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Senate Bill S7935

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the game of bunco and games of chance

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

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2025-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §186, Gen Muni L

2025-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Adds the game of bunco to the games of chance.

2025-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7935
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 general municipal law, in relation to adding the
   game of bunco to the games of chance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 3 of section 186 of the general municipal law,
 as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  and  a  new
 subdivision 3-f is added to read as follows:
   3.  "Games  of  chance" shall mean and include only the games known as
 "merchandise wheels",  "BUNCO",  "coin  boards",  "merchandise  boards",
 "seal  cards",  "event games", "raffles", and "bell jars" and such other
 specific games as may be authorized by the board, in  which  prizes  are
 awarded on the basis of a designated winning number or numbers, color or
 colors,  symbol or symbols determined by chance, but not including games
 commonly known as "bingo or lotto" which are  controlled  under  article
 fourteen-H  of this chapter and also not including "bookmaking", "policy
 or numbers games" and "lottery" as defined  in  section  225.00  of  the
 penal  law.  [No  game  of chance shall involve wagering of money by one
 player against another player.]
   3-F. "BUNCO" SHALL MEAN A GAME WHERE PLAYERS ROLL MULTIPLE DICE IN  AN
 ATTEMPT TO ROLL THE NUMBER CORRESPONDING TO THE ROUND NUMBER. THE NUMBER
 OF  GAMES,  ROUNDS  AND PLAYERS CAN VARY. PLAYERS ARE DIVIDED INTO TEAMS
 WHICH COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER, EITHER BASED ON THE NUMBER  OF  ROUNDS
 WON OR THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MATCHES THEY ROLL THROUGHOUT THE GAME.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11838-01-5

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