What's happening
This bill updates definitions and licensing fees to include dealer-controlled electronic table games at New York gaming facilities.
Why it matters
Clarifies legal status and regulation. By specifically defining "dealer-controlled electronic table games" and including them in the law, the bill ensures these games are recognized and regulated like other table games, reducing legal ambiguity for both regulators and casino operators.
Standardizes licensing fees. The bill subjects dealer-controlled electronic table games to the same $500 annual license fee as other slot machines and table games, ensuring consistent revenue collection and fee structures across different types of gaming equipment.
Enables technological modernization. Explicit recognition of these hybrid electronic/live dealer games allows gaming facilities to expand their offerings with new technology, possibly attracting more customers and staying competitive with evolving industry trends.
Impacts state revenue and oversight. By bringing these games under the same licensing and fee requirements, the state can better monitor their proliferation, ensure proper oversight, and potentially increase revenue through license fees deposited into the commercial gaming revenue fund.
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- Referred to racing and wagering
- Referred to racing and wagering
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License Fees for Electronic Table Games
In Senate Committee · Rules · Sponsor John J. Bonacic
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8639
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 1, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to the definition and licensing fees for dealer-controlled electronic table games
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 41 of section 1301 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended and a new subdivision 43 is added to read as follows:
41. "Table game". A game, including dealer-controlled electronic table games, other than a slot machine, which is authorized by the commission to be played in a gaming facility.
43. "Dealer-controlled electronic table game". A table game operated by a live dealer in which the outcome is determined by the actions of the dealer, that uses electronics as part of the game's operation in connection with the collection and payoff of wagers, but not to determine the game outcome.
§ 2. Section 1348 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, as added by chapter 174 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows:
§ 1348. Machine and table fees. In addition to any other tax or fee imposed by this article, there shall be imposed an annual license fee of five hundred dollars for each slot machine and table approved by the commission for use by a gaming licensee at a gaming facility; provided, however, that not sooner than five years after award of an original gaming license, the commission may annually adjust the fee for inflation. The fee shall be imposed as of July first of each year for all approved slot machines and [tables] table games, including dealercontrolled electronic table games, on that date and shall be assessed on
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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a pro rata basis for any slot machine or table, including dealer-controlled electronic table games, approved for use thereafter.
Such assessed fees shall be deposited into the commercial gaming revenue fund established pursuant to section one thousand three hundred fifty-two of this article.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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