S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4280--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 3, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to requiring mobile sports wagering operators to establish
default betting limits on their platforms and to notify authorized
sports bettors of their ability to opt-out of the default betting
limits
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
the "choice in responsible gaming act".
§ 2. The racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law is amended by
adding a new section 1367-b to read as follows:
§ 1367-B. MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING; DEFAULT BETTING LIMITS. 1. FOR THE
PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT" SHALL MEAN A DEFINED,
MAXIMUM MONETARY AMOUNT THAT AN AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTOR MAY WAGER
THROUGH A MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM OVER A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME.
2. ALL MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OPERATORS SHALL IMPLEMENT DEFAULT
BETTING LIMITS ON THEIR MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORMS. THE DEFAULT
BETTING LIMIT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICES TO
ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING.
3. WHEN AN AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTOR REGISTERS FOR A MOBILE SPORTS
WAGERING OPERATOR'S PLATFORM, SUCH AUTHORIZED SPORT BETTOR SHALL BE
OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT. AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS WHO ARE
ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM PRIOR TO THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO BE OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT
BETTING LIMIT. ALL AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO
OPT-OUT OF THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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4. THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OPERATOR OR PLATFORM SHALL NOTIFY
AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT
AND THE OPTION TO OPT-OUT AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION. FOR AUTHORIZED
SPORTS BETTORS ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLAT-
FORM PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH AUTHORIZED SPORTS
BETTORS SHALL BE NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT
BETTING LIMIT AND THAT THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT-OUT.
§ 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of section 1367 of the racing,
pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by section 3 of part Y
of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Any person, firm, corporation, association, agent, or employee who
knowingly violates any procedure implemented under this section, [or]
section thirteen hundred sixty-seven-a of this title, OR SECTION THIR-
TEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS TITLE, shall be liable for a civil
penalty as described in section one hundred sixteen of this chapter
which shall accrue to the state and may be recovered in a civil action
brought by the commission.
§ 4. The opening paragraph 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:
As used in this section [and in], section thirteen hundred sixty-sev-
en-a AND SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B of this title:
§ 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
completed on or before such effective date.