New Hampshire

The market's structural ceiling is set by the exclusive-agent model: with DraftKings as the sole licensed operator through at least 30 June 2028, competitive dynamics that would ordinarily drive market expansion — multi-operator product differentiation, promotional competition, and affiliate-channel investment — are absent. The market is confirmed as monopoly-concentrated at T1 confidence. Regional competitive pressure is emerging as a contextual driver: Maine became the eighth US state to legalise online casino gaming in 2026, with four Wabanaki Nations Tribes expected to operate gaming sites with commercial partners, and this development is cited as a potential catalyst for renewed New Hampshire iGaming legislative interest. That claim carries Low confidence and citation-index ambiguity. For operators assessing addressable opportunity, the near-term commercial case is constrained by the closed monopoly structure and the absence of a published market-size figure; the medium-term case depends on whether iCasino legislation advances following Maine's market opening.

Entry requires a competitive bid process with Governor and Executive Council approval; no explicit local-incorporation requirement was located, but the bespoke procurement structure means entry is governed by contract terms rather than a general licensing statute, and the application timeline is assessed as long. The Charitable Gaming and Games of Chance Facility Licence under RSA 287-D is operational and open, administered by NHLGC's Racing and Charitable Gaming Division under durable primary legislation — this is the most accessible land-based pathway. DFS registration under RSA 287-H is the only open digital-adjacent pathway: a registration-based regime with no licensing fee or special DFS tax, though collegiate-athlete contest prohibition applies as a durable statutory constraint. A Video Lottery Terminal authorisation at charitable facilities under HB728 (2025) is not yet open, with substantive provisions deferred to 1 January 2028. B2B iGaming platform supply has no pathway absent an enacted iCasino framework; sports-wagering systems vendors must be approved through the NHLGC RFI process with GLI-standard certification.

Players may additionally self-exclude within the DraftKings sportsbook and NH iLottery app account settings on an individual-account basis. No mandatory deposit limits or reality-check requirements were located in the structured claims this cycle. New Hampshire's per-capita responsible-gambling funding is assessed as ranking 39th of 43 legal gambling states, at approximately $100,000 annually versus approximately $22 million in neighbouring Massachusetts — though the sourcing for this ranking carries citation-index ambiguity and should be treated with caution. The Interpreter has computed the player-protection practical burden as moderate, consistent with the presence of a self-exclusion scheme but the absence of more substantive mandatory player-protection obligations. Marketing restrictions for gambling-related advertising apply across web, app, social, and programmatic channels consistent with standard platform gambling ad policies, though no new marketing-rule changes were identified this cycle.

Two enforcement events were located this cycle: a cease-and-desist against Bovada (Harp Media B.V.) for unauthorised sports betting to New Hampshire residents under RSA 287-I:3, resulting in voluntary geo-restriction by the operator; and a six-month licence suspension against Concord Casino in 2024 following reported misuse of over $840,000 in EIDL funds. The Concord Casino action illustrates that financial-integrity breaches by licensed operators attract licence-suspension consequences. For the iCasino sector, no enforcement theory has crystallised — the sector is not yet regulated rather than actively prohibited, and no case law was located this cycle. At the federal layer, the Wire Act (18 U.S.C. §1084) and the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act provide structural enforcement vectors for cross-state and financial-transaction exposure respectively.

The practical AML/CFT burden is computed by the Interpreter as moderate, reflecting this baseline federal-floor applicability without a confirmed state-level enhancement layer. The absence of a located designated-reporting-entity determination reflects a structural thin-record at the state level rather than a confirmed absence of regulation: federal BSA obligations generally extend to gaming operations of this type, and operators should assume BSA compliance infrastructure — including Currency Transaction Reports, Suspicious Activity Reports, KYC procedures, and a designated BSA compliance officer — is required as a baseline. No tipping-off or confidentiality provision specific to New Hampshire gambling AML was located in the structured claims this cycle; this gap is flagged for the next research pass.

Responsible-gambling operational requirements include participation in the statewide voluntary, non-integrated self-exclusion programme established via HB2 (2025), though this claim rests on a single T3 aggregator source pending cross-verification against the enacted bill text. Players may self-exclude individually within the DraftKings sportsbook and NH iLottery app account settings. The DraftKings sportsbook app operates with GPS-required geolocation gating on Apple iOS and Google Play, consistent with RSA 287-I's in-state wagering requirements. No technical certification specification has been published by NHLGC for iGaming, consistent with the absence of an enacted iCasino framework. Credit-card funding of iLottery accounts is prohibited by state law; debit-card funding is permitted.

The rate is a contract-negotiated exclusivity premium under RSA 287-I's enabling-act-with-delegated-contract structure — it is not a repeatable statutory schedule applicable to future entrants. No deduction-rule data was located to derive an effective rate after deductions. Across the three Interpreter-computed compliance-lift dimensions, each is assessed as moderate: AML/CFT lift reflects likely federal BSA baseline applicability without a documented NH-specific enhanced regime; responsible-gambling lift reflects the presence of a voluntary self-exclusion scheme without mandatory deposit limits or reality-check requirements; and technical compliance lift reflects GLI-standard certification requirements for sports-wagering systems under the NHLGC vendor-approval process. Application and annual fee bands are qualitatively assessed as medium, with no explicit numeric fee schedule located in T1 sources this cycle.

PSP availability is assessed as adequate and banking risk as medium, though these assessments are qualitative and based on observed practice rather than a designated NH-specific instrument. No cross-border capital controls apply — New Hampshire operates as a standard US state framework without the payment-blocking infrastructure characteristic of prohibition-family jurisdictions. The DraftKings sportsbook app operates with GPS-required geolocation gating, ensuring in-state wagering compliance under RSA 287-I. No MLAT activity, correspondent-banking disruption, or FATF typology citation specific to New Hampshire gambling payment flows was located this cycle, and extraterritorial payment risk is assessed as low.

No unlicensed or offshore market-share estimate for New Hampshire was located this cycle — the record is structurally thin for this data point, and neither NHLGC nor AGA publications segment NH-specific offshore share. The DFS segment under RSA 287-H operates as a separate, registration-based regime without the monopoly constraint, but it is a distinct product class. The iCasino sector has no licensed operators given the absence of an enacted framework. Regional competitive pressure from Maine's 2026 online-casino launch is cited as a contextual factor that may influence future legislative activity, though this claim carries Low confidence.