SWC Catalog of Approved Events for Sports Wagering

If you have any questions about whether a Sporting Event is an approved event in Tennessee, please email SWAC.Gaming@tn.gov. Any entity may petition the Council for approval of a new Sporting Event upon which Wagers may be placed or accepted by following the procedures in Rule 1350-03-.09. Such requests will be reviewed on a case‐by‐case basis.

For both Approved Events and Unapproved Events, if a date or year is listed in connection with a Sporting Event, it means the listed year or date was requested by an entity to be considered an approved Sporting Event and that other years or dates were not requested. It does not indicate that similar events in other years or on other dates have been approved or denied.

Permitted Events

Unless otherwise specified, the following are authorized for approved league events:

• Exhibition, pre‐season, regular season, post‐season, and all‐star contests;
• Both men’s and women’s events; and
• Qualifying rounds

Professional league drafts are approved for the MLB, NBA, NHL, NFL, PLL, and WNBA. The following types of wagers are permitted:

• Pre‐draft wagers – All pre‐draft wagers must be made and accepted prior to the first selection of the draft.
• In‐draft wagers (i.e., wagers placed after a round has started regarding specific in‐round selections) may be offered up to two (2) selections prior to the actual occurrence on the draft broadcast. For example, “Pick #15 of the draft to by player X” would need to be placed prior to the announcement of “Pick #13”.
• Round‐specific wagers (i.e., wagers related to activity in a specific round) must be offered and accepted prior to the start of that specific round, including any trades that occur for that round. For example, a Wager such as, “Will Player X be drafted in Round 2?” or “X number of defensive backs drafted in Round 2.” These wagers must be placed prior to the start of Round 2.

Awards for regular, in-season, and postseason play for the following professional sports leagues are permitted: NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, PLL, and ACL. Examples of sports league awards include the NBA Regular Season MVP, NFL Super Bowl MVP, the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, the NBA In-Season Tournament MVP, and the NHL Vezina Trophy.

• For seasonal awards, wagering must cease prior to the end of the regular season.
• For in-season awards, wagering must cease prior to the start of the in-season tournament.
• For single‐game postseason awards (i.e., Super Bowl MVP), wagering must cease prior to the start of the game. For postseason series awards, wagering must cease prior to the start of Game 1 of the series (i.e., Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Stanley Cup Finals, World Series, etc.)

The following collegiate awards are permitted:

• Heisman Memorial Trophy – wagering must cease on the first Sunday in December at 11:59 p.m. CST
• John R. Wooden Award (men’s and women’s) – wagering must cease on the second Sunday in March at 11:59 p.m. CDT.
• Dick Howser Trophy – wagering must cease on the second Sunday in June at 11:59 p.m. CDT.
• Doak Walker Award - wagering must cease at the time votes are due
• Fred Biletnikoff Award - wagering must cease at the time votes are due
• Bear Bryant Coach of The Year Award - wagering must cease at the time votes are due
• NCAA FBS National Championship game Offensive and Defensive MVP – wagering must cease prior to the start of the game.

Prohibited Wagers

Pursuant to SWC Rule 1350‐01.03(9), wagers are prohibited to be placed on the following:

• Injuries, penalties, or other such occurrences, the Wager on which would be contrary to public policy, unfair to consumers, or deemed to violate Article Xl, Section 5 of the Constitution of Tennessee;
• Individual actions, events, statistics, occurrences, or non‐occurrences to be determined during a collegiate sporting event, including, without limitation, in‐game Proposition Wagers on the performance or non‐performance of a team or individual participant during a collegiate sporting event; and
• Amateur sports events, including all high school and youth league sports events, except for sports events that are approved by the Council, in which Persons under age 18 make up a minority of the participants.

Suspended Wagers

REMINDER: Per the SWC’s April 8, 2022 memo, until further notice, Russian and Belarussian governing bodies, leagues, teams, players, and events are suspended from approval. For more information, read the memo here: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/swac/documents/posts/Rule1350.pdf.

