What's happening
This bill adds definitions and license fees for dealer-controlled electronic table games at gaming facilities in New York.
Why it matters
Clarifies the legal status of dealer-controlled electronic table games. , ensuring these games are distinctly defined and regulated separately from traditional table games and slot machines, which may affect how casinos operate and invest in new gaming technologies.
Establishes a clear annual license fee of $500 per dealer-controlled electronic table game. , creating a predictable cost structure for gaming operators and potentially influencing which types of games are offered on casino floors.
Specifies that the outcome of these electronic table games must be determined by a live dealer, not by the electronics. , aiming to maintain elements of traditional table gaming while allowing for technological integration, which could impact how players perceive fairness and game integrity.
Directs all collected fees from these games into the commercial gaming revenue fund. , potentially increasing state revenues and affecting how those funds are allocated to public projects or services.
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Who cares
Gaming facility licensees
The bill would explicitly classify dealer-controlled electronic table games as table games and subject them to the annual $500 license fee, with prorated fees for games approved after July 1.
New York State Gaming Commission
The bill would define these games as live-dealer games that use electronics to collect and pay wagers, but not to determine outcomes, clarifying their treatment under table-game approval and fee rules.
Live table-game dealers
The bill would require games in this category to be operated by a live dealer whose actions determine the outcome.
Headline styles
License Fees for Electronic Table Games
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Senator · Senate District 42
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.256
- Referred to racing, gaming and wagering
- Referred to rules
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Regulate Electronic Table Games Fees
In Assembly Committee · Racing And Wagering · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6835
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 12, 2017
Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
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.
LBD13307-01-7
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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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Sponsor's memo
Title of bill
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
Purpose
To clearly define a dealer-controlled electronic table game and ensure that the game any casino operating such a game pay the required fees for usage.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends subdivision 41 of section 1301 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breading law to clarify the definition of a table game to include dealer-controlled electronic table games and adds a new subdivision 43 to define a dealer-controlled electronic table game.
Section 2: Amends section 1348 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law to include dealer-controlled electronic table games as those games operated by a casino for which the casino must pay an annual $500 fee to fund problem gambling services.
Section 3: Effective date.
Justification
Dealer-controlled electronic table games allow players to use electronic betting terminals when participating in live dealer games such as roulette and blackjack. These terminals are a tool that provides the opportunity for an increased number of players to participate in a game whose outcome is determined by the actions of a live dealer, and not a random number generator, as is the case with slot machines.
These electronic betting terminals provide for groups of friends to have the increased opportunity to play at the same table. Additionally, they provide increased diversity of offerings for customers as the increased number of players per table allows the casino to offer lower minimum bets. This has led to an increase in the popularity and use of these electronic betting terminals in other states, and as it has, other states have provided that they be classified as table games and not slot machines.
Prior legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
Potential for increased revenue to the state with increase number of participants at dealer-controlled electronic table games.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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