New York S 9436: Relates to advertising restrictions for mobile sports wagering licensees

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S09436 Summary:

BILL NOS09436 

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SAME ASSAME AS A00382-A

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1363, RWB L

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Expands advertising restrictions for gaming facility licensees and applicants to include mobile sports wagering licensees.

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BILL NOS09436 

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03/12/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9436

 IN SENATE

 March 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wager-
 ing

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to advertising restrictions for mobile sports wagering licen-
 sees

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 1363 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
 2 ing law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (a) of
 3 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 423 of the laws of 2024, is amended
 4 to read as follows:
 5 § 1363. Advertising restrictions. 1. As used in this section:
 6 (a) "advertisement" shall mean any notice or communication to the
 7 public or any information concerning the gaming-related business of a
 8 gaming facility licensee or applicant or a mobile sports wagering licen-
 9 see as defined in section thirteen hundred sixty-seven of this article
 10 through broadcasting, publication or any other means of dissemination,
 11 including electronic dissemination. Promotional activities are consid-
 12 ered advertisements for purposes of this section.
 13 (b) "direct advertisement" shall mean any advertisement as described
 14 in paragraph (a) of this subdivision that is disseminated to a specific
 15 individual or individuals.
 16 (c) "mobile sports wagering licensee" shall have the same meaning as
 17 defined in section thirteen hundred sixty-seven of this article.
 18 2. Advertising shall be based upon fact, and shall not be false,
 19 deceptive or misleading, and no advertising by or on behalf of a gaming
 20 facility licensee or a mobile sports wagering licensee shall:
 21 (a) Use any type, size, location, lighting, illustration, graphic
 22 depiction or color resulting in the obscuring of any material fact;
 23 (b) Fail to clearly and conspicuously specify and state any material
 24 conditions or limiting factors;
 25 (c) Depict any person under the age of twenty-one engaging in gaming
 26 and related activities; or

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01922-03-6

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 1 (d) Fail to designate and state the name and location of the gaming
 2 facility conducting the advertisement. The location of the gaming facil-
 3 ity need not be included on billboards within thirty miles of the gaming
 4 facility.
 5 3. Each advertisement shall, clearly and conspicuously, state a prob-
 6 lem gambling hotline number. Where the advertisement is a video, such
 7 gambling hotline number shall be visible for the entire duration of the
 8 advertisement.
 9 4. Each direct advertisement shall, clearly and conspicuously,
 10 describe a method or methods by which an individual may designate that
 11 the individual does not wish to receive any future direct advertisement.
 12 (a) The described method must be by at least two of the following:
 13 (1) Telephone;
 14 (2) Regular U.S. mail; or
 15 (3) Electronic mail.
 16 (b) Upon receipt of an individual's request to discontinue receipt of
 17 future advertisement, a gaming facility licensee or applicant or a
 18 mobile sports wagering licensee shall block the individual in [the
 19 gaming facility licensee's] such licensees' or applicant's database so
 20 as to prevent the individual from receiving future direct advertisements
 21 within fifteen days of receipt of the request.
 22 5. Each gaming facility licensee or applicant or a mobile sports
 23 wagering licensee shall provide to the commission at its main office a
 24 complete and accurate copy o