New York Assemblyman Clyde Vanel’s A10322 would establish a ten-person team drawn from the legislature and the New York State Gaming Commission to craft a framework of regulation for a future wagering market.
According to the bill, the task force’s objectives would be to “recommend policies and procedures to be promulgated in regulations by the New York state gaming commission and its divisions to ensure responsible online sports betting in all facilities licensed or enfranchised by such commission or divisions.”
It would also “recommend a structure by which all online sports betting regulations promulgated by the commission or its divisions shall be enforced, including but not limited to penalties for violations of regulatory standards and corrective action.”
While the phrase “sports betting task force” might sound dynamic and suggest New York is injecting urgency into the legislative push for sports betting, A10322 is in fact recommending a very cautious approach.
But, with a likely positive decision expected any day now, Vanel’s task force would be charged with submitting a report to the Governor, Speaker of the Assembly and temporary President of the Senate at a date “no later than December 31st, 2019.”
Rather than legalizing sports betting, Vanel is proposing New York spend 18 months studying it before possibly crafting a new bill based on the task force’s recommendations that may or may not legalize it. At that rate, New York’s first sports books would be unlikely to be up and running before 2021.
Source: GMB / Casino.org
