Assembly Bill A3666

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Amends the definition of wager and changes the licensing requirements for mobile sports wagering operators

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A3666 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1962
Current Committee:
Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1367 & 1367-a, RWB L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A8658, S8471

2023-A3666 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Amends the definition of sports wager to include other things of value; changes the licensing requirement for mobile sports wagering operators; provides the state shall by no later than January 31, 2024 have fourteen operators and by January 31, 2025 have sixteen operators; provides tax rates shall be determined based on the number of operators.

2023-A3666 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3666
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation to the definition of wager and the licensing of mobile sports
   wagering operators
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (w) 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:
   (w)  "Sports wager" means cash [or], cash equivalent OR THING OF VALUE
 that is paid by an authorized sports bettor to  a  casino  or  a  mobile
 sports  wagering  licensee  to participate in sports wagering offered by
 such casino or mobile sports wagering licensee;
   § 2. Paragraph (y) 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:
   (y)  "Sports  wagering gross revenue" means: [(i)] the amount equal to
 the total of all sports wagers not  attributable  to  prohibited  sports
 events  that  a  CASINO OR mobile sports wagering licensee collects from
 all sports bettors, EXCLUDING WAGERS PLACED  WITH  PROMOTIONAL  WAGERING
 CREDITS OR OTHER THINGS OF VALUE, less the total of all sums not attrib-
 utable  to  prohibited  sports events paid out as winnings to all sports
 bettors, however, that the total of all sums paid  out  as  winnings  to
 sports  bettors  shall  not  include  the  cash  equivalent value of any
 merchandise or thing of value awarded as a prize, AND  LESS  ALL  EXCISE
 TAXES ON SPORTS WAGERS NOT ATTRIBUTABLE TO PROHIBITED SPORTS EVENTS PAID
 PURSUANT TO FEDERAL LAW;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04665-01-3
 A. 3666                             2
 
              

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