"a nationwide ban on targeted advertising of gambling to kids" and fines for violations.
Support legislation to ban targeted gambling advertising to children nationwide and impose fines for violations.
Occurrences
The bill text states it is unlawful for a covered digital advertising platform to display a targeted advertisement directed to a minor that promotes a sports gambling platform. It also provides FTC enforcement and treats violations as unfair or deceptive practices, with possible civil penalties.
Evidence
Sen. Britt said the GAME Act would address youth gambling by prohibiting targeted online sports-betting advertising to minors. The release says the bill would create a nationwide ban, with FTC enforcement and civil penalties, and that repeat offenders could face DOJ financial penalties.
The bill text states it is unlawful for a covered digital advertising platform to display a targeted advertisement directed to a minor that promotes a sports gambling platform. It also provides FTC enforcement and treats violations as unfair or deceptive practices, with possible civil penalties.
Britt's office said the GAME Act would prohibit social-media and other advertising platforms from targeting minors with sports-betting ads, and that the bill would be enforced by the FTC with fines for repeat violations.
The bill text says Britt introduced the GAME Act, that it was read twice and referred to committee, and that targeted ads to minors promoting sports gambling would become unlawful one year after enactment, with FTC enforcement and penalties that could reach $100,000 per ad after repeated violations.
Britt's Senate office announced that Britt and Blumenthal introduced the GAME Act to prohibit platforms from targeting minors with sports-betting ads, with FTC enforcement and possible DOJ penalties up to $100,000 per ad for repeat offenders.
The bill text lists Mrs. Britt and Mr. Blumenthal as introducers and would make targeted sports-gambling advertisements to minors unlawful, enforced by the FTC, with repeat-violation fines up to $100,000 per advertisement.
Assessments
The promise was to support legislation, not necessarily secure enactment. During Britt's current Senate term, she introduced the GAME Act with Sen. Blumenthal, which directly matches the pledged policy: a nationwide prohibition on targeted sports-gambling advertising to minors, FTC enforcement, and repeat-violation financial penalties up to $100,000 per ad. Because she sponsored materially matching federal legislation herself, this counts as delivered in the same term even though the bill had not become law.
The promise was to support legislation creating a nationwide ban on targeted gambling advertising to children and fines for violations. In May 2026, Senator Katie Boyd Britt introduced the bipartisan GAME Act, which specifically would prohibit targeted sports-betting ads to minors nationwide and authorize FTC enforcement with civil penalties for repeat violations. Because the commitment was to support such legislation rather than to guarantee enactment, her sponsorship and advancement of a bill directly matching the promise counts as fulfillment during her current Senate term.
Britt introduced the bipartisan GAME Act in May 2026, and the bill text matches the promise by proposing a nationwide ban on targeted online sports-gambling advertising to minors with FTC enforcement and civil penalties. However, the evidence shows introduction of legislation only, not enactment or implementation of a national ban. Because she made a serious legislative attempt but the promised legal outcome has not passed, this is not delivered.