June 2, 2016
Amidst the drama surrounding the daily fantasy sports debate in both the New York House and the Senate, an important advance on internet poker legalisation occurred almost unnoticed. The Senate Finance Committee quickly and without fuss approved Sen. John Bonacic’s legalisation bill S5302 on a 9 vs. 0 vote and sent it to the Senate […]
March 22, 2016
What may well prove to be positive news on internet poker legalisation in the state of New York emerged this week when it was revealed that the regulation of online poker envisaged in Senator John Bonacic’s S5302B measure (see previous report) has been included in the state’s $154 billion budget plan – still being negotiated […]
February 3, 2016
In an encouraging development for online poker, the New York State Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, chaired by Sen. John Boracic, unanimously voted in favour of Bill. S5302 which allows for the operation of certain interactive poker games such as Omaha and Texas hold’em – considered to be games of skill rather than luck. The […]
February 1, 2016
The New York Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee will hear SB5302B online poker bill tomorrow (Tuesday) sponsored by Chair of the Committee Senator John J. Bonacic. Our readers will recall a similar bill submitted by Bonacic failed in the State Senate last year as did two others in 2014 and 2013. Provisions in this […]
January 22, 2016
Determined New York Assemblyman Gary Pretlow has started 2016 with a renewed attempt to legalise online poker, resubmitting as bill A9049, a measure reportedly unchanged from last year’s, which failed to make it out of committee. There are rumours that Senator John J. Bonacic, whose similar bill in the state Senate failed last year, is […]
September 10, 2015
Wednesday’s hearing on internet poker, chaired by the New York state Senate’s Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering head Sen. John Bonacic, turned out to be a mild affair with generally positive comments…but the presence of only two legislators from the 11-man committee suggested a lack of real interest in the project…and even those […]
September 5, 2015
New York State Senator John Bonacic is preparing for a meeting of his Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee next Wednesday to hear opinions on legalised online poker following the introduction of the Senator’s poker-only proposal S 5302 earlier this year. Titled “Discussing the Future of Online Poker in New York State”, the four-hour session […]
May 16, 2015
New York state Senator John Bonacic is taking another run at intrastate legalised online poker with the introduction this week of bill S5302, a measure that is almost identical to the Senator’s proposal last year but with one critically important difference….it does not include a “bad actor” clause. Instead, the bill makes the New York […]
December 23, 2014
Previous attempts to get regulatory and licensing laws for online poker through the New York State Legislature may have failed, but reports from the state indicate that another attempt will be made in 2015. Legalisation by the Empire State could be a major breakthrough in the USA; New York has a population more than twice […]
May 7, 2014
The momentum for intrastate online poker legalisation in the state of New York picked up this week when Rep. Gary Pretlow introduced a companion bill to SB 6913 introduced to the Senate earlier this year (see previous report). The Assembly bill closely follows the thrust of its Senate counterpart that poker is primarily a game […]