Requires an off-track betting corporation that accepts wagers on the simulcasts of thoroughbred races from out-of-state or out-of-country to pay to its regional harness track or tracks an amount equal to three percent of handle generated from the acceptance of such wagers from out-of-state or out-of-country thoroughbred tracks after 7:30 P.M.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10515
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 6, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. STERN -- 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 off-track betting maintenance of effort payments
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 1017 of the racing, pari-mutuel
wagering and breeding law, as amended by chapter 174 of the laws of
2013, paragraph a as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2020, is
amended to read as follows:
2. [a. Maintenance of effort.] Any off-track betting corporation that
engages in accepting wagers on the simulcasts of thoroughbred races from
out-of-state or out-of-country as permitted under subdivision one of
this section shall [submit to the commission, for its approval, a sched-
ule of payments to be made in any year or portion thereof, that such
off-track corporation engages in nighttime thoroughbred simulcasting. In
order to be approved by the commission, the payment schedule shall be
identical to the actual payments and distributions of such payments to
tracks and purses made by such off-track corporation pursuant to the
provisions of section one thousand fifteen of this article during the
year two thousand two, as derived from out-of-state harness races
displayed after 6:00 P.M. If approved by the commission, such scheduled
payments shall be made from revenues derived from any simulcasting
conducted pursuant to this section and section one thousand fifteen of
this article.
b. Additional payments. During each calendar year, to the extent, and
at such time in the event, that aggregate statewide wagering handle
after 7:30 P.M. on out-of-state and out-of-country thoroughbred races
exceeds one hundred million dollars, each off-track betting corporation
conducting such simulcasting shall pay to its regional harness track or
tracks, an amount equal to two percent of its proportionate share of
such excess handle. In any region where there are two or more regional
harness tracks, such two percent shall be divided between or among the
tracks in a proportion equal to the proportion of handle on live harness
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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