New York City Gambling Laws
New York General Obligations Laws Sec. Illegal wagers, bets and stakes. All wagers, bets or stakes, made to depend upon any race, or upon any gaming by lot or chance, or upon any lot, chance, casualty, or unknown or contingent event whatever, shall be unlawful.
New York’s state legislature passed bills (S 1282 and S 7900 in the state Senate, and A 5438 and A 10322 from the state Assembly, respectively) to legalize sports betting at its commercial casinos and even got everything approved via voter referendum as well a few years back. However, none of these pieces of legislation could actually take effect until the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA), which limited sports betting to Nevada and a few other states, was stricken from the federal legal rolls.
As of May 14, 2018, the US Supreme Court has decided to do just that via a 6-3 majority decision. Chief Justice John Roberts, along with Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Elana Kagan and Neil Gorsuch voted to repeal PASPA, while Stephen Breyer concurred but issued a separate opinion and Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented. That’s all well and good, but what does the Supreme Court’s sports betting decision mean for New York, which is already served by legal offshore sportsbook sites and has been for years?
New York laws on gambling and lotteries regulate (and in some cases prohibit) activities such as casino gaming, horse racing, and dog racing. These laws also dictate the manner in which state lottery revenues are distributed. After 1945, enforcement of gambling laws became more strict in most places and the resort town of Las Vegas became an attractive target for investment by crime figures such as New York's Bugsy Siegel. The town rapidly developed during the 1950s, dooming some illegal gambling venues such as Galveston. New York Online Gambling Laws. The State of New York Gambling Laws permit gambling cruises, as well as inland gambling via Class III casinos operated by various Indian Tribes, and Class II Bingo, also operated by Indian Tribes in New York. Slot machines became legal in 2001 and allow gaming operators who are licensed in New Jersey to operate in NY. Under New York Penal Law § 225.30 you could be charged with possession of a gambling device if you manufacture, possess, transport or sell a slot machine, other gambling device, or a coin operated device used to advance unlawful gambling activity. A 'gambling device' is defined as any device or equipment which is used in the playing phases of.
First of all, the Empire State – along with every other state in the Union – is now free to pursue whatever policies it wants regarding sports betting. Since NY already passed laws of its own to that effect, it has a huge head start on most other states looking to legalize, regulate and tax their newly minted sportsbooks as soon as they are up and running. Secondly, the New York legislature will still have to hammer out all the details as far how to tax and regulate sports betting inside its borders before opening the doors on a casino sportsbook. Still, experts expect that New York will be offering legal sports betting inside the state lines within months at the latest, and, in the meantime, the repeal of PASPA will have no effect on the operation of New York’s favorite legal offshore sportsbook websites.
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