Joseph Addabbo Jr | Sports Betting New York https://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:12:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Joseph Addabbo Jr | Sports Betting New York https://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com 32 32 The Standstill Continues On New York Mobile Sports Betting https://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com/news/the-standstill-continues-on-new-york-mobile-sports-betting/ https://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com/news/the-standstill-continues-on-new-york-mobile-sports-betting/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2019 15:12:11 +0000 http://www.sportsbettingnewyork.com/?p=942 Sports Betting USA held a conference in NYC this past Tuesday where legal mobile sports betting for the state of New York was a topic. New York currently has four casinos in the upstate area where residents may wager on sporting events. Many legislators in the state are pushing for legalization as so many residents ... Read more

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  • Sports Betting USA held a conference in NYC this past Tuesday where legal mobile sports betting for the state of New York was a topic.
  • New York currently has four casinos in the upstate area where residents may wager on sporting events.
  • Many legislators in the state are pushing for legalization as so many residents are traveling to New Jersey to use their mobile platform, allowing the Garden State to benefit in revenue.

NEW YORK – The standstill on the issue of New York mobile sports betting continues. In June, four upstate casinos received approval to open up legal sportsbooks, however, lawmakers were never sold on the idea of residents using their phones to place wagers on the games. One person, in general, has qualms on mobile sports betting and that person is basically the decision-maker himself, Governor Andrew Cuomo.

“Sports betting, first of all, does not make you that much money,” said Cuomo earlier this year. “They raised something like $13 million — $13 million is a rounding error in our state budget. I am not a fan of when you can bet anytime from your cellphone.”

Legislation for the state of New York opens back up in January where there is hope that changes can be made to the sports betting bill to involve mobile wagers. Cuomo maintains that this type of wager is not constitutional and for it to even be considered, a change in the constitution needs to be made. However, Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr knows mobile sports wagers will become a reality for the state at some point.

“It’s not a question of if; it’s when,” said Addabbo Jr. “It’s going to happen. People want to bet in New York. They don’t want to get in the car and drive two hours upstate, and they’d rather not get in the car and go over the bridge to New Jersey, but they’re doing that now.”

New Yorkers have been crossing the bridge into New Jersey and stopping at rest stops to place their mobile sports bets. While talks should begin in January, a report that should’ve been out by now listing the good and bad of making mobile sports betting legal will not be coming out until April 2020. While there is no telling what the report will say, Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow is sure it will be in favor of launching the mobile platform.

“I know what the report’s going to say: It’s going to say, ‘Do it,’” Pretlow said.

It is estimated that a minimum of 30% of New Jersey’s mobile sports betting business is coming from residents of New York. As it stands, the Garden State gets 80% of all of their wagers on sporting events through the use of cellphone applications. If  in 2020 New York sports betting is apporved, they would become the biggest state in the US to offer sports wagers from every available platform.

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  • Sports betting was legalized in the state of New York in 2013 for their commercial casinos.
  • The four casinos that are allowed to offer sports wagers currently do not.
  • Mobile sports betting has been prohibited by Governor Andrew Cuomo.

NEW YORK - When it comes to wagering on sports in the state of New York, the wheels have been in motion since 2013. Six years ago the state signed Senate Bill S5883, to enable sports betting to take place in any one of the four commercial casinos. This legalization would fully be enforced once the federal ban known as PASPA was lifted, which it was in 2018.

Since then, the wheels have been in slow motion. In January, a set of rules and regulations were drawn up and approved by the New York State Gaming Commission on an introductory basis. These rules and regulations were not set in stone and could be changed if need be. The regulations were lawfully accepted in June 2019 to allow commercial casinos in the state of New York to apply for their sports betting licenses.

The rules and regulations that were cemented into law prohibit residents from betting on any college sports from schools within the state as well as any outside college event if that event will be taking place in New York. Secondly, bettors are only allowed to place bets within the walls of the four commercial casinos or the seven Indian casinos should they participate in sports wagering at their establishments. All land-based sportsbooks will not be offering a mobile aspect to their sports betting platforms as mobile betting is still prohibited.

Where To Bet On Sports In New York

Four commercial casinos in New York have the ability to apply for licenses to offer sports wagering at their facilities. These casinos are the Tioga Downs Casino in Nichols, NY, Resort World Catskills in Monticello, NY, del Lago Resort and Casino in Waterloo, NY, and Rivers Casino and Resort Schenectady in Schenectady, NY. Not one of these casinos currently offers sports betting. New York residents and the operators themselves are hopeful that they will all be licensed by the time the 2019 NFL season rolls around. Casinos are presently in the process of becoming fully licensed.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has declined to sign off on legal mobile sports betting for the state. No real reason has been given as to why he does not want to legalize mobile wagers. The matter will not be brought to the House again until the 2020 session. However, member of the New York Senate, Joseph Addabbo Jr believes that the mobile aspect of sports betting is crucial.

“Experiences in other states have demonstrated that implementing sports betting without a mobile component leaves those states where people cannot wager with their phones or other devices at a competitive disadvantage,” Addabbo said in a statement. “Ultimately, I hope the Governor will choose to embrace the great benefits that sports betting, including the mobile component, will bring to New York in terms of employment, additional funding for education, addressing illegal gambling, and ensuring our competitiveness with other states.”

SportsBettingNewYork.com knows with no mobile sports wagering in the state, New Jersey rejoices at the influx of bets they’ll receive from their New York neighbors when it comes to mobile sports betting. After all, New Jersey is just over the bridge. In a city like New York, mobile sports wagering would be the most convenient for New Yorkers to participate in. Until then, they’ll have to travel to casinos upstate to place their legal sports bets or get themselves to New Jersey. Let’s just hope the casinos of New York are fully licensed by the start of the football season.

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