Assembly Bill A8588

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Excludes participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance"

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8588 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Penal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §225.00, Pen L

2015-A8588 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Excludes participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance".

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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