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Experts say New York is still hampered because mobile wagering isn´t permitted

Thursday 18 de July 2019 / 09:14

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(New York).- The state’s first legal sports bets were placed at an upstate casino on Tuesday morning, but experts say New York still lags behind its neighbors because mobile wagering isn’t allowed.

Experts say New York is still hampered because mobile wagering isn´t permitted

The sports book at the Rivers Casino opened to the public just before 10:30 a.m. after a ceremony featuring state and local officials. A 2013 amendment to the State Constitution legalized Las Vegas-style commercial casinos in New York, and an accompanying law that year authorized sports betting should it ever be federally allowed.

A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling struck down federal prohibitions on sports betting. Sixteen other states and the District of Columbia have legalized sports betting, according to Daniel Wallach, a Florida attorney whose clients include online gaming companies.

Sports betting is expected to raise tens of millions of dollars a year in tax revenue that was previously unreported by off-the-books bookies. But proponents say the state is losing out on millions more, because bets can only be placed at four upstate casinos — rather than online and via mobile phone as is allowed in New Jersey.

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