New York A 2260: Allows bars and restaurants to organize and manage sports squares pools

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A02260 Summary:

BILL NOA02260 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGandolfo

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COSPNSRDeStefano, Brown E, Morinello, Brabenec, Angelino, Maher, Gray, Beephan

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1367, RWB L

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Allows bars and restaurants to organize and manage sports squares pools, provided that they do not take any profit from such pools.

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BILL NOA02260 

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01/16/2025referred to racing and wagering

01/07/2026referred to racing and wagering

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2260

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 16, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. GANDOLFO, DeSTEFANO, E. BROWN, MORINELLO, BRABE-
 NEC, ANGELINO, MAHER, GRAY, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Racing and Wagering

 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
 relation to allowing bars and restaurants to organize and manage
 sports squares pools

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

 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (bb) and (cc) of subdivision 1 of section 1367
 2 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by
 3 section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, are amended and a
 4 new paragraph (dd) is added to read as follows:
 5 (bb) "Suspicious wagering activity" means unusual wagering activity
 6 that cannot be explained and is indicative of match fixing, the manipu-
 7 lation of an event, misuse of inside information, or other prohibited
 8 activity; [and]
 9 (cc) "Independent integrity monitor" means an independent individual
 10 or entity approved by the commission to receive reports of unusual
 11 wagering activity from a casino, mobile sports wagering licensee, or
 12 commission for the purpose of assisting in identifying suspicious wager-
 13 ing activity[.]; and
 14 (dd) "Sports squares pool" means a type of sports pool whereby two
 15 teams competing in a single sports event are each separately assigned to
 16 the x or y axis of a grid, with a numerical value assigned to each
 17 corresponding column and row of such grid, and where bettors choose one
 18 or more cells of such grid as the basis of their wager, with the winner
 19 of such sports pool being determined by the cell or cells of such grid
 20 corresponding with the resulting score at the end of, or at a pre-deter-
 21 mined point during, such sports event, and any additional parameters set
 22 by the organizer of such sports pool.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04563-01-5

 A. 2260 2

 1 § 2. Section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law
 2 is amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
 3 17. A bar or restaurant otherwise operating in compliance with the
 4 provisions of title eight of article thirteen of the public health law,
 5 and licensed to sell liquor, wine and beer on-premises pursuant to
 6 section sixty-four or sixty-four-a of the alcoholic beverage control
 7 law, shall be permitted to organize and manage sports squares pools for
 8 participation by customers of such bar or restaurant; provided that such
 9 bar or restaurant does not take a profit from the funds of any such
 10 sports squares pool, and that the entirety of wagers placed by bettors
 11 participating in any such sports squares pool are paid to the winner or
 12 winners of such sports squares pool. A bar or restaurant organizing and
 13 managing a sports squares pool in accordance with the provisions of this
 14 section shall not be in violation of any other provision of this chap-
 15 ter.
 16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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