New York A 1257: Relates to the regulation of sports betting and mobile sports wagering

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 1183 A. 1257
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
January 7, 2021
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Racing,
Gaming and Wagering
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. PRETLOW, TAGUE, SCHMITT, JOYNER,
WOERNER, SANTABARBARA, LUPARDO, PHEFFER AMATO, DILAN, WEPRIN, PERRY,
FALL, AUBRY, STIRPE, TAYLOR, BURKE, RAMOS, HYNDMAN, HUNTER, GOTTFRIED,
DE LA ROSA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HEVESI, PICHARDO,
D. ROSENTHAL, ROZIC, STERN, VANEL -- 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 regulation of sports betting
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 added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, paragraphs (b) and
3 (d) of subdivision 3 as amended by section 1 of part X of chapter 59 of
4 the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
5 § 1367. Sports wagering. 1. As used in this section:
6 (a) "Affiliate" means any off-track betting corporation, franchised
7 corporation, or race track licensed pursuant to this chapter, an opera-
8 tor of video lottery gaming at Aqueduct licensed pursuant to section
9 sixteen hundred seventeen-a of the tax law, which has an affiliate
10 agreement with a casino pursuant to section thirteen hundred sixty-sev-
11 en-a of this title. Any professional sports stadium or arena may serve
12 as an affiliate;
13 (b) "Agent" means an entity that is party to a contract with a casino
14 authorized to operate a sports pool and is approved by the commission to
15 operate a sports pool on behalf of such casino;
16 (c) "Authorized sports bettor" means an individual who is physically
17 present in this state when placing a sports wager, who is not a prohib-
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 ited sports bettor, that participates in sports wagering offered by a
2 casino. All sports wagers placed in accordance with this section are
3 considered placed or otherwise made when received by the operator at the
4 licensed gaming facility, regardless of the authorized sports bettor's
5 physical location at the time the sports wager is initiated. The inter-
6 mediate routing of electronic data in connection with mobile sports
7 wagering shall not determine the location or locations in which a wager
8 is initiated, received or otherwise made;
9 (d) "Brand" means the name and logo on the interface of a mobile
10 application or internet website accessed via a mobile device or computer
11 which authorized sports bettors use to access a sports betting platform;
12 "Casino" means a licensed gaming facility at which gambling is(e)
13 conducted pursuant to the provisions of this article;
14 [ ] "Commission" means the commission established pursuant to(b) (f)
15 section one hundred two of this chapter;
16 [ ] "Collegiate sport or athletic event" means a sport or(c) (g)
17 athletic event offered or sponsored by or played in connection with a
18 public or private institution that offers educational services beyond
19 the secondary level;
20 [ ] (d) (h) "Covered persons" includes: athletes; players; umpires;
21 referees; officials; personnel associated with players, clubs, teams,
22 leagues, and athletic associations; medical professionals, including
23 athletic trainers who provide services to athletes and players; and the
24 family members and associates of these persons where required to serve
25 the purposes of this title;
26 (i) "Exchange wagering" means a form of wagering in which an author-
27 ized sports bettor, on the one hand, and one or more authorized sports
28 bettors, a casino or an agent or an operator, on the other hand place
29 identically opposing sports wagers on an exchange operated by a casino
30 or an agent or an operator;
31 (j) "Global risk management" means the direction, management, consul-
32 tation and/or instruction for purposes of managing risks associated with
33 sports wagering conducted pursuant to this section and includes the
34 setting and adjustment of betting lines, point spreads, or odds and
35 whether to place layoff bets as permitted by this section;
36 (k) "High school sport or athletic event" means a sport or athletic
37 event offered or sponsored by or played in connection with a public or
38 private institution that offers education services at the secondary
39 level;
40 (l) "Horse racing event" means any sport or athletic event conducted
41 in New York state subject to the provisions of articles two, three,
42 four, five, six, nine, ten and eleven of this chapter, or any sport or
43 athletic event conducted outside of New York sta