Pretlow\u2019s Oversight<\/strong><\/h2>\nPretlow and Addabbo argue that mobile wagering would be constitutional because it would effectively be taking place inside casinos because that\u2019s where the servers will be based.<\/p>\n
New Yorkers authorized land-based sports betting in 2013 when they approved the creation of four upstate casinos, but Pretlow — who authored the 2013 casino amendment — admitted last week at BOSA he did not have the foresight to include mobile in the casino amendment.<\/p>\n
The two lawmakers have so far failed to convince Cuomo of the merits of their constitutional argument. The Governor\u2019s Office is adamant that a public referendum is needed, a process that could take up to three years.<\/p>\n
Rhode Island recently used a similar argument to Pretlow’s and Addabbo’s when it passed laws to legalize mobile wagering in March, although Republican leaders recently filed a lawsuit challenging the legal reasoning behind those laws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A pair of New York sports betting bills that two Democratic lawmakers hope will legalize mobile wagering in the state have been fine-tuned and were reintroduced to the legislature at the end of last week. Representative Gary Pretlow (D-89th) and Senator Joe Addabbo (D-15th) believe that New York does not need to change the constitution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":104309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,61,13592,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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