Designates an individual who has been convicted of certain crimes or of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor

Plain English Breakdown

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Designates an individual who has been convicted of certain crimes or of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor

Designates an individual who has been convicted of certain crimes or of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor Designates an individual found to have been convicted of certain crimes where the complainant or victim is an amateur or professional athlete, coach, official or other participant in a sports event, or a jockey, driver, trainer, owner, official or other participant in a horse race, or to have been convicted of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races, or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor; requires the commission to notify the individual; allows for the individual to contest such designation; requires account wagering licensees to prohibit any individual designated as a prohibited sports bettor from establishing or maintaining a wagering account.

What This Bill Does

• Designates an individual who has been convicted of certain crimes or of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor Designates an individual found to have been convicted of certain crimes where the complainant or victim is an amateur or professional athlete, coach, official or other participant in a sports event, or a jockey, driver, trainer, owner, official or other participant in a horse race, or to have been convicted of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races, or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor; requires the commission to notify the individual; allows for the individual to contest such designation; requires account wagering licensees to prohibit any individual designated as a prohibited sports bettor from establishing or maintaining a wagering account.

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Official Summary Text

Designates an individual who has been convicted of certain crimes or of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor
Designates an individual found to have been convicted of certain crimes where the complainant or victim is an amateur or professional athlete, coach, official or other participant in a sports event, or a jockey, driver, trainer, owner, official or other participant in a horse race, or to have been convicted of certain offenses involving sports contests, horse races, or wagering thereon, as a prohibited sports bettor; requires the commission to notify the individual; allows for the individual to contest such designation; requires account wagering licensees to prohibit any individual designated as a prohibited sports bettor from establishing or maintaining a wagering account.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7903

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     April 11, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- 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 designating  an  individual  who  has  harassed  athletes,
          coaches,  officials, or participants of a sports event as a prohibited
          sports bettor

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Subparagraphs (ix) and (x) of paragraph (r) of subdivision
     2  1 of section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding  law,
     3  as amended by section 3 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of 2021, are
     4  amended and a new subparagraph (xi) is added to read as follows:
     5    (ix)  any  individual placing a wager as an agent or proxy for another
     6  person known to be a prohibited sports bettor; [or]
     7    (x) any minor[.]; OR
     8    (XI) ANY INDIVIDUAL FOUND TO HAVE HARASSED OR SHOWN A HARMFUL  PATTERN
     9  OF  CONDUCT DIRECTED AT AMATEUR OR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES, COACHES, OFFI-
    10  CIALS, OR PARTICIPANTS OF A SPORTS EVENT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
    11  VERBAL, WRITTEN OR ELECTRONIC THREATS, LEWD  OR  OBSCENE  STATEMENTS  OR
    12  IMAGES, VANDALISM OR NONCONSENSUAL PHYSICAL CONTACT SUCH INDIVIDUAL KNEW
    13  OR  SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WOULD CAUSE A REASONABLE PERSON TO SUFFER SUBSTAN-
    14  TIAL EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, SUBSTANTIAL FEAR FOR THEIR SAFETY OR THE SAFETY
    15  OF ANOTHER PERSON, OR SUBSTANTIAL FEAR  FOR  THE  DESTRUCTION  OF  THEIR
    16  PROPERTY.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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