New York is a governor’s signature from becoming the fourth state to pass a bill banning online sweepstakes casinos in the legislative calendar year after Sen. Joseph Addabbo’s bill unanimously passed in the Assembly on Tuesday.
Addabbo’s bill sailed through the Racing, Gaming, and Wagering Committee in the Senate committee he chairs prior to full Senate passage Friday. It was swapped in place for Assemblyperson Carrie Woerner’s companion bill since the two pieces of legislation contained identical language. Woerner’s bill also faced little resistance in the Assembly, passing through multiple committees in the lower chamber before the swap.
