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Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”, the official text

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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 601
October 29, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives August, Haywood, Dallman, Anderson, Behnke, Green, Gustafson, Kurtz, Mursau, Novak, Penterman, Prado, Sinicki, Stubbs, Wittke and Stroud, cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Spreitzer and Testin. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.

An Act to create 945.01 (1) (h) of the statutes; relating to: excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, it is a Class B misdemeanor to make a bet. This bill excludes from the definition of “bet” an event or sports wager made by a person physically located in this state using a mobile or other electronic device if the server or other device used to conduct such event or sports wager is physically located on a federally recognized American Indian tribe’s Indian lands and if the event or sports wager is conducted pursuant to a compact between a tribe and this state under the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988 that was originally entered into prior to April 1, 1993.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. 945.01 (1) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
945.01 (1) (h) An event or sports wager made by a person physically located in this state using a mobile or other electronic device if the server or other device used
to conduct such event or sports wager is physically located on a federally recognized American Indian tribe’s Indian lands and if the event or sports wager is conducted pursuant to an Indian gaming compact under s. 14.035 originally entered into prior to April 1, 1993.
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