Catalog of Approved Events

Australian Rules Football

• Australian Football League (AFL)

Badminton

• Badminton World Federation World Tour
• Badminton World Federation World Championships

Baseball/Softball

• Major League Baseball (MLB)
• Minor League Baseball (MiLB) – Triple A
• NCAA Baseball
• NCAA Softball
• The KBO League (South Korea)
• Nippon Professional Baseball (Japan)
• World Baseball Classic (WBC)
• Athletes Unlimited Softball League
• Baseball Series del Caribe (CBC)
• Australian Baseball League (ABL)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL)
• WBSC Premier12

Basketball

• National Basketball Association (NBA)
  • NBA G League
  • NBA Las Vegas Summer League (including MVP)
• NBA All-Star Weekend Events – NBA All-star Game, Starry 3-Point Contest, AT&T Slam Dunk, Jordan Rising Stars Games, and KIA Skills Challenge
• Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
• NCAA (including NCAA Tournament team seeding)
• BIG3
• Euro League/Euro Cup
• International and domestic events sanctioned by FIBA or FIBA member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)
• The Basketball Tournament (TBT)
• Unrivaled – Women’s Professional 3v3 League
• Athletes Unlimited Basketball
• FIBA 3x3 Basketball – International and domestic events sanctioned by FIBA 3x3 or FIBA 3x3 member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only, including women’s; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded).

Billiards

• World Pool‐Billiard Association (WPA) Sanctioned Events

Bowling

• Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour

Bull Riding

• Professional Bull Riders, Inc. (PBR)
• Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA)

Combat Sports

• World Boxing Association (WBA)
• World Boxing Council (WBC)
• World Boxing Organization (WBO)
• International Boxing Federation (IBF)
• British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC)
• Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship (BKFC)
• BKB Bare Knuckle Boxing
• Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
• Road to UFC
• Dana White’s Contender Series
• Bellator MMA
• ONE Championship
• Professional Fighters League (PFL) and PFL Europe
• PFL Challenger Series
• Association of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports Sanctioned Events and member commissions
• Attitude MMA (Professional Card)
• Spectation Sports – 2022 Events (Professional Card)
• Aries Fight Series
• International Sumo League
• Lights Out Xtreme Fighting (LXF)
• LUX Fight League

Cornhole

• American Cornhole League (ACL Pro Division)

Cricket

• International and domestic events sanctioned by the International Cricket Council (ICC) or ICC member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)

Cycling

• Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Sanctioned Events

Darts

• British Darts Organisation (BDO) Sanctioned Events
• Professional Darts Corporations (PDC) Sanctioned Events
• World Dart Federation (WDF)
•  Championship Darts Corporation (CDC) Main Tour

Disc

• Ultimate Frisbee Association (UFA)

Disc Golf

• Disc Gold Pro Tour

eSports

• Call of Duty (COD) League
• Overwatch League
• Counter-Strike 2
  • Blast Premier League
  • Electronic Sports League (ESL) Pro League Sanctioned Events
• League of Legends (LoL)
  • LCK – League of Legends Champions Korea
  • LCS – League of Legends Champions Series
  • LEC – League of Legends European Championship
  • Riot Games – League of Legends Mid‐Season Invitational
  • LOL World Championships
• GT Sports League
• eAdriatic League (eSoccer)
• Esports World Cup
• NextGen Basketball (eBasketball)
• H2H Global Gaming League’s e-basketball
• H2H Global Gaming League’s e-soccer
• H2H Global Gaming League’s e-football

Extreme Sports

• X Games (summer and winter)

Field Hockey

• NCAA Division 1 Women’s Field Hockey

Football

• National Football League (NFL)
• NCAA
• Canadian Football League (CFL)
• Indoor Football League (IFL)
• Arena Football League
• United Football League (UFL)

Golf

• Events sanctioned by the International Federation of PGA Tours or its members
• International Events (i.e. Ryder Cup, Presidents Cup)
• LPGA
• NCAA
• The Match Series
• Major Championships
• LIV Golf League
• TGL
• Putt Tour
• World Long Drive (WLD) Sanctioned Events (Pro Division Only, Virtual Events Not Approved)
• The Showdown
• Prime Skins Game

Handball

• International and domestic events sanctioned by the International Handball Federation Events (IHF) or IHF member federations
• European Handball Federation (EHF) Champions League

Hockey – Ice

• National Hockey League (NHL)
• NHL All-Star Skills Competition
• American Hockey League (AHL)
• International and domestic events sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) or IIHF member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only, including IIHF World Juniors Championship; semi‐ professional leagues and events excluded)
• NCAA
• Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League)
• Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL)

Jai‐Alai

• Magic City Jai‐Alai

Lacrosse

• NCAA
• National Lacrosse League (NLL)
• Premier Lacrosse League (PLL)
• Women's Lacrosse League (WLL)

