Six months into the legal online sports betting era in New York, Assemb. Gary Pretlow says he feels like Carnac the Magnificent, the psychic character played by Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show.”
“I said New York would be the sports betting capital of the world if we let it happen,” Pretlow told PlayNY this week. “Unfortunately, the former governor didn’t want to let it happen – but now it’s coming to fruition. We’ll get the kinks out in a little bit, and it’ll flourish.”
Indeed. The Empire State exceeded the $1 billion threshold in NY online sports betting handle in each of its first six months in business while generating US-record tax revenue.