Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-49-118: Restrictions on licensees

(a) A licensee shall not: (1) Allow a minor to place a wager; (2) Offer, accept, or extend credit to a bettor; (3) Directly advertise or promote sports wagering to minors. The council shall adopt rules specific to the manner in which a licensee may advertise its business operations as authorized by this part; (4) Offer or accept a wager on any event, outcome, or occurrence other than a sporting event, including, without limitation, a high school sporting event offered, sponsored, or played in connection with a public or private institution that offers education at the secondary level; or (5) Accept a wager from a person who is on the registry created and maintained by the council under § 4-49-112(c) . (b) A violation of this section is: (1) For a first offense, a Class B misdemeanor; and (2) For a second or subsequent offense, a Class A misdemeanor. Renumbered from T.C.A. s 4-51-318 by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 593, s 30, eff. 1/1/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 593, s 27, eff. 1/1/2022. Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 507, s 1, eff. 7/1/2019.

(a) A licensee shall not: (1) Allow a minor to place a wager; (2) Offer, accept, or extend credit to a bettor; (3) Directly advertise or promote sports wagering to minors. The council shall adopt rules specific to the manner in which a licensee may advertise its business operations as authorized by this part; (4) Offer or accept a wager on any event, outcome, or occurrence other than a sporting event, including, without limitation, a high school sporting event offered, sponsored, or played in connection with a public or private institution that offers education at the secondary level; or (5) Accept a wager from a person who is on the registry created and maintained by the council under § 4-49-112(c) .

(1) Allow a minor to place a wager;

(2) Offer, accept, or extend credit to a bettor;

(3) Directly advertise or promote sports wagering to minors. The council shall adopt rules specific to the manner in which a licensee may advertise its business operations as authorized by this part;

(4) Offer or accept a wager on any event, outcome, or occurrence other than a sporting event, including, without limitation, a high school sporting event offered, sponsored, or played in connection with a public or private institution that offers education at the secondary level; or

(5) Accept a wager from a person who is on the registry created and maintained by the council under § 4-49-112(c) .

(b) A violation of this section is: (1) For a first offense, a Class B misdemeanor; and (2) For a second or subsequent offense, a Class A misdemeanor.

(1) For a first offense, a Class B misdemeanor; and

(2) For a second or subsequent offense, a Class A misdemeanor.

Renumbered from T.C.A. s 4-51-318 by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 593, s 30, eff. 1/1/2022.