Motor Sports/Racing

• National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (NASCAR)
  • NASCAR Cup Series
  • Xfinity Series
  • Camping World Truck Series
• Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) Sanctioned Events
• Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) Sanctioned Events
• Indy Racing League (Indy Car)
• Superstar Racing Experience (SRX, aka “Camping World SRX Series”)
• United States Auto Club (USAC) Sanctioned Events
• National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
• Drone Racing League
• Nitro Rallycross Events ("Nitro RX")
• Formula DRIFT PRO Events
• High Limit Racing
• World Racing Group dirt track racing sanctioned events
• Olympics (including trials)
• Summer Olympics
• Winter Olympics

Padel

• International Padel Federation sanctioned events

Pickleball

• Professional Pickleball Association (PPA) Tour (Professional events only)

Rowing

• NCAA Division 1 Women’s Rowing
• World Rowing Federation (previously known as FISA)

Rugby League

• International and domestic events sanctioned by International Rugby League (IRL) or IRL member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)

Rugby Union

• International and domestic events sanctioned by World Rugby or World Rugby member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)
• South Africa, New Zealand, Australia and Argentina Rugby (SANZAAR) Sanctioned Events

Sailing

• America’s Cup
• World Sailing Sanctioned Events

Skateboarding

• Street League Skateboarding (“SLS”) Pro (Men’s Championship Tour)

Ski and Snowboard

• U.S. Ski & Snowboard Sanctioned Events

Snooker

• World Snooker Sanctioned Events
• World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) Sanctioned Events
• World‐Pool‐Billiard Association (WPA) Sanctioned Events
• International World Games Association (IWGA) Sanctioned Events

Soccer

•  International and domestic leagues and events sanctioned by FIFA or FIFA member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only, to include cup/club events; semi‐ professional leagues and events excluded)

• Audi Cup
• NCAA
• The Soccer Tournament (TST)
• Major Arena Soccer League

Sports Competitions

• World Chase Tag® (WCT)
• SlamBall

Squash

• National Squash League (NSL)
• PSA Squash Tour

Surfing

• World Surf League Championship Tour

Swimming

• Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) World Championships

Table Tennis

• International and domestic events sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), or ITTF member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded; no youth, junior, or cadet markets may be offered)
• Challenger São Paolo TT League
• Hungarian Table Tennis Association (HHTA) – Table Tennis Trophy Hungary
• Czech Liga Pro
• TT Cup
• TT Elite Series

Tennis

• Association of Tennis Professionals‐ ATP Tour sanctioned tournaments
• Grand Slam Events
• International Tennis Federation (ITF) Sanctioned Events, including Grand Slam events and country v. country (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)
• United States Tennis Association (UTSA) Sanctioned Events
• NCAA
• Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour Events; including WTA 125K Series
• World Team Tennis (WTT)
• UTR Pro Tennis Tour

Track and Field

• World Athletics Championships
• World Athletics Indoor Tour
• World Athletics Continental Tour
• European Athletics Championships
• NCAA
• Grand Slam Track

Volleyball

• International and domestic volleyball and beach volleyball events sanctioned or organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB) or FIVB member federations (professional or national team leagues and events only; semi‐professional leagues and events excluded)
• Korean Volleyball Federation (KOVO)
• AVP Pro Beach Volleyball
• NCAA
• Major League Volleyball (formerly known as Pro Volleyball Federation)
• Athletes Unlimited Volleyball

Water Polo

• NCAA Water Polo

Wrestling

• NCAA (D1 Men’s)

Events Requested (on or after April 26, 2022) and NOT Approved

This list is not a comprehensive list of Sporting Events on which wagers may not be placed in Tennessee; it only lists Sporting Events for which entities have sought wagering approval and been denied by the SWC.

NBA Draft Lotteries

NHL Draft Lottery

Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July Hot Dog Eating Contest

Northwoods League Baseball

SlapFight Championship, Power Slap, and slap fighting events

United Soccer League (USL) ‐ League Two

NBA All‐Star Weekend Player Draft

• 1st Starter to be picked in the All‐Star Game Draft
• 1st Reserve to be picked in the All‐Star Game Draft

Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury boxing match, February 26th, 2023, Diriyah, Saudi Arabia

The 2023 Boston Marathon

Player Next Team

The Netflix Cup

All-Ireland Senior Championship Event - Gaelic Football & Hurling

NFL Hall of Fame Inductees

Six Kings Slam Tennis Tournament

If a date or year is listed in connection with a Sporting Event, it means the listed year or date was requested by an entity to be considered an approved Sporting Event and that other years or dates were not requested. It does not indicate that similar events in other years or on other dates have been approved or denied..