Online Betting: Facial Recognition for Age Verification
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Even with support from both parties, many lawmakers are wary of mandating facial recognition due to privacy concerns. The bill also has to pass through several different committees before it can be voted on.
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Smaller betting operators and independent prediction market platforms would have to buy and maintain facial recognition systems, build data deletion processes, and comply with new anti-money-laundering, disclosure, and fund segregation rules for event contracts. These compliance costs fall harder on smaller companies than on large national sportsbooks that already have compliance departments.
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer introduced bipartisan legislation that would require online sportsbooks and prediction markets to use facial recognition technology to verify users' ages. The bill aims to prevent minors from using adult accounts to place bets.
Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) introduced the Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act to require licensed online sports betting operators to deploy facial recognition. The bill is supported by Kalshi and ParentsRISE to address the rise in underage gambling.
The legislation requires platforms to analyze facial patterns to estimate age when users log in or place wagers. The bill is co-sponsored by a bipartisan group of lawmakers who argue that the current honor code system is failing to protect children from gambling risks.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Facial Recognition to Protect Children Act
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