S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9031
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 10, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. 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 requiring all advertisements for gambling and sports
betting to include warnings about potential harmful and addictive
effects of gambling
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 1363 of the
racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174
of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 3-a is added to
read as follows:
(a) "advertisement" shall mean any notice or communication to the
public or any information concerning GAMING, GAMBLING, SPORTS WAGERING,
AS DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE, the
gaming-related business of a gaming facility licensee or applicant
through broadcasting, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO RADIO BROADCASTING
AND TELEVISION BROADCASTING, publication or any other means of dissem-
ination, including electronic dissemination. Promotional activities are
considered advertisements for purposes of this section.
3-A. EACH ADVERTISEMENT SHALL, CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY, STATE A
WARNING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL HARMFUL AND ADDICTIVE EFFECTS OF GAMBLING.
THE COMMISSION SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING SUCH
EFFECTS AND SHALL INCLUDE SUCH IN ALL APPLICABLE ADVERTISEMENTS.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14572-02-0
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