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Senate Bill S10470

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators or platform providers from permitting, accepting, or facilitating placement of a sports wager through a mobile application from any individual on a NY college campus

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

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2025-S10470 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10526
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Add §1367-b, RWB L

2025-S10470 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators or platform providers from permitting, accepting, or facilitating the placement of a sports wager through a mobile application or platform from any individual on a college campus in the state; requires mobile sports betting platforms to implement geofencing restrictions on campuses and properties; limits exposure to gambling for college-aged students; reduces distractions in academic settings.

2025-S10470 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10470
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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  prohibiting mobile sports wagering operators or platform
   providers from permitting, accepting, or facilitating placement  of  a
   sports  wager  through a mobile application or platform from any indi-
   vidual on a college campus in the state
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  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; GEOFENCING RESTRICTIONS FOR  COLLEGE
 CAMPUSES. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
   (A)  "MOBILE  SPORTS WAGERING OPERATOR" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 SET FORTH IN SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE; AND
   (B) "PLATFORM PROVIDER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  NO  MOBILE  SPORTS WAGERING OPERATOR OR PLATFORM PROVIDER LICENSED
 PURSUANT TO SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-A OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL
 PERMIT, ACCEPT, OR FACILITATE THE PLACEMENT OF A SPORTS WAGER THROUGH  A
 MOBILE APPLICATION OR PLATFORM FROM ANY INDIVIDUAL PHYSICALLY LOCATED ON
 ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE.
   3.  ALL MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OPERATORS AND PLATFORM PROVIDERS SHALL,
 ON OR BEFORE AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SEVEN, IMPLEMENT GEOLOCA-
 TION AND GEOFENCING TECHNOLOGY TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION. SUCH TECHNOLOGY SHALL BE CAPABLE OF
 REASONABLY DETECTING AND PREVENTING WAGERING ACTIVITY OCCURRING  ON  THE
 PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN.
   4. ANY COLLEGE WITH A CAMPUS LOCATED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE SHALL COOP-
 ERATE WITH THE COMMISSION IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY GEOGRAPHIC DATA AND
 CAMPUS BOUNDARY INFORMATION TO EFFECTUATE COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13760-03-6
 S. 10470                            2

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