An omnibus gambling bill cleared the full House today, but not before a major change was adopted.

House Bill 904 deals with horse racing, sports betting and prediction markets.

Today, State Representative Nick Wilson filed a floor amendment that also would require sports wagering books to accept bets up to $1,000, except in cases of suspected fraud or problem gambling.

The floor amendment passed with bipartisan support.

Despite the objections of the bill's primary sponsor.

Sportsbooks are limiting bets from bettors, but not for the reasons you might think, not because someone lost too much money, not because of fraud.

And actually its opposite.

If somebody is winning, they're more likely to be limited.

And as the gentleman from Whatley rightly pointed out, the people running the sportsbooks, they know us better than we know ourselves.

They know who shouldn't be betting, who can afford to bet who's who's in over their head, and they know who's really good at it.

And they have.

The pattern has been the way these companies have worked.

They target losers and they ban the winners.

And I think this is a good step.

But riding the shift.

There is, to my knowledge, no other state of the 39 states now that have legalized sports wagering, that have adopted a provision like what the gentleman from Whitley is bringing before you today, $1,000 bet.

And I'm not saying anybody shouldn't be able to win, but $1,000 bet in certain situations could lead to a very, very large win for the customer and loss for the book.

I just have a lot of concerns with making a change like this in the business practices of the licensees who are licensed, who are regulated in a time when we still don't have a mature marketplace on this.

And in a time when we are doing major, major things to change this.

Now, once again, that floor amendment was approved.

House Bill 904 also proposes raising the age of sports wagering in Kentucky from 18 to age 21.

And it puts a tax on prediction markets, which have been in the news lately for allowing bets on elections and even specific actions in the war with Iran.

The bill also bans certain prop bets on in-state collegiate athletes, and it creates a charitable gaming task force that will meet during the interim.

House Bill 904 passed by a vote of 79 to 15.

And it now heads to the Senate for consideration there.