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S10154 • 2025

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York

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Sponsor
Jeremy Zellner
Last action
2026-04-30
Official status
In Senate Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York Requires mobile sports wagering operators when providing information regarding compulsive play, all links and referrals for counseling, therapy or treatment services shall direct account holders to the problem gambling services webpage maintained the office of addiction services and supports.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York Requires mobile sports wagering operators when providing information regarding compulsive play, all links and referrals for counseling, therapy or treatment services shall direct account holders to the problem gambling services webpage maintained the office of addiction services and supports.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-30 Senate

    REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Official Summary Text

Prohibits mobile sports wagering operators from providing counseling, therapy, and treatment services for bettors in New York
Requires mobile sports wagering operators when providing information regarding compulsive play, all links and referrals for counseling, therapy or treatment services shall direct account holders to the problem gambling services webpage maintained the office of addiction services and supports.

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

                                          10154

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                     April 30, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. ZELLNER -- 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 from  provid-
          ing  counseling,  therapy,  and  treatment services for bettors in New
          York

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

     1    Section  1.  Subparagraphs (xiv) and (xv) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
     2  sion 4 of section 1367-a of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and  breed-
     3  ing  law,  as  added by section 4 of part Y of chapter 59 of the laws of
     4  2021, are amended to read as follows:
     5    (xiv) maintain  a  publicly  accessible  internet  page  dedicated  to
     6  responsible  play,  a  link  to  which  must appear on the mobile sports
     7  wagering operator's website and in any mobile application or  electronic
     8  platform  on  which a bettor may place wagers. The responsible play page
     9  shall include: a statement of  the  mobile  sports  wagering  operator's
    10  policy  and  commitment to responsible gaming; information regarding, or
    11  links to information regarding, the risks associated with  gambling  and
    12  the  potential signs of problem gaming; the availability of self-imposed
    13  responsible gaming limits; a link to a problem gaming webpage maintained
    14  by the office of addiction services and supports; and such other  infor-
    15  mation or statements as the commission may require by rule; [and]
    16    (xv)  WHEN  PROVIDING INFORMATION REGARDING COMPULSIVE PLAY, ALL LINKS
    17  AND REFERRALS FOR COUNSELING, THERAPY OR TREATMENT SERVICES SHALL DIRECT
    18  ACCOUNT HOLDERS TO THE PROBLEM GAMBLING SERVICES WEBPAGE  MAINTAINED  BY
    19  THE  OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS. THE MOBILE SPORTS WAGER-
    20  ING OPERATOR SHALL NOT ADVERTISE OR PROMOTE ANY  OTHER  ORGANIZATION  OR
    21  ENTITY  THAT  PROVIDES  COUNSELING,  THERAPY,  OR TREATMENT SERVICES FOR
    22  COMPULSIVE PLAY. NOTHING IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH SHALL PROHIBIT THE  MOBILE
    23  SPORTS  WAGERING  OPERATOR  FROM  PROVIDING  RESPONSIBLE  GAMING  TOOLS,
    24  INCLUDING DEPOSIT LIMITS, WAGER LIMITS, TIME LIMITS, AND VOLUNTARY SELF-
    25  EXCLUSION; AND

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13809-01-5
        S. 10154                            2

     1    (XVI) submit annually a problem gaming plan that was approved  by  the
     2  commission  in  consultation  with  the office of addiction services and
     3  supports that includes: the objectives of and timetables for  implement-
     4  ing the plan; identification of the persons responsible for implementing
     5  and   maintaining  the  plan;  procedures  for  identifying  users  with
     6  suspected or known problem gaming  behavior;  procedures  for  providing
     7  information  to  users  concerning  problem  gaming  identification  and
     8  resources; procedures to prevent  gaming  by  minors  and  self-excluded
     9  persons; and such other problem gaming information as the commission may
    10  require by rule.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.