New York S 8156: Relates to video lottery gaming facilities

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S08156 Summary:

BILL NOS08156 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08361-A

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SPONSORMARTINEZ

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1367, RWB L

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Relates to sports wagers placed in video lottery gaming facilities.

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BILL NOS08156 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

01/07/2026REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8156

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 video lottery gaming facilities

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

 1 Section 1. Section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
 2 ing law, as amended by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of
 3 2021, subdivision 8 as amended by section 1 of part OO of chapter 59 of
 4 the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
 5 § 1367. Sports wagering. 1. As used in this section and in section
 6 thirteen hundred sixty-seven-a of this title:
 7 (a) "Platform provider" means an entity selected by the commission to
 8 conduct mobile sports wagering pursuant to a competitive bidding proc-
 9 ess;
 10 (b) "Authorized sports bettor" means an individual who is physically
 11 present in this state when placing a sports wager, who is not a prohib-
 12 ited sports bettor, and who participates in sports wagering offered by a
 13 casino, a video lottery gaming facility, or a mobile sports wagering
 14 licensee;
 15 (c) "Casino" means a licensed gaming facility at which gambling is
 16 conducted pursuant to the provisions of this article;
 17 (d) "Commission" means the New York state gaming commission estab-
 18 lished pursuant to section one hundred two of this chapter;
 19 (e) "Collegiate sport or athletic event" means a sport or athletic
 20 event offered or sponsored by, or played in connection with a public or
 21 private institution that offers educational services beyond the second-
 22 ary level;
 23 (f) "Covered persons" includes: athletes; players; umpires; referees;
 24 officials; personnel associated with players, clubs, teams, leagues, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11057-02-5

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 1 athletic associations; medical professionals, including athletic train-
 2 ers, who provide services to athletes and players; and the family
 3 members of these persons;
 4 (g) "High school sport or athletic event" means a sport or athletic
 5 event offered or sponsored by or played in connection with a public or
 6 private institution that offers education services at the secondary
 7 level;
 8 (h) "In-play sports wager" means a sports wager placed on a sports
 9 event after the sports event has begun and before it ends;
 10 (i) "Layoff bet" means a sports wager placed by a casino or a video
 11 lottery gaming facility sports pool with another casino or video lottery
 12 gaming facility sports pool;
 13 (j) "Minor" means any person under the age of twenty-one years;
 14 (k) "Mobile sports wagering platform" or "platform" means the combina-
 15 tion of hardware, software, and data networks used to manage, adminis-
 16 ter, or control sports wagering and any associated wagers accessible by
 17 any electronic means including mobile applications and internet websites
 18 accessed via a mobile device or computer;
 19 (l) "Mobile sports wagering operator" means a mobile sports wagering
 20 skin which has been licensed by the commission to operate a sports pool
 21 through a mobile sports wagering platform;
 22 (m) "Mobile sports wagering licensee" means a platform provider and a
 23 mobile sports wagering operator licensed by the commission;
 24 (n) "Operator" means a casino which has elected to operate a sports
 25 pool;
 26 (o) "Professional sport or athletic event" means an event at which t