New Hampshire online gambling bill springs to life

New Hampshire legislators have dusted off the state’s online gambling bill after sitting idly in Congress for months.

The last time that everybody heard of HB 562-FN was back in August when it was tossed in an unidentified sub-committee. Everyone thought the bill was already dead until it surprisingly resurfaced in the legislature.

HB 562-FN, sponsored by Reps. Nick Zaricki, Eric Schleien, and Robert Fisher, was scheduled to be taken up during the executive session on October 25.

The bill introduced by a trio of New Hampshire state representatives is considered by many as a stub, because it only seeks to insert a new subparagraph exempting “gambling done over an internet connection on a website on the internet” from the state’s list of illegal gambling offenses.