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Online Sports Gambling Ny
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PUBLISHED 6:18 AM ET Jan. 12, 2021PUBLISHED 6:18 AM EST Jan. 12, 2021

Nys Sports Gambling Online

In the wake of the scrapping of the PASPA in 2018, New York was finally free to establish its own regulations to that legalize sports betting and even online casino gaming. This was a great relief to the Yankees especially since New York City itself is home to 2 MLB teams, 2 NFL teams, 2 NHL teams, and 2 NBA teams. Andrew Cuomo will call for legalized online and mobile sports betting and legal recreational marijuana in New York as part of his State of the State address next week.

NEW YORK - After two years of online sports betting, New Jersey has seen month after month of record-setting revenues with gamblers wagering more than $931 million on sports last November alone. Now, Governor Andrew Cuomo is hoping to keep some of those dollars here in New York with legislation to authorize online sports gambling.

What You Need To Know

  • Governor Cuomo says legal online sports gambling in New York would keep revenue in the state

  • New Jersey gamblers spent 931 million dollars on sports wagers in November setting a record for the industry

  • Attorney Daniel Wallach warns that Cuomo's plan could invite problems down the line
Online Sports Gambling Ny

'We propose state-sponsored mobile sports betting to raise additional revenue' said Cuomo during his State of the State address Monday.

He went on to release a statement saying 'by legalizing online sports betting, we aim to keep millions of dollars in revenue here at home, which will only strengthen our ability to rebuild from the COVID-19 crisis.'

Gambling

Some say New York is well poised to become the top market in the game.

'By most conservative projections, we're talking about at least one billion dollars of wagers being made every month, maybe more,' said attorney Daniel Wallach of Wallach Legal, a law firm focusing on the growing sports wagering industry.

Wallach says the governor's plan to award a single operator the right to launch online sports betting is different from New Jersey and could bring in big money for New York.

'A competitive bidding situation would lead these companies to basically one up each other and provide the highest possible revenue share for the state' said Wallach.

But he warns that the plan could invite problems down the line.

'It does come at the expense of consumer choice, competition, fairness, and it raises the stakes considerably on a legal challenge to the entire system,' said Wallach.

The governor says the state is facing a $15 billion budget shortfall and that online sports gambling can help close the gap.