{"id":162269,"date":"2021-01-24T23:40:06","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T07:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=162269"},"modified":"2021-01-25T10:06:40","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T18:06:40","slug":"analysis-why-ny-mobile-sports-betting-may-look-like-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/analysis-why-ny-mobile-sports-betting-may-look-like-pennsylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Sports Betting in New York May End Up Modeled After Pennsylvania: ANALYSIS"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mobile sports betting in New York is closer now to reality than it ever has been. That said, it’s a far cry from a slam dunk at this point.<\/p>\n

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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo during his Jan. 19 budget address blamed Washington for the financial disaster the state faces. How much aid Congress gives the state may help sway Cuomo from his proposal to operate mobile sports betting in the state like the lottery. (Image: GovernorAndrewCuomo\/Flickr)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has come out in support of expanding sports betting. However, his plan is a radical departure from the plan lawmakers have in mind<\/a> \u2013 one like a bill that already passed the Senate a couple of years ago.<\/p>\n

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D-Queens) and state Assemblyman Gary Pretlow (D-Mount Vernon) want the state\u2019s casino licensees to offer sports betting. They\u2019re willing to give them an additional skin, which would expand the market to at least 14 operators in the state \u2013 once the three downstate casino licenses are approved. There\u2019s also some opportunity for the state\u2019s three Class III tribal gaming entities. The state would tax mobile revenues at 12 percent.<\/p>\n

That model is similar to how states like Indiana and New Jersey handle sports betting.<\/p>\n

Cuomo would rather cut out the middleman when it comes to sports betting. He wants the state to work with one operator, or maybe more, to receive a bigger cut. It’s a proposal likely to be modeled after New Hampshire’s system.<\/p>\n

Judging from comments lawmakers made last week, it appears that the gap between Cuomo and lawmakers is a long one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is much better than what the governor has put on the table or has laid out in his State of the State,\u201d<\/strong> said state Sen. Pamela Helming (R-Canandaigua) at a Senate Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee meeting last week regarding committee chairman Addabbo\u2019s bill. (See video below)<\/p>\n

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