{"id":189725,"date":"2021-10-25T04:35:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T11:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=189725"},"modified":"2021-10-25T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-10-25T19:00:00","slug":"ny-sports-betting-deadline-nears-lawmaker-wants-all-bids-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/ny-sports-betting-deadline-nears-lawmaker-wants-all-bids-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Sports Betting Deadline Nears, Lawmaker Wants All Applicants Licensed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday is a big day for New York mobile sports betting. Bidders must tell the state\u2019s gaming commission if they can work with the tax matrix that was released last week.<\/p>\n

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New York State Assemblyman Gary Pretlow speaks at an Ice Bucket Challenge event held by the Empire City Casino in August. On Thursday, Pretlow called for the State Gaming Commission to grant sports betting licenses to all applicants. (Image: J. Gary Pretlow\/Twitter)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once 5 pm ET hits, it will then be up to state officials to review the proposals and determine the right number of licenses to be issued. In all, the state received six bids. Combined, that represents 12 platform providers and 14 operators, although several companies are offering themselves in both capacities.<\/p>\n

At a minimum, the state will award a contract for at least two platform providers and four sports betting operators.<\/strong><\/p>\n

New York’s New Frontier for Sports Betting<\/h2>\n

On Thursday, one key New York lawmaker said he wants the state to take a big tent approach with sports betting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have the opportunity to have the largest and most exciting sports betting industry in the country, and so I am excited that the Gaming Commission is moving forward with the mobile sports betting licensing process,\u201d tweeted Assemblyman Gary Pretlow<\/a>, D-Mount Vernon, who chairs the Assembly Committee on Racing and Wagering.<\/p>\n

While the former governor had a very limited vision for how a sports betting market could operate in New York, we now have the opportunity to get this right. We should license all applicants and allow them to compete for the business of New Yorkers,” Pretlow continued.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Pretlow is referring to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in August. He was undone because of a sexual harassment scandal and the looming threat of impeachment over that and other controversies in his administration. Cuomo, who had held off on backing mobile sports betting, became more receptive in the past year, as the state was staring down massive budget deficits due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Licensing all of the companies that applied will achieve the Legislature's original vision for the sports betting market, and is explicitly envisioned and allowed under the law that was enacted.<\/p>\n

— J Gary Pretlow (@JGPretlow) October 21, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n