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1H.913
2SHORT FORM
3 Introduced by Representatives Stevens of Waterbury, Arsenault of Williston,
4Bluemle of Burlington, Branagan of Georgia, Campbell of St.
5Johnsbury, Chapin of East Montpelier, Headrick of Burlington,
6Logan of Burlington, Masland of Thetford, Page of Newport
7City, Pouech of Hinesburg, Scheu of Middlebury, and Sibilia of
8Dover
9 Referred to Committee on
10 Date:
11 Subject: Recreation and sports; sports wagering; crimes and criminal
12procedure; gambling and lotteries; regulation of trade; wagering
13contracts; prohibiting prediction market securities or commodities on
14the outcome of certain events
15 Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to amend 13
16 V.S.A. chapter 51 to ensure that the criminal prohibition of wagering activities
17 includes offering prediction market securities or commodities that are
18 contingent on the outcome of events related to sports, contests, natural persons,
19 politics and campaigns, disasters, war, all-hazards, or death. This bill also
20 proposes to amend 9 V.S.A. chapter 101 to ensure that agreements for these
21 contingent securities or commodities are deemed void and subject to civil
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1 action for recovery of lost money. This bill also proposes to amend Vermont’s
2 sports wagering statutes to add a per-wager fee of $0.50 for all wagers made
3 through the State’s sports wagering operators.
4    An act relating to prohibiting certain prediction markets securities
5 It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont:
6(TEXT OMITTED IN SHORT-FORM BILLS)
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