Bill Text: NY S06092 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6092 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Excludes participation in any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game or contest meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance".

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO CODES [S06092 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06092-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6092
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   November 16, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to excluding participation in
         any fantasy or simulation sports game or educational game  or  contest
         meeting certain conditions from the definition of "contest of chance"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 225.00 of the penal law is amended
    2  to read as follows:
    3    1. "Contest of chance" means  any  contest,  game,  gaming  scheme  or
    4  gaming  device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an
    5  element of chance, notwithstanding that skill  of  the  contestants  may
    6  also be a factor therein.  "CONTEST OF CHANCE" SHALL NOT INCLUDE PARTIC-
    7  IPATION  IN ANY FANTASY OR SIMULATION SPORTS GAME OR EDUCATIONAL GAME OR
    8  CONTEST IN WHICH (IF THE GAME OR CONTEST INVOLVES A TEAM  OR  TEAMS)  NO
    9  FANTASY  OR SIMULATION SPORTS TEAM IS BASED ON THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP OF
   10  AN ACTUAL TEAM THAT IS A MEMBER OF AN  AMATEUR  OR  PROFESSIONAL  SPORTS
   11  ORGANIZATION  AS THOSE TERMS ARE DEFINED IN SECTION THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED
   12  ONE OF TITLE TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES CODE AND THAT  MEETS  THE
   13  FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
   14    (A)  ALL  PRIZES AND AWARDS OFFERED TO WINNING PARTICIPANTS ARE ESTAB-
   15  LISHED AND MADE KNOWN TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN  ADVANCE  OF  THE  GAME  OR
   16  CONTEST  AND THEIR VALUE IS NOT DETERMINED BY THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
   17  OR THE AMOUNT OF ANY FEES PAID BY THOSE PARTICIPANTS.
   18    (B) ALL WINNING OUTCOMES REFLECT THE RELATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND  SKILL  OF
   19  THE PARTICIPANTS AND ARE DETERMINED PREDOMINANTLY BY ACCUMULATED STATIS-
   20  TICAL RESULTS OF THE PERFORMANCE OF INDIVIDUALS (ATHLETES IN THE CASE OF
   21  SPORTS EVENTS) IN MULTIPLE REAL-WORLD SPORTING OR OTHER EVENTS.
   22    (C)  NO  WINNING  OUTCOME  IS BASED ON THE SCORE, POINT-SPREAD, OR ANY
   23  PERFORMANCE OR PERFORMANCES OF ANY SINGLE REAL-WORLD TEAM OR ANY  COMBI-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13169-01-5
       S. 6092                             2
    1  NATION OF SUCH TEAMS; OR SOLELY ON ANY SINGLE PERFORMANCE OF AN INDIVID-
    2  UAL ATHLETE IN ANY SINGLE REAL-WORLD SPORTING OR OTHER EVENT.
    3    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
    4  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.