Tennessee Sports Wagering Council

Our executive director Mary Beth Thomas spoke with WKRN News 2 about the surge in wagering activity for #MarchMadness, issuing a reminder that licensed sportsbooks have important consumer protections in place while bettors using illegal offshore sportsbooks such as BetUS, Empire, MyBookie or BetOnline are sharing personal and financial information with criminal enterprises. Patrons can always check our website at https://lnkd.in/et5Mgmf5 for a list of licensed online sportsbooks because illegal books often look legitimate with professional websites and star athletes promoting them. #sports #sportsbetting #tennessee

February 2025 Gaming Report is in, and the cyclical February dip we've seen in previous fiscal years with the end of the NFL and NCAA football seasons appears again. Yet, February 2025 gross handle is up 9 percent over February 2024. #sports #sportsbetting #tennessee

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Executive Director Mary Beth Thomas delivered the message to the House Finance, Ways and Means Committee earlier this week: The goal in our work to eradicate illegal sportsbooks from Tennessee is to protect the public interest through a safe, regulated market and in turn that drives tax revenue through legal sports wagering. Thanks to Fox 17 and Johnny Maffei for the coverage. #sports #sportsbetting #tennessee

January 2025 Gaming reports out now. Some fast facts -- -January 2025 was the fifth consecutive month gross handle exceeded $500 million. -January 2025 was the fourth consecutive month privilege taxes exceeded $10 million. -Since Sept. 1, 2024 bettors have wagered $2.7 billion in Tennessee. -Since Sept. 1, 2024 more than $51 million in privilege taxes have been assessed on licensed sportsbooks. #sports #sportsbetting #tennessee

Well, what do you know? Why that it's the last Meet-the-Team Friday of course! That's what we know. Nobody expected us to make it this far, yet here we are. Now let's get into some end-of-game interview cliches: *This was a total team effort. *Everyone gave 110 percent. *We made the plays that needed to be made. *We actually weren't talking about practice, Allen. *We're on to Cincinnati. *We have the best fans in the world. With that, who haven't we met yet? Why it's the BOSS, our executive director,?Mary Beth Thomas. The Nashville native has led the?Tennessee Sports Wagering Council?since the start - January 1, 2022 - and there isn't a facet of this agency she doesn't know through and through, providing the guidance needed to stay in stride with this fast-paced industry. From her time on the Cook's Nook Cookies to now, we can only presume compliance, regulation, and enforcement is the throughline of her experience. And her ?? is perfection. #sports #sportsbetting #compliance #Tennessee

Many thanks to Jonathan Skrmetti and the Tennessee Attorney General's Office for issuing this important notice to consumers about illegal sportsbooks. For a list of sportsbooks licensed to do business in Tennessee, visit tn.gov/swac. "Illegal offshore sportsbooks are not going to go away?easily. It will take government entities working together to make the biggest?impact, and we want to thank the Attorney General and his office for their?efforts as we all work to eradicate illegal sportsbooks and bookies from?Tennessee,"?SWC Chairman Billy Orgel?said. "Illegal?sportsbooks often look legitimate to the consumer, so if you choose to wager,?make sure you wager with a sportsbook licensed to do business in?Tennessee." #sports #sportsbetting #tennessee

ICYMI: If you're going to bet the Super Bowl, bet legally. Wagering with an unlicensed sportsbook by anyone of any age while located in Tennessee is illegal. #sports #sportsbetting #Tennessee #superbowl

There are ONLY two Fridays before (yes, we're including today) Super Bowl LIX, and we're only two Meet-the-Team Fridays away (??) from completing this feature! (Here's where you jump in and quote Jack from Titanic: "Don't you do that, don't say your good-byes. Not yet, do you understand me?" Without further adieu (get it?), it's our pleasure to introduce Travis Moody, our senior IT compliance and licensing specialist. He's doing the work behind the scenes to make sure licensed sportsbooks are compliant with Tennessee's rules and regs regarding tech so, among other items, transactions are safe and secure. He's also shockingly knowledgeable about disc golf. We love his ?? if only because Jaromir Jagr is 52 and JUST retired from professional hockey. Plus his mullet (or the kids these days call it "flow") was 1 of 1 and ??. (ok we'll stop.) #sports #sportsbetting #Tennessee #compliance

I am excited to serve as a speaker?at the upcoming Seton Hall Law 6th?Annual Gaming Law, Compliance, and Integrity Bootcamp. This two-day event will bring together leading experts to discuss the latest developments, regulatory challenges, and best practices in gaming law, compliance, and integrity. ? I will be speaking on the panel "Regulator Fireside Chat," and I look forward to engaging in thoughtful discussions and sharing insights with a wide-ranging group of professionals. ? For more details and to sign up to join me, register here: https://shorturl.at/5pelo @setonhalllaw