Requires mobile sports wagering operators to submit anonymized data to the gaming commission; authorizes the gaming commission to share such data for the purposes of studying the impact of mobile sports wagering on problem gambling.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9580
IN ASSEMBLY
January 21, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Racing and Wagering
AN ACT to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in
relation to data reporting and research access regarding mobile sports
betting
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1367-a of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and
2 breeding law is amended by adding a new subdivision 6-a to read as
3 follows:
4 6-a. (a) Each mobile sports wagering licensee shall collect and submit
5 anonymized player-level data related to sports wagering activity to the
6 commission, on or before February twenty-eighth of each calendar year.
7 Such data shall report on player characteristics including, but not
8 limited to:
9 (i) gender, age and region of residence;
10 (ii) player behavior including, but not limited to, frequency of play,
11 length of play, speed of play, local time of play, amounts wagered; and
12 (iii) for each wager, whether the wager was:
13 (1) made during the sports contest or before the contest began; or
14 (2) a parlay wager; and
15 (iv) any other information the commission determines necessary to
16 evaluate the impact of mobile sports wagering on problem gambling.
17 (b) The data submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be anonym-
18 ized to prevent the identification of individual users. No personally
19 identifiable information shall be collected or disclosed.
20 (c) The data submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be made
21 available by the commission to academic researchers, upon request, for
22 the purposes of studying the impact of mobile sports wagering on problem
23 gambling. Such data is not a public record, and no researcher receiving
24 data pursuant to this subdivision shall disclose such data to any
25 person, except for the purpose of conducting the research described in
26 this paragraph.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 (d) The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to
2 implement the provisions of this subdivision.
3 (e) In the event a mobile sports wagering licensee fails to annually
4 submit such data to the commission as required pursuant to this subdivi-
5 sion, the commission may suspend such operator's license until such time
6 as the operator provides that data.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
