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For New Yorkers looking to wager on sports from the comfort of their couches, they may still have to travel to other states or gambling locations to do so. New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-Bronx) is having a hard time finding enough votes to make sports betting a reality in the Empire State.

 

The New York Daily News reports that the speaker said last Thursday that his Democratic Conference weren’t showing enough support for this legislation to happen this year, but sports gambling could still expand online in the state in years to come. Heastie’s comments resulted after members of the conference were tepid and concerned about the online expansion while they discussed the potential legislation behind closed doors.

 

“We had a pretty lengthy conference,” Heastie said. “Members raised significant issues so I would say at this point there isn’t enough support within the Democratic conference to go forward with sports gambling,” making sure to stress that members’ concerns could one day be addressed, and a bill could come to fruition. He just doesn’t expect it to happen before the end of this annual session.

 

“With the broad spectrum of concerns that members raised, I don’t know if that can be resolved in a week,” Heastie said. The speaker also said “sometimes that can be a lifetime. But the broad spectrum of concerns members raised, I don’t know if that can be resolved.”

 

The US Supreme Court set the stage when it struck down a 1992 federal law that banned sports betting in most states last May.

 

New Jersey wasted little time allowing its gambling facilities to accept sports wagers, with Monmouth Park racetrack in Oceanport and the Borgata casino in Atlantic City opening on Thursday to excited customers and profits.

 

In 1992, Congress passed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, which effectively banned sports betting nationwide. Provisions allowed some states to be grandfathered in, which is why Las Vegas has been able to offer sports betting. New Jersey failed to take advantage of the opportunity, and the window eventually closed.

 

Sports betting is expected to bring in $13 million in revenue for the state in its first full year. Gambling will be allowed on all professional and collegiate sports except for collegiate games involving New Jersey institutions and/or collegiate events happening in the state.

 

Assembly Racing and Wagering Committee Chairman Gary Pretlow (D-Westchester County), a sponsor of the bill, is fighting until the end. “I never give up,” Pretlow said.

The New York Daily News reports that State Sen. John Bonacic (R-Orange County), head of the Senate’s gaming committee, said he believed there was enough support in the GOP-controlled Senate to pass the bill but noted the chamber would not take up the measure until the Assembly does.

 

“The ball is in the Assembly court,” Bonacic said.

 

 

 

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