S06092 Summary:

BILL NOS06092
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORRANZENHOFER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S225.00, Pen L
 
Excludes participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance".
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S06092 Actions:

BILL NOS06092
 
11/16/2015REFERRED TO RULES
01/06/2016REFERRED TO CODES
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S06092 Memo:

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S06092 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6092
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    November 16, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to excluding participation in
          any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game  or  contest
          meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance"

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225.00 of the penal law is amended
     2  to read as follows:
     3    1. "Contest of chance" means  any  contest,  game,  gaming  scheme  or
     4  gaming  device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an
     5  element of chance, notwithstanding that skill  of  the  contestants  may
     6  also be a factor therein.  "Contest of chance" shall not include partic-
     7  ipation  in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or
     8  contest in which (if the game or contest involves a team  or  teams)  no
     9  fantasy  or simulation sports team is based on the current membership of
    10  an actual team that is a member of an  amateur  or  professional  sports
    11  organization  as those terms are defined in section thirty-seven hundred
    12  one of title twenty-eight of the United States code and that  meets  the
    13  following conditions:
    14    (a)  all  prizes and awards offered to winning participants are estab-
    15  lished and made known to the participants in  advance  of  the  game  or
    16  contest  and their value is not determined by the number of participants
    17  or the amount of any fees paid by those participants.
    18    (b) all winning outcomes reflect the relative knowledge and  skill  of
    19  the participants and are determined predominantly by accumulated statis-
    20  tical results of the performance of individuals (athletes in the case of
    21  sports events) in multiple real-world sporting or other events.
    22    (c)  no  winning  outcome  is based on the score, point-spread, or any
    23  performance or performances of any single real-world team or any  combi-
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13169-01-5

        S. 6092                             2
 
     1  nation of such teams; or solely on any single performance of an individ-
     2  ual athlete in any single real-world sporting or other event.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
     4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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