Online Gambling News for New York, Maine & Illinois
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? New York Online Poker Out Of Reach For 2019
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After three years inwards which online poker legislation seemed close inwards New York, the legislature made no elbow grease to push for online poker inwards 2019.
Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. and Assemblyman Gary Pretlow each reintroduced companion online poker bills (S 18, A 4924) but didn’t 50-50 bother advancing them out of committee before the legislature adjourned for the year inwards June.
The lack of movement for online poker was no surprise, as Pretlow made it crystal clear entering the session that his priority would be sports betting. Of course, the legislature wasn’t 50-50 able to pass the mobile sports wagering bill.
“I thought sports betting was variety of a depression-hanging fruit,” Addabbo said. “I couldn’t 50-50 acquire the depression-hanging fruit, and you want me to acquire a ladder to go for online poker? Forget about it. That ladder isn’t 50-50 for sale inwards our state.”
The Senate passed sports betting legislation inwards New York inwards the final week of the session only to have got it not called to a vote inwards the Assembly.
Online poker fans know that scenario all too well, as the Senate passed the bill inwards 2016 and 2017 before having it stall inwards the Assembly.
It never was clear exactly what was the holdup on online poker inwards the Assembly. The handling of sports betting this session might have got shed some lite on the problem.
Pretlow asserted that mobile sports wagering had the support to pass inwards the Assembly but Speaker Carl Heastie declined to put it to a vote. Heastie’s hesitance on mobile sports wagering might be the same with online poker.
More on New York online poker: https://www.onlinepokerreport.com/37817/ny-online-poker-fails-inwards-2019/?fbclid=IwAR0BW1UsluqcWG_xoIKlNKtnPX3XOSFAHhkKHaz1asR1Y8nI78VOrwVDRm0
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