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                                   6880
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. GANDOLFO -- 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 allowing bars  and  restaurants  to  organize  and  manage
   sports squares pools
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (bb) and (cc) 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, are amended and a
 new paragraph (dd) is added to read as follows:
   (bb) "Suspicious wagering activity" means  unusual  wagering  activity
 that  cannot be explained and is indicative of match fixing, the manipu-
 lation of an event, misuse of inside information,  or  other  prohibited
 activity; [and]
   (cc)  "Independent  integrity monitor" means an independent individual
 or entity approved by the  commission  to  receive  reports  of  unusual
 wagering  activity  from  a  casino, mobile sports wagering licensee, or
 commission for the purpose of assisting in identifying suspicious wager-
 ing activity[.]; AND
   (DD) "SPORTS SQUARES POOL" MEANS A TYPE OF  SPORTS  POOL  WHEREBY  TWO
 TEAMS COMPETING IN A SINGLE SPORTS EVENT ARE EACH SEPARATELY ASSIGNED TO
 THE  X  OR  Y  AXIS  OF  A GRID, WITH A NUMERICAL VALUE ASSIGNED TO EACH
 CORRESPONDING COLUMN AND ROW OF SUCH GRID, AND WHERE BETTORS CHOOSE  ONE
 OR  MORE CELLS OF SUCH GRID AS THE BASIS OF THEIR WAGER, WITH THE WINNER
 OF SUCH SPORTS POOL BEING DETERMINED BY THE CELL OR CELLS OF  SUCH  GRID
 CORRESPONDING WITH THE RESULTING SCORE AT THE END OF, OR AT A PRE-DETER-
 MINED POINT DURING, SUCH SPORTS EVENT, AND ANY ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS SET
 BY THE ORGANIZER OF SUCH SPORTS POOL.
   § 2. Section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law
 is amended by adding a new subdivision 17 to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   17.  A  BAR  OR  RESTAURANT OTHERWISE OPERATING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
 PROVISIONS OF TITLE EIGHT OF ARTICLE THIRTEEN OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH  LAW,
 AND  LICENSED  TO  SELL  LIQUOR,  WINE  AND BEER ON-PREMISES PURSUANT TO
 SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OR SIXTY-FOUR-A OF  THE  ALCOHOLIC  BEVERAGE  CONTROL
 LAW,  SHALL BE PERMITTED TO ORGANIZE AND MANAGE SPORTS SQUARES POOLS FOR
 PARTICIPATION BY CUSTOMERS OF SUCH BAR OR RESTAURANT; PROVIDED THAT SUCH
 BAR OR RESTAURANT DOES NOT TAKE A PROFIT FROM  THE  FUNDS  OF  ANY  SUCH
 SPORTS  SQUARES  POOL, AND THAT THE ENTIRETY OF WAGERS PLACED BY BETTORS
 PARTICIPATING IN ANY SUCH SPORTS SQUARES POOL ARE PAID TO THE WINNER  OR
 WINNERS  OF SUCH SPORTS SQUARES POOL. A BAR OR RESTAURANT ORGANIZING AND
 MANAGING A SPORTS SQUARES POOL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 SECTION SHALL NOT BE IN VIOLATION OF ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  THIS  CHAP-
 TER.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.