May 20, 2018
Renewing hopes for legalised online poker in the populous state of New York this week, the chairman of the state Assembly Committee on Racing and Wagering, Gary Pretlow, said that there is still a chance to get Assembly bill A 5250 passed before the current legislative session ends. Pro-legalisation lawmakers have been trying to get […]
April 20, 2018
Gary Pretlow, chair of the New York House of Assembly Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, commented this week on the sudden surge of political interest that has seen support for online poker legalisation bill A5250 jump from 13 to 44. Pretlow remained cautious, acknowledging the additional support, observing that it could grow to 60, but […]
January 27, 2018
With online poker legalisation bill S3898 making good progress through the committee stages in the New York Senate (see previous reports), attention turned this week to companion bill A5250 in the state House of Assembly. InfoPowa readers may recall that for the past two years both initiatives have been fruitless; the Senate has approved bills […]
January 24, 2018
For the third year running an online poker legalisation bill has passed the first hurdle – the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, which advanced the measure to the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday on a 10 vs. 1 vote. In previous years, and particularly last year, similar legislation made it all the way through the […]
January 6, 2018
Online poker observers report from New York that lawmakers are already gearing up to take another run at legalising online poker after two prior years of failure. InfoPowa readers will recall that last year bills sponsored by Rep. Gary Pretlow and Sen. John Bonacic came close but did not ultimately succeed; in the Senate Bonacic’s […]
June 22, 2017
Predictably, no further action was taken by the State of New York’s Assembly on Senator John Bonacic’s online poker proposal S3898 during the dying days of the current session. The proposal which passed the New York Senate earlier this month was referred to the Assembly’s Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committeeduring the last week of the […]
June 20, 2017
A breakthrough for online poker in the State of New York legislature as the 2017 Legislative Session draws to a close tomorrow, Wednesday June 21 is extremely unlikely, despite positive moves from Senator John Bonacic’s S3898 proposal in recent weeks. InfoPowa readers will recall, S3898 was passed by the State Senate earlier this month, lifting […]
June 15, 2017
The New York Senate has voted in favor of John Bonacic’s S3898 online poker bill 53-9 following the addition of a bad actor clause. The bill would allow eleven licensees to offer Omaha Hold’Em and Texas Hold’Em Poker in the State to residents 21 years and older. S3898 now moves to the New York Assembly […]
May 10, 2017
A day of highs and lows for U.S. gambling expansion as the New York Senate Finance Committee passed online poker bill S3898, Tuesday. The bill, sponsored by Senator John Bonacic, will progress to the New York Senate to be heard for a second time having been shelved in the last session (see previous reports). Enactment […]
March 22, 2017
Last week the inclusion of possible online poker revenues in the New York state budget (see previous reports) raised hopes that legalisation was just a step away, but that optimism has been dampened by the news that the provision has been removed in the final budget debate. Instead, the state Assembly has delayed discussion on […]