
    State and is not prohibited from making a wager under section 1213, for ensuring that
    a person does not use a credit card to make a wager and for requiring the refund of any
    wager determined to have been placed by a person prohibited from making a wager
    under section 1213;
    Sec. 4. 8 MRSA §1214-A is enacted to read:
§1214-A. Credit cards prohibited
    An operator and a management services licensee under section 1209 conducting sports
wagering on behalf of an operator may not accept a wager on a sports event from a person
using a credit card.
    Sec. 5. 8 MRSA §1403, sub-§2, ¶A, as enacted by PL 2025, c. 538, §4, is amended
to read:
    A. The methods of operation of Internet gaming, including but not limited to the
    permitted systems and methods of wagers; the use of credit and checks by persons
    making wagers, which must prohibit a person from making a wager using a credit card;
    the types of wagering receipts that may be used; the method of issuing receipts; the
    protection of patrons placing wagers; and the promotion of social responsibility and
    responsible gaming and display of information on resources for problem gambling;
    Sec. 6. 8 MRSA §1403, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 2025, c. 538, §4, is amended
to read:
    C. Minimum design and security requirements for applications and digital platforms
    for the acceptance of wagers by operators, including required methods for verifying
    the age and identity of a person who places a wager with an operator, for verifying that
    the person making the wager is physically located in the State and is not prohibited
    from making a wager under section 1412, for ensuring that a person does not use a
    credit card to make a wager and for requiring the refund of any wager determined to
    have been placed by a person prohibited from making a wager under section 1412;
    Sec. 7. 8 MRSA §1412-A is enacted to read:
§1412-A. Credit cards prohibited
    An operator and a management services licensee under section 1408 conducting
Internet gaming on behalf of an operator may not accept a wager from a person using a
credit card.
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