November 9, 2026 · 3:53pm ET | 12:53pm PT
After the 2018 Supreme Court decision to eliminate the federal ban on sports betting, sports gambling—including college sports betting—has grown rapidly across the U.S. Now, the question of college sports betting’s legality will arrive before Congress as a formal policy question on November 11, when the House Education and Workforce Committee’s Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development will hold a hearing titled “The Rise Of Sports Gambling On College Campuses.”
Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), a former professional football player himself, chairs the Education and Workforce Committee, and Rep. Alma Adams (D-NC) is its ranking member.
On October 22, Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-FL) issued a press release demanding answers from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) on its sports betting policies, saying that “seeing as the ACC is asking Congress for help with NIL, I believe we must have transparency regarding each body’s policies and how they navigate online betting.”
