Bipartisan bill would require facial recognition for US sportsbooks

A bipartisan House bill would require online sportsbooks in the US to conduct facial recognition age checks before customers can place wagers. The proposal targets online betting platforms and makes biometric verification the stated method for confirming age prior to wagering.

Under the proposal, operators would be required to run a facial recognition age verification as part of sign-up or the pre-wager process, meaning a facial scan would need to clear before a customer could place a bet on an online sportsbook.

The bill is bipartisan and sits at the House level; if enacted, it would change how online betting accounts are verified and could make biometric checks a routine step before wagering. Players who use sportsbooks should expect that age screening could soon include mandatory facial ID checks under this approach.