Relates to handicapping tournaments
Summary
Specifies who can operate a handicapping tournament; requires handicapping tournament operators to distribute no less than eighty percent of entry fees as prizes to the winners of a handicapping tournament; requires that five percent of the portion of the gross revenue collected by an operator on handicapping tournament entry fees from New York participants that is not distributed as prizes to the winners of a tournament be distributed quarterly by such operator to the horsemen's organization for welfare and medical plans for regularly employed backstretch employees.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 17, 2023
Last action May 14, 2024
Floor votes
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
4
Amendments
2
May 14, 2024
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 3, 2024
Committee
REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
PRINT NUMBER 1957A
upper
May 25, 2023
Upper · Passed
AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE
upper
Feb 13, 2023
Committee
REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE
upper
Jan 17, 2023
Committee
REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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