Senate Bill S2610

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling

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Current Bill Status - On Floor Calendar

  • 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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2025-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6814
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §108, RWB L; amd §1617-a, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7043, A10229
2013-2014: S3417, A2082
2015-2016: S2748, A3913
2017-2018: S4229, A6322
2019-2020: S1979, A1682
2021-2022: S1446, A7144
2023-2024: S1557, A3108

2025-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling.

2025-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S2610 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2610
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 and
   the tax law, in relation to prohibiting individuals under the  age  of
   twenty-one from gambling

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 108  of  the  racing,  pari-mutuel
 wagering and breeding law, as added by section 1 of part A of chapter 60
 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  No corporation, association or person that holds a license, regis-
 tration, franchise, certificate or permit issued by the commission shall
 permit any person who is actually or apparently under  [eighteen]  TWEN-
 TY-ONE years of age to bet on gaming activity, as defined in subdivision
 five of section one hundred one of this article.
   §  2.  The opening paragraph of subdivision b of section 1617-a of the
 tax law, as amended by section 1 of part SS of chapter 60 of the laws of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   Such rules and regulations shall provide, as a condition of licensure,
 that racetracks to be licensed are certified to be  in  compliance  with
 all state and local fire and safety codes, THAT NO PERSON WHO IS ACTUAL-
 LY  AND  APPARENTLY  UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE SHALL BE PERMITTED TO
 PARTICIPATE IN VIDEO LOTTERY  GAMING,  that  the  gaming  commission  is
 afforded  adequate  space, infrastructure, and amenities consistent with
 industry standards for such video lottery gaming operations as found  at
 racetracks  in  other  states,  that racetrack employees involved in the
 operation of video lottery gaming pursuant to this section are  licensed
 by  the  gaming commission and such other terms and conditions of licen-
 sure as the gaming commission may establish.  Notwithstanding any incon-
 sistent provision of law, video lottery gaming at a  racetrack  pursuant
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03259-01-5

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