The major driver for online gaming legislation in the Assembly, Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, did not even include his pet bill for online gaming in the budget presentation from his committee on Racing and Wagering. Neither of those bill presentations had any mention of online poker or casino gaming and it appears that was intentional. Those two bills – A3000 in the Assembly and R555 in the Senate – spelled out the priorities for the State Legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul for the 2023 budget.

On Friday, both chambers of the General Assembly finished presenting their budget recommendations for the rest of the current year.

That means that, for the remainder of 2023 and into the next year, there will be no online casino gaming or poker in the Empire State. After the introductory period for the current year’s budgets in the New York State Legislature concluded, however, that did not come to pass. At the start of the year, there were hopes that the state of New York would be joining those states who have passed online casino and poker legislation.

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