For several years now, the State Legislature has offered potential regulatory actions on the revenue builder, but each year they fail in the endeavor. New York seems to be following the trend that California does regarding online casinos and poker – tease the people with potential passage and then yank it away. The lack of action from either body means that there will be no movement on online casino gaming and poker in the state of New York for yet another year. In the Senate, Senator Joe Addabbo pushed in roundtable meetings for the passage of legislation, but it seems he was the only voice that was advocating for such legislation. The major driver for online gaming legislation in the Assembly, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, did not even include his pet bill for online gaming in the budget presentation from his committee on Racing and Wagering. Neither of those bill presentations had any mention of online poker or casino gaming and it appears that was intentional. Those two bills – A3000 in the Assembly and R555 in the Senate – spelled out the priorities for the State Legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul for the 2023 budget. On Friday, both chambers of the General Assembly finished presenting their budget recommendations for the rest of the current year.

That means that, for the remainder of 2023 and into the next year, there will be no online casino gaming or poker in the Empire State. After the introductory period for the current year’s budgets in the New York State Legislature concluded, however, that did not come to pass. At the start of the year, there were hopes that the state of New York would be joining those states who have passed online casino and poker legislation.

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