Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 06, 2016 |
held for consideration in codes |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to codes |
Dec 02, 2015 |
referred to codes |
Assembly Bill A8588
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
MURRAY
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Andrew R. Garbarino
Edward Ra
John Ceretto
Chad A. Lupinacci
multi-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
2015-A8588 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Codes
- Law Section:
- Penal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §225.00, Pen L
2015-A8588 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8588 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y December 2, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MURRAY, GARBARINO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Codes AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to excluding participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225.00 of the penal law is amended to read as follows: 1. "Contest of chance" means any contest, game, gaming scheme or gaming device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an element of chance, notwithstanding that skill of the contestants may also be a factor therein. "CONTEST OF CHANCE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE PARTIC- IPATION IN ANY FANTASY OR SIMULATION SPORTS GAME OR EDUCATIONAL GAME OR CONTEST IN WHICH (IF THE GAME OR CONTEST INVOLVES A TEAM OR TEAMS) NO FANTASY OR SIMULATION SPORTS TEAM IS BASED ON THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF AN ACTUAL TEAM THAT IS A MEMBER OF AN AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL SPORTS ORGANIZATION (AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED ONE OF TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES CODE) AND THAT MEETS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS: (A) ALL PRIZES AND AWARDS OFFERED TO WINNING PARTICIPANTS ARE ESTAB- LISHED AND MADE KNOWN TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAME OR CONTEST AND THEIR VALUE IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS OR THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEES PAID BY THOSE PARTICIPANTS. (B) ALL WINNING OUTCOMES REFLECT THE RELATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL OF THE PARTICIPANTS AND ARE DETERMINED PREDOMINANTLY BY ACCUMULATED STATIS- TICAL RESULTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUALS (ATHLETES IN THE CASE OF SPORTS EVENTS) IN MULTIPLE REAL-WORLD SPORTING OR OTHER EVENTS WHETHER ON A DAILY BASIS OR FOR A PREDETERMINED AMOUNT OF TIME. (C) NO WINNING OUTCOME IS BASED ON THE SCORE, POINT-SPREAD, OR ANY PERFORMANCE OR PERFORMANCES OF ANY SINGLE REAL-WORLD TEAM OR ANY COMBI- NATION OF SUCH TEAMS; OR SOLELY ON ANY SINGLE PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVID- UAL ATHLETE IN ANY SINGLE REAL-WORLD SPORTING OR OTHER EVENT. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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