SB542 — (New Title) limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilities.

SB 542 - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE SENATE 01/29/2026 0199s SESSION 26-2158 08/06 SENATE BILL 542 AN ACT limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilitiesfacilities. and increasing the number of charities working with a gaming facility each day based on the facility's revenue.

Ways and Means ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill limits the game dates available to charities at gaming facilitiesfacilities. and increasing the number of charities working with a gaming facility each day based on the facility's revenue.

SB 542 - AS INTRODUCEDAMENDED BY THE SENATE 01/29/2026 0199s 26-2158 08/06 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT limiting the game dates available to charities at gaming facilitiesfacilities. and increasing the number of charities working with a gaming facility each day based on the facility's revenue.

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Charity and Host Town Operations with Game Operator Employers.

Amend RSA 287-D by inserting after section 14 the following new section:

287-D:14-a Charity and Host Town Operations with Game Operator Employers.

I.

Each game operator employer operating games of chance, historical horse racing machines, or video lottery terminals shall contract with licensed charitable organizations for each game date in accordance with this section.

II.

Game operator employers shall be categorized into one of 4 groups for the purposes of determining how many charities the game operator employer shall contract with on a game date.

Categorization shall be determined based on the game operator employer’s average monthly revenue:

(a) Group 1:

Average monthly revenue is less than $1,000,000;

(b) Group 2:

Average monthly revenue is greater than $1,000,000 but less than $2,000,000;

(c) Group 3:

Average monthly revenue is greater than $2,000,000 but less than $5,000,000;

and (d) Group 4:

Average monthly revenue exceeds $5,000,000.

III.

Average monthly revenue shall be calculated based on the combined gaming revenue generated for the state, the charities, and the game operator employer over a 3 month period.

Gaming revenue shall be those amounts collected from regulated gaming operations, including games of chance, video lottery terminals, and historic horse racing.

If a game operator employer does not have 3 months of operations on which to calculate average monthly revenue, the operator shall contract with one licensed charity until three months of revenue data are available from which to determine the appropriate categorization for the game operator employer.

IV.

Game operator employers shall contract with licensed charitable organizations as follows:

(a) Group 1 operators shall contract with one licensed charitable organization per game date;

(b) Group 2 operators shall contract with 2 licensed charitable organizations per game date;

SB 542 - AS INTRODUCED - Page 2 - (c) Group 3 operators shall contract with 3 licensed charitable organizations per game date;

and (d) Group 4 operators shall contract with 4 licensed charitable organizations per game date.

V.

For the purposes of the game operator employer’s requirements under paragraph IV, operating on behalf of the host town or city in accordance with RSA 287-D:4-a shall be considered the same as hosting a licensed charitable organization.

VI.

Licensed charitable organizations may obtain no more than 7 game dates with game operator employers during the calendar year.

VII.

The commission shall review the categorization of each game operator employer on an annual basis on or by October 31 to ensure that each game operator employer is in the appropriate group set forth in paragraph II.

If a game operator employer must move to a different group after such review, the game operator employer shall have a period of 30 days to adjust its operations to accommodate the corresponding number of licensed charities for the new group to which the game operator employer has been assigned.

VIII.

A game operator employer may request that the commission review the game operator employer’s group categorization if the game operator employer concludes that it is no longer in the correct group.

If the commission determines that such an adjustment is necessary, the game operator employer shall have a period of 30 days to adjust its operations to accommodate the corresponding number of licensed charities for the new group to which the game operator employer has been assigned.