NY State Senate Bill 2025-S9436

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

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Date of Action	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 12, 2026	referred to racing, gaming and wagering

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A382
Current Committee:: Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §1363, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:: A10658

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands advertising restrictions for gaming facility licensees and applicants to include mobile sports wagering licensees.

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9436

SPONSOR: COMRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to advertising restrictions for mobile sports wagering licen-
sees

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Relates to advertising restrictions for mobile sports wagering licen-
sees.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 1363 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and
breeding law to add mobile sports wagering licensees to the current
advertising restrictions in place against gaming facility licensees.
This section also requires that the gambling hotline number be visible
at all times on video advertisements.

Section 2 provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

As a result of the legalization of mobile sports wagering in 2022, all
gaming-eligible New Yorkers have gained access to a form of gambling
which they can participate in at any time from their phones or comput-
ers.

While legalizing mobile sports wagering was important, it also came with
an increase in calls for problem gamblers. In fact, according to the
gaming commission, in the year since mobile sports wagering became
legalized, they saw a 26% increase in problem gambling calls.

Advertising plays a major role in gaming companies getting more garners
on their platforms, and its important that these advertisements not be
deceptive, misleading, or that they unduly influence people to partic-
ipate in a gambling activity when they otherwise wouldò not have wanted
to. It is also important that people who are viewing these advertise-
ments are clearly communicated a problem gambling hotline number in such
a way that they can make the most use out of it.

Thus, to accomplish these goals, this bill applies mobile sports wager-
ing licensees to the provisions of the advertising section of the wager-
ing law to require that they not create deceptive or misleading adver-
tisements, that they block user request to discontinue future receipt of
advertisements, and that they provide to the gaming commission complete
and accurate copies of their advertisements and maintain a complete
record of all of their advertisements for at least two years.

The bill also bans the depiction of any minor, regardless of whether or
not they are engaging in a gaming activity, and it requires that all
video advertisements for mobile sports wagering include a problem gambl-
ing hotline number for the entire duration of the advertisement so that
problem gamblers have a longer opportunity to see and call that number.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
07/22/24 - referred to racing and wagering

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

N/A

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall have
become law.

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9436
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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 advertising restrictions for mobile sports wagering licen-
   sees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1363 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
 ing  law,  as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, paragraph (a) of
 subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 423 of the laws of 2024, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   § 1363. Advertising restrictions. 1. As used in this section:
   (a)  "advertisement"  shall  mean  any  notice or communication to the
 public or any information concerning the gaming-related  business  of  a
 gaming facility licensee or applicant or a mobile sports wagering licen-
 see  as  defined in section thirteen hundred sixty-seven of this article
 through broadcasting, publication or any other means  of  dissemination,
 including  electronic  dissemination. Promotional activities are consid-
 ered advertisements for purposes of this section.
   (b) "direct advertisement" shall mean any advertisement  as  described
 in  paragraph (a) of this subdivision that is disseminated to a specific
 individual or individuals.
   (C) "MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING LICENSEE" SHALL HAVE THE SAME  MEANING  AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2.  Advertising  shall  be  based  upon  fact, and shall not be false,
 deceptive or misleading, and no advertising by or on behalf of a  gaming
 facility licensee OR A MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING LICENSEE shall:
   (a)  Use  any  type,  size,  location, lighting, illustration, graphic
 depiction or color resulting in the obscuring of any material fact;
   (b) Fail to clearly and conspicuously specify and state  any  material
 conditions or limiting factors;
   (c)  Depict  any person under the age of twenty-one engaging in gaming
 and related activities; or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD01922-03-6
 S. 9436                             2
 
   (d) Fail to designate and state the name and location  of  the  gaming
 facility conducting the advertisement. The location of the gaming facil-
 ity need not be included on billboards within thirty miles of the gaming
 facility.
   3.  Each advertisement shall, clearly and conspicuously, state a prob-
 lem gambling hotline number.  WHERE THE ADVERTISEMENT IS A  VIDEO,  SUCH
 GAMBLING  HOTLINE NUMBER SHALL BE VISIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE DURATION OF THE
 ADVERTISEMENT.
   4.  Each  direct  advertisement  shall,  clearly  and   conspicuously,
 describe  a  method or methods by which an individual may designate that
 the individual does not wish to receive any future direct advertisement.
   (a) The described method must be by at least two of the following:
   (1) Telephone;
   (2) Regular U.S. mail; or
   (3) Electronic mail.
   (b) Upon receipt of an individual's request to discontinue receipt  of
 future  advertisement,  a  gaming  facility  licensee  or applicant OR A
 MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING LICENSEE  shall  block  the  individual  in  [the
 gaming  facility  licensee's] SUCH LICENSEES' OR APPLICANT'S database so
 as to prevent the individual from receiving future direct advertisements
 within fifteen days of receipt of the request.
   5. Each gaming facility licensee  or  applicant  OR  A  MOBILE  SPORTS
 WAGERING  LICENSEE  shall provide to the commission at its main office a
 complete and accurate copy of all advertisements  within  five  business
 days of the advertisement's public dissemination. Gaming facility licen-
 sees or applicants OR MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING LICENSEES shall discontinue
 the  public  dissemination upon receipt of notice from the commission to
 discontinue an advertisement.
   6. A gaming facility licensee or applicant OR A MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING
 LICENSEE shall maintain a complete record of all  advertisements  for  a
 period  of  at  least  two years. Records shall be made available to the
 commission upon request.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.

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

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2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Details

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9436 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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