RE: Game on?29 Mar 2021 17:50
Thursday, April 1New York state budget due
The long-awaited quest to bring mobile sports betting to New York could be decided in the wee hours of Thursday morning. New York governor Andrew Cuomo crafted a proposal for online sports wagering in his executive budget proposal, one that has been met with pushback from the gaming industry. Cuomo’s proposal for a public-private partnership is fraught with ambiguity, inviting the possibility that a sportsbook operator could gain exclusivity in the mobile sports betting market in the Empire State. A competing proposal from Sen. Joseph Addabbo Jr. calls for the issuance of up to 14 mobile skins or sports betting brands across the state. The intense negotiations could go down to the wire before the budget is due on Thursday. Stay tuned.