Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español.

Gaming experts assembled by U.S. Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., for a town hall this week bemoaned a tax change included in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, saying it would benefit gaming markets not contributing to states’ revenues.

Beginning in 2026, the IRS will limit the deduction of gambling losses to 90% of winnings. The change means someone betting $100,000 and breaking even would owe federal income taxes on $10,000 of “phantom” winnings.

Last month, Titus introduced the FAIR BET Act to reverse the change to the previous tax code, where gamblers are able to deduct 100% of their losses up to their amount of winnings. She now has support from a growing number of Democrats and Republicans.

“People who come to gamble,

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