Senate Bill S1962

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of wager and changes the licensing requirements for mobile sports wagering operators

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee


  • 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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2023-S1962 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3666
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1367 & 1367-a, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8471, A8658

2023-S1962 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of sports wager to include other things of value; changes the licensing requirement for mobile sports wagering operators; provides the state shall by no later than January 31, 2024 have fourteen operators and by January 31, 2025 have sixteen operators; provides tax rates shall be determined based on the number of operators.

2023-S1962 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S1962 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1962
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 the definition of wager and the licensing of mobile sports
   wagering operators

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (w)  of  subdivision  1 of section 1367 of the
 racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by  section  3
 of  part  Y  of  chapter  59  of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (w) "Sports wager" means cash [or], cash equivalent OR THING OF  VALUE
 that  is  paid  by  an  authorized sports bettor to a casino or a mobile
 sports wagering licensee to participate in sports  wagering  offered  by
 such casino or mobile sports wagering licensee;
   §  2.  Paragraph  (y)  of subdivision 1 of section 1367 of the racing,
 pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as amended by section 3 of part Y
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (y) "Sports wagering gross revenue" means: [(i)] the amount  equal  to
 the  total  of  all  sports wagers not attributable to prohibited sports
 events that a CASINO OR mobile sports wagering  licensee  collects  from
 all  sports  bettors,  EXCLUDING WAGERS PLACED WITH PROMOTIONAL WAGERING
 CREDITS OR OTHER THINGS OF VALUE, less the total of all sums not attrib-
 utable to prohibited sports events paid out as winnings  to  all  sports
 bettors,  however,  that  the  total of all sums paid out as winnings to
 sports bettors shall not  include  the  cash  equivalent  value  of  any
 merchandise  or  thing  of value awarded as a prize, AND LESS ALL EXCISE
 TAXES ON SPORTS WAGERS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO PROHIBITED SPORTS EVENTS PAID
 PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW;

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04665-01-3
 S. 1962                             2
              

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