Bill Text: NY A09031 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Requires all advertisements for gambling and sports betting to include warnings about potential harmful and addictive effects of gambling.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-10 - referred to racing and wagering [A09031 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09031-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9031

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 10, 2020
                                       ___________

        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  requiring  all  advertisements  for  gambling and sports
          betting to include warnings  about  potential  harmful  and  addictive
          effects of gambling

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

     1    Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  1  of  section  1363  of  the
     2  racing,  pari-mutuel  wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174
     3  of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 3-a  is  added  to
     4  read as follows:
     5    (a)  "advertisement"  shall  mean  any  notice or communication to the
     6  public or any information concerning gaming, gambling, sports  wagering,
     7  as  defined in section thirteen hundred sixty-seven of this article, the
     8  gaming-related business of  a  gaming  facility  licensee  or  applicant
     9  through  broadcasting,  including  but not limited to radio broadcasting
    10  and television broadcasting, publication or any other means  of  dissem-
    11  ination, including electronic dissemination.  Promotional activities are
    12  considered advertisements for purposes of this section.
    13    3-a.  Each  advertisement  shall,  clearly  and conspicuously, state a
    14  warning about the potential harmful and addictive effects  of  gambling.
    15  The  commission  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations regarding such
    16  effects and shall include such in all applicable advertisements.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    18  have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
    19  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    20  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made  and  completed
    21  on or before such effective date.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14572-02-0
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