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Senate Bill S9047

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides that mobile sports wagering operators and mobile sports wagering platforms are prohibited from limiting the size and frequency of deposits or wagers or banning authorized sports bettors individually

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee

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2025-S9047 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9125
Current Committee:
Senate Racing, Gaming And Wagering
Law Section:
Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1367-a, RWB L

2025-S9047 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that mobile sports wagering operators and mobile sports wagering platforms are prohibited from limiting the size and frequency of deposits or wagers of authorized sports bettors because the bettor obtains financial benefit or due to the bettor's waging activity; provides exceptions for suspicious wagering activity and indications of a gambling disorder; requires such operators and platforms to provide electronic written notice when an authorized sports bettor is limited or banned.

2025-S9047 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9047 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9047
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 27, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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, in
   relation to prohibiting mobile sports wagering  operators  and  mobile
   sports  wagering  platforms  from  limiting  the size and frequency of
   deposits or wagers of authorized sports bettors on an individual basis
   or banning authorized sports bettors on an individual basis
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "fair play
 act".
   § 2. Subdivision 1367-a of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breed-
 ing law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4-a to read as follows:
   4-A. (A) MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING OPERATORS AND MOBILE  SPORTS  WAGERING
 PLATFORMS  SHALL  BE  PROHIBITED  FROM LIMITING THE SIZE OR FREQUENCY OF
 DEPOSITS OR WAGERS OF AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTORS BECAUSE SUCH BETTOR:
   (I) OBTAINS FINANCIAL BENEFIT AS A RESULT OF THEIR WAGERING  ACTIVITY;
 OR
   (II)  DUE  TO  SUCH  BETTOR'S  WAGERING ACTIVITY, UNLESS SUCH WAGERING
 ACTIVITY:
   (A) CONSTITUTES SUSPICIOUS WAGERING ACTIVITY, AS DEFINED IN  PARAGRAPH
 (BB)  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THIRTEEN HUNDRED SIXTY-SEVEN OF THIS
 TITLE; OR
   (B) INDICATES THAT SUCH BETTOR HAS A GAMBLING DISORDER, AS DEFINED  IN
 ARTICLE ONE OF THE MENTAL HYGIENE LAW.
   (B)  WHEN AN AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTOR IS LIMITED OR BANNED, THE MOBILE
 SPORTS WAGERING OPERATOR OR MOBILE SPORTS WAGERING PLATFORM SHALL, WITH-
 IN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ISSUING SUCH LIMIT OR  BAN,  PROVIDE  ELECTRONIC
 WRITTEN  NOTICE  TO  SUCH  AUTHORIZED SPORTS BETTOR. SUCH WRITTEN NOTICE
 SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NEED NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (I) THE SPECIFIC MANNER IN WHICH  SUCH  AUTHORIZED  SPORTS  BETTOR  IS
 BEING RESTRICTED;
   (II) THE DURATION OF SUCH RESTRICTION;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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