Tennessee gambling law changes https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/ New laws, launches, tax changes and enacted bills on gambling in Tennessee. en-us Mon, 12 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sixth Circuit vacates Tennessee's Kalshi injunction and remands, holding Kalshi did not show its sports-event contracts are CFTC-exempt "swaps" and that the Commodity Exchange Act would not preempt state law regardless; affirms denial of Kalshi's injunction in the parallel Ohio case https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2026-09-25:Sixth Circuit vacates Tennessee's Kalshi injunction and rema Fri, 25 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT KalshiEX LLC v. Orgel, No. 26-5235 (6th Cir.), consolidated with KalshiEX LLC v. Schuler, No. 26-3196 (6th Cir.), opinion by Senior Judge Julia Smith Gibbons, decided 9/25/2026 Gov. Bill Lee signs SB 2136/HB 1885, banning dual/multi-currency sweepstakes-casino platforms as an unfair/deceptive practice, effective immediately https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2026-05-22:Gov. Bill Lee signs SB 2136/HB 1885, banning dual/multi-curr Fri, 22 May 2026 12:00:00 GMT 2026 Tenn. Pub. Ch. (SB 2136/HB 1885) U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger (M.D. Tenn.) grants Kalshi a preliminary injunction blocking SWC enforcement https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2026-02:U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger (M.D. Tenn.) grants Kalshi Sun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 GMT Sports Wagering Council orders Kalshi, Polymarket, and Nadex to cease offering sports-event contracts in Tennessee without an SWC license https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2026-01:Sports Wagering Council orders Kalshi, Polymarket, and Nadex Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 GMT Attorney General sends cease-and-desist letters to almost 40 online sweepstakes casinos https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2025-12-29:Attorney General sends cease-and-desist letters to almost 40 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:00:00 GMT Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Press Release PR25-61 (Dec. 29, 2025) Education Freedom Act redirects the privilege tax's 80% education share from lottery scholarships to K-12 school facility construction and maintenance https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2025-07-01:Education Freedom Act redirects the privilege tax's 80% educ Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT 2025 Education Freedom Act (1st Extraordinary Session) New 1.85%-of-handle privilege tax and tiered license fee structure take effect https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2023-07-01:New 1.85%-of-handle privilege tax and tiered license fee str Sat, 01 Jul 2023 12:00:00 GMT Public Chapter 450 enacted, restructuring privilege tax (20% AGR to 1.85% of handle) and licensing/vendor fee structure https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2023-05-24:Public Chapter 450 enacted, restructuring privilege tax (20% Wed, 24 May 2023 12:00:00 GMT Public Chapter 593 transfers all sports-wagering regulatory authority from the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation to the newly independent Sports Wagering Council https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2022-01-01:Public Chapter 593 transfers all sports-wagering regulatory Sat, 01 Jan 2022 12:00:00 GMT Tennessee Sports Gaming Act takes effect; Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation begins regulating sports wagering https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2019-07-01:Tennessee Sports Gaming Act takes effect; Tennessee Educatio Mon, 01 Jul 2019 12:00:00 GMT Governor allows the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act (Public Chapter 507) to become law without his signature https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2019-04-30:Governor allows the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act (Public Chap Tue, 30 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT U.S. Supreme Court overturns PASPA, allowing states to legalize sports wagering https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2018-05-14:U.S. Supreme Court overturns PASPA, allowing states to legal Mon, 14 May 2018 12:00:00 GMT Murphy v. NCAA Tennessee Fantasy Sports Act takes effect, legalizing DFS and imposing a 6% privilege tax on operator adjusted revenue https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2016-07-01:Tennessee Fantasy Sports Act takes effect, legalizing DFS an Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:00:00 GMT Tenn. Code Ann. ยงยง 67-4-901 to -905 (2016 Public Chapter 1006 / SB 2109) Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation sells its first ticket https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2004-01-20:Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation sells its first tick Tue, 20 Jan 2004 12:00:00 GMT Voters approve Amendment 1, repealing Tennessee's constitutional lottery ban https://gamblingatlas.org/states/tennessee/#timeline event:TN:2002-11-05:Voters approve Amendment 1, repealing Tennessee's constituti Tue, 05 Nov 2002 12:00:00 GMT Tennessee Lottery for Education, Amendment 1 (2002)