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Schatz set to introduce legislation to ban bets on individual moments within games : Maui Now tag --> Search Aloha, ! My Profile | Logout Aloha, Guest! Login | Register News Topics Front Page Maui News Business Arts & Entertainment Maui Wildfires Maui Election Food & Dining Housing & Real Estate Hawai‘i Journalism Initiative Crime Statistics Local Sports Opinion Weather & Surf Weather Forecast Surf Report Lifestyle & Culture History & Culture Maui Arts & Entertainment Food & Dining Obituaries Housing & Real Estate Visitors' Guide Events Calendar Upcoming Maui Events Events Map Post an Event Job Listings Maui Jobs Recent Job Listings Job Alerts Post a Job Classifieds View All Post a Notice Special Sections Hawaii Journalism Initiative History & Culture Medical Minute × Close Menu About Maui Now Newsletter Contact Us Get the App Advertise With Us Meet the Team Choose Your Island: Kauai Maui Big Island Copyright © 2026 Pacific Media Group All Rights Reserved Privacy Policy | About Our Ads Search Aloha, ! My Profile | Logout Aloha, Guest! Login | Register Sections Maui News Wildfires Business Weather Culture Entertainment Visitors' Guide Jobs Obituaries HJI Maui News Schatz set to introduce legislation to ban bets on individual moments within games May 20, 2026, 12:00 PM HST --> Play Listen to this Article 1 minute Loading Audio... Article will play after ad... Playing in :00 A A A US Sen. Brian Schatz. PC: Office of Sen. Schatz. During a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing on sports betting, US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) discussed with gaming experts vulnerabilities created by micro prop bets in sports and the need to address illegal, offshore sports books that harm sports integrity. Schatz is set to introduce legislation to outlaw micro prop bets in games and provide the Federal Trade Commission with authority to go after companies that knowingly facilitate illegal, offshore gambling. “Micro prop [bets are] insidious in that [they] can be manipulated by a player or anyone else,” said Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Commerce Committee. “The more micro you get, the more insidious it is, from an integrity standpoint. But it also taps into the addictive, manic, algorithmically-driven problem that we’re dealing with. I think this particular problem is especially acute and needs to be dealt with immediately.” ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD On addressing offshore sports books, Schatz said, “We think we, legislatively, have a pathway here. It doesn’t solve every problem, and it certainly doesn’t solve every problem as it relates to the challenges that individuals and society [are] facing with gambling. But if you empower the FTC to go after the payment processors, then they would have a perfect right to go and say, ‘You may not work with these offshore shops if they are not complying with federal law having to do with micro prop bets.’” Schatz Highlights Harms Of Micro Prop Bets In Sports, Need To Address Offshore Sports Books. VC: Senator

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