Bill Text: NY A05868 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits certain licensed entities from limiting, prohibiting, or requiring certain bets or banning a player based, in any part, on the player's success, except in cases where the player exceeds certain threshold win and loss caps.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to racing and wagering [A05868 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A05868-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5868

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 23, 2023
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        Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- 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 prohibiting certain limits or bans on players

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering  and  breeding  law  is
     2  amended by adding a new section 912 to read as follows:
     3    §  912.  Limiting  or  banning players. 1. a. No entity licensed under
     4  this chapter to conduct any gaming activity shall  limit,  prohibit,  or
     5  require certain bets or ban a player based, in any part, on the player's
     6  success,  except in cases where the player exceeds the threshold win and
     7  loss caps permitted under this section.
     8    b. For purposes of this section, a player is deemed limited, prohibit-
     9  ed, or required to place certain bets or banned based, in any  part,  on
    10  the  player's  success where the player's success is deemed a motivating
    11  factor behind the action, irrespective  of  any  other  act  the  player
    12  engaged in.
    13    c. For purposes of this section, "success" shall mean a player's abil-
    14  ity  to win or lose a game or games operated by an entity licensed under
    15  this chapter through lawful means.
    16    2. An entity licensed under this chapter to conduct any gaming  activ-
    17  ity  may  implement  an identifiable win cap under the following circum-
    18  stances:
    19    a. The licensee implements an identifiable loss cap,  expressed  as  a
    20  negative value, that shall not exceed two percent of the win cap; and
    21    b.  Both  the  win and loss caps are strictly enforced by the licensee
    22  except with respect to players who opt out in accordance  with  subdivi-
    23  sion  three  of this section. A win or loss cap is deemed to be strictly
    24  enforced against a player where a  player  who  exceeds  either  cap  is
    25  prohibited  from further play through the use of reasonable means by the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10056-02-3
        A. 5868                             2

     1  entity. It shall not be considered a failure to strictly enforce  either
     2  cap  where  the  result  of  a  player's final bet causes them to exceed
     3  either cap.
     4    3. A player may voluntarily opt out of both the win and loss caps, but
     5  not one, upon signed, written notice to the licensee. Such signed notice
     6  is  effective when made before play or at any point during play, but not
     7  after the player has exceeded more than fifty percent of the win cap  or
     8  loss  cap. The notice shall not be effective where the player is visibly
     9  intoxicated. The notice  shall  be  effective  for  either  one  hundred
    10  sixty-eight  hours  or  until  rescinded in writing. In either case, the
    11  length of time shall be printed in bold, capital letters at the  top  of
    12  such  notice.  A  licensee  may  only  provide an indefinite notice upon
    13  request by a player. Access or continued access to the licensee's gaming
    14  activities or the licensee's premises shall not be affected by the play-
    15  er's failure to sign the notice. Notice may be rescinded at any point if
    16  made in a signed writing following the notice becoming effective.  Where
    17  a  player  opts out of the win and loss cap, a licensee may limit or ban
    18  such player based, in any part, on their success.
    19    4. A person aggrieved by a violation of this section shall be entitled
    20  to a private right of action against the licensee for, in  the  case  of
    21  the player:
    22    a.  exceeding the loss cap, the difference between the amount lost and
    23  the loss cap;
    24    b. exceeding the win cap, the difference between the  amount  won  and
    25  the win cap;
    26    c.  becoming limited, prohibited, or required to place certain bets or
    27  banned based, in any part,  on  the  player's  success,  the  difference
    28  between  the player's current earnings or losses and the win cap or ten-
    29  thousand dollars, whichever is lower.
    30    § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
    31  have become a law.