NY State Assembly Bill 2025-A4280A

Assembly Bill A4280A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Requires mobile sports wagering operators to establish default betting limits on their platforms and to notify authorized sports bettors of their ability to opt-out of the default betting limits

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 05, 2025	print number 4280a
Feb 05, 2025	amend and recommit to racing and wagering
Feb 03, 2025	referred to racing and wagering

Bill Amendments

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2025-A4280 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1367-b, amd §1367, RWB L

2025-A4280 - Summary

Enacts the "choice in responsible gaming act"; requires mobile sports wagering operators to establish default betting limits on their platform and to notify authorized sports bettors of their ability to opt-out of the default betting limits; directs the gaming commission to determine the monetary limit and defined period of time for such betting limits.

2025-A4280 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4280
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering
 
 AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breeding  law,  in
   relation  to  requiring  mobile sports wagering operators to establish
   default betting limits on their platforms  and  to  notify  authorized
   sports  bettors  of  their  ability  to opt-out of the default betting
   limits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "choice in responsible gaming act".
   § 2. 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; DEFAULT BETTING LIMITS. 1.  FOR THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT" SHALL MEAN A  DEFINED,
 MAXIMUM  MONETARY  AMOUNT  THAT  AN  AUTHORIZED  SPORTS BETTOR MAY WAGER
 THROUGH A MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM OVER A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME.
   2. ALL  MOBILE  SPORTS  WAGERING  OPERATORS  SHALL  IMPLEMENT  DEFAULT
 BETTING  LIMITS  ON  THEIR MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORMS. THE DEFAULT
 BETTING LIMIT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE  EFFEC-
 TIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE BASED ON THE BEST PRACTICES TO
 ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING.
   3. WHEN AN AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTOR  REGISTERS  FOR  A  MOBILE  SPORTS
 WAGERING  OPERATOR'S  PLATFORM,  SUCH  AUTHORIZED  SPORT BETTOR SHALL BE
 OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT. AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS WHO ARE
 ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM PRIOR TO  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL ALSO BE OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT
 BETTING LIMIT. ALL AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS SHALL HAVE  THE  OPTION  TO
 OPT-OUT OF THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT.
   4.  THE  MOBILE  SPORTS  WAGERING  OPERATOR  OR  PLATFORM SHALL NOTIFY
 AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEFAULT BETTING  LIMIT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08417-02-5

 A. 4280                             2
 
 AND  THE  OPTION  TO OPT-OUT AT THE TIME OF REGISTRATION. FOR AUTHORIZED
 SPORTS BETTORS ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS  WAGERING  PLAT-
 FORM PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH AUTHORIZED SPORTS
 BETTORS  SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT
 BETTING LIMIT AND THAT THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT-OUT.
   5. THE COMMISSION SHALL MONITOR COMPLIANCE WITH  THIS  SECTION  FOR  A
 MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OPERATOR'S OR PLATFORM'S NON-COMPLIANCE, AND SUCH
 NON-COMPLIANCE  SHALL  BE  FINED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 3. The opening paragraph 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:
   As  used in this section [and in], section thirteen hundred sixty-sev-
 en-a AND SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B of this title:
   § 4. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
 completed on or before such effective date.

2025-A4280A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Racing And Wagering
Law Section:: Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:: Add §1367-b, amd §1367, RWB L

2025-A4280A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2025-A4280A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4280--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BORES -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Racing and Wagering -- committee discharged, bill amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
   relation to requiring mobile sports wagering  operators  to  establish
   default  betting  limits  on  their platforms and to notify authorized
   sports bettors of their ability to  opt-out  of  the  default  betting
   limits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "choice in responsible gaming act".
   §  2.  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; DEFAULT BETTING LIMITS. 1.  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES  OF THIS SECTION, "DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT" SHALL MEAN A DEFINED,
 MAXIMUM MONETARY AMOUNT THAT  AN  AUTHORIZED  SPORTS  BETTOR  MAY  WAGER
 THROUGH A MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM OVER A DEFINED PERIOD OF TIME.
   2.  ALL  MOBILE  SPORTS  WAGERING  OPERATORS  SHALL  IMPLEMENT DEFAULT
 BETTING LIMITS ON THEIR MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING  PLATFORMS.  THE  DEFAULT
 BETTING  LIMIT SHALL BE DETERMINED BY THE COMMISSION PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
 TIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE BASED ON THE  BEST  PRACTICES  TO
 ENCOURAGE RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING.
   3.  WHEN  AN  AUTHORIZED  SPORTS  BETTOR REGISTERS FOR A MOBILE SPORTS
 WAGERING OPERATOR'S PLATFORM, SUCH  AUTHORIZED  SPORT  BETTOR  SHALL  BE
 OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT. AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS WHO ARE
 ALREADY  REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM PRIOR TO THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL ALSO BE  OPTED-IN  TO  THE  DEFAULT
 BETTING  LIMIT.  ALL  AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS SHALL HAVE THE OPTION TO
 OPT-OUT OF THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08417-03-5
 A. 4280--A                          2

 
   4. THE MOBILE  SPORTS  WAGERING  OPERATOR  OR  PLATFORM  SHALL  NOTIFY
 AUTHORIZED  SPORTS BETTORS OF THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEFAULT BETTING LIMIT
 AND THE OPTION TO OPT-OUT AT THE TIME OF  REGISTRATION.  FOR  AUTHORIZED
 SPORTS  BETTORS  ALREADY REGISTERED FOR THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLAT-
 FORM PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, SUCH AUTHORIZED SPORTS
 BETTORS  SHALL  BE  NOTIFIED THAT THEY HAVE BEEN OPTED-IN TO THE DEFAULT
 BETTING LIMIT AND THAT THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO OPT-OUT.
   § 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 16 of  section  1367  of  the  racing,
 pari-mutuel  wagering  and breeding law, as added by section 3 of part Y
 of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) Any person, firm, corporation, association, agent, or employee who
 knowingly violates any procedure implemented under  this  section,  [or]
 section  thirteen  hundred sixty-seven-a of this title, OR SECTION THIR-
 TEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B OF THIS TITLE, shall be liable  for  a  civil
 penalty  as  described  in  section  one hundred sixteen of this chapter
 which shall accrue to the state and may be recovered in a  civil  action
 brought by the commission.
   §  4.  The  opening  paragraph 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:
   As used in this section [and in], section thirteen hundred  sixty-sev-
 en-a AND SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN-B of this title:
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

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