New York Proposals To Limit Online Sports Betting Ride Crest Of Nationwide Trend
Several New York proposals to limit online sports betting have taken the lead in what's becoming a nationwide trend to pull back or rescind legal wagering.
The Golden Age of Online Sport Betting in the United States reached high tide in 2023. Its ebb continues into 2026. Just one state launched sports betting in 2025 - Missouri. And, for the first time since PASPA was overturned in 2018, no state passed legislation to legalize sports betting in 2025.
Bids fell short from Georgia, to Texas, to California.
This follows several notable betting scandals in pro and college sports, a rise in the promulgation of problem gambling, and a conflation of sports betting with prediction markets.
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Multiple New York Bills Would Curb Betting, Ads, Impose Limits
New York lawmakers plan to nibble away at the edges of what legal sports books can do in the Empire State this year in Albany. The state, last year, banned so-called "sweepstakes sites" and one New York member of Congress - Rep. Ritchie Torres - has proposed federal legislation to ban "insider trading" in prediction markets.
Three bills refiled this week aim to limiting sports betting. All were referred to the Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee.
Democrat Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal's bill would end so-called live on "in-play" wagering by amending the current law that allows sports betting.
Assembly Bill A7962
This bill by Democrat Assemblymember Robert C. Carroll first proposed last April moves to curb wagering, and marketing. Among the bills provisions:
- A limit of 5 deposits, and no more than $5,000 in wagers, per patron, per operator per day
- A ban on "odds boosts" and related marketing terms such as "bonus", "no sweat" or "bonus bet"
- Disallows prop bets within a game that do not directly depend on the game's final score or outcome
- Bans online sports betting advertising between 8 a.m. - 10 p.m and during live sports events
This bill from Democrat Sen. Kristen Gonzalez first introduced last February bans online sports betting operators from sending push notifications or text message notification.
Sports Betting Regrets In Ohio, Elsewhere
The legislative backlash to online sports betting transcends New York.
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said in November that he regrets signing sports betting into law in his state.
“Look, we’ve always had gambling, we’re always going to have gambling,” DeWine told the Associated Press. “But just the power of these companies and the deep, deep, deep pockets they have to advertise and do everything they can to get someone to place that bet is really different once you have legalization of them.”
The arrests of NBA star Terry Rozier, coach Chauncey BIllups, and assistant coach Damon Jones in two separate betting scandals were major stories. They turned up the heat on legal and illegal sports betting sites.
DeWine worked with MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred and legal sports betting operators to create a $200 limit on single-pitch wagers, and exclude them from prop wagers. That deal came a day after two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians were indicted on gambling-related charges. They allegedly fixed the outcome of several first-game pitches.
A bill in Massachusetts authored by State Sen. John F. Keenan would ban live and prop bets. S.302 would also end sports betting ads during live sports events. It also prohibits operators from taking more than $1,000 in bets per day, or $10,000 per month, from any one patron without conducting an "affordability assessment." It remains in committee.
Vermont legislators failed to advance a proposal last year that would have banned sports betting in that state. Online sports betting launched in Vermont in January 2024.
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