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For those of you who don’t engage in sports betting, mobile or stationary, brace yourself for a lot more exposure to this subculture in the coming months.

Not only is New York state considering legalizing mobile sports betting, but starting on March 1, Google will allow “real-money gambling apps, ads related to real-money gambling, and daily fantasy sports apps within the Play Store,' wrote USBetsin January.

In other words, if you’ve put off learning about sports gambling in order to play 'Design Home,' now is the time to engage.

There are two related arguments for legalizing mobile sports betting in New York: The first is that New Yorkers searching for this type of entertainment can now travel to New Jersey or Pennsylvania to place their bets, which means New York is losing out on revenue.

And the state needs revenue, which leads us to reason number two: The state’s $15 billion budget gap.

You may remember that, for years, Governor Cuomo blocked this kind of wagering, saying it wasn’t constitutional in New York. That has changed now that the state’s finances are in dire straits.

That said, questions still remain about the constitutionalityof this kind of wagering.

Still, things are looking so optimistic for mobile sports betting in New York that Senator Joseph Addabo, Jr., chairman of the Senate Committee on Gaming, Racing & Wagering, told Casino.org last week that he’s predicting a start date of September 9, 2021, the first day of football season.

Addabo, and his counterpart in the Assembly, Gary Pretlow, chairman of the Committee on Racing and Wagering, have introduced a bill that would allow for two “skins” at each of the established gambling casinos.

A “skin” in this context is a mobile betting vendor.

The legislative proposal would allow for two “skins” at each of the upstate casinos. There’s so much confidence that mobile sports betting will be approved this year that each casino in the state has at least one agreement with a vendor already in place.

Here’s a list of the casinos and tribes in New York, along with their expected or existent “skins” or mobile wagering partners as of September 20, 2020 from PlayNY:

• Tioga Downs – FanDuel Sportsbook
• del Lago – DraftKings Sportsbook
• Rivers – Rush Street Interactive (in-house)
• Resorts World Catskills – bet365
• Mohawk – FOX Bet
• Oneida – Caesars Entertainment/William Hill
• Seneca – In-house

Once legislation is passed, casinos could negotiate their second 'skin.'

According to Rob Rosborough, a partner at the firm Whiteman Osterman & Hanna, under this legislative proposal, casinos will also “bring into the fold” the Saratoga racecourse, Aqueduct, racinos and OTBs across the state.

Those would be treated as affiliates of whatever casino they would enter into a contract with,” he explained to Capital Tonight.

The number of skins in mobile sports betting is as critical as the tax rate, according to experts. There’s a goldilocks element to figuring it all out: New Jersey has 42 licenses, which may be too many, but Pennsylvania’s 13 may be too few.

The second proposal under consideration is Gov. Cuomo’s, which Rosborough described as “almost exactly like the way the lottery is run.”

The governor’s vision for mobile sports betting would have the New York State Gaming Commission license one or more vendors.

“Under the governor’s proposal, the state would be doing the licensing through the NYS Gaming Commission,” Rosborough explained. “The contracts for a mobile sports operator would be directly with the state. Because of this, the state anticipates being able to keep more of the revenue.”

The governor is essentially cutting out the middleman.

During his January 22 budget briefing, the governor said, “I believe the people of the state should get the revenues. This is not a moneymaker for private interests to collect just more tax revenue. We want the actual revenue from the sports betting.”

Cuomo’s proposal taxes at a higher rate than the legislative plan and would bring in up to $500 million annually in tax revenue.

The Addabo-Pretlow proposal would only bring in $100 million once fully established. But according to Rosborough, the state could make a bundle with one-time, upfront licensing fees.

For a deeper dive into the details of each proposal, check thisout.

Excuse me while I return to 'Words with Friends.'

Gaming companies — and those hoping to climb aboard the sports gambling bandwagon — on Thursday urged a House panel to greatly expand the number of licenses for mobile-device-based betting.

They said states that have leapt ahead of Maryland in the sports betting arena have done so, in part, because they allowed more players onto the field.

Jason Tosches, director of government affairs for TheScore, a Canadian sports betting app that launched in 2007, urged the House Ways and Means Committee to amend House Bill 940to allow for 24 mobile-only sports betting licenses. Currently the bill allows 10.

“We believe this amendment would offer the greatest amount of competition among operators, produce the maximum market size and state revenue, and enhance consumer protections,” he said.

He pointed to Pennsylvania and to New Jersey, the state that has the most established sports wagering industry outside Nevada. In both states, he said, 90% of betting activity that occurs, takes place online, as people place bets on their phones.

“By creating competition, you force operators to continually innovate, offer better pricing and promotions, and spend on marketing, all of which is designed to draw customers from the black market,” Tosches added. “By doing that, it will continually grow the state’s regulated market, and the state’s portion of its tax revenue will grow with it.”

Lawmakers are not agnostic on the issue of revenue.

Lawmakers put sports gambling on the ballot in 2020 to raise money to fund the Kirwan Commission’s educational reform recommendations. That referendum passed by a 2-to-1 margin and the legislature is now trying to determine how to implement sports betting.

House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones (D-Baltimore County) is the lead sponsor of HB 940, a reflection of the issue’s importance.

Her bill would create eight betting licenses for casinos or horse racing facilities, five on-site betting licenses for entities that are not involved in gaming or racing, and ten licenses for mobile apps.

Companies that win a license would get to keep 85% of their revenue in most cases. The rest would go to the state’s Blueprint for Maryland’s Future Fund, to benefit education.

The legislation also seeks to “maximize” the ability of minority- and women-owned businesses to win a sports wagering license.

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“Black Caucus members still remember minority businesses being completely shut out, a few years ago, when the state awarded 15 initial licenses in the medical cannabis industry,” said Del. Darryl Barnes (D-Prince George’s), the caucus’ chairman.

“Given this, it is our responsibility to ensure that we learn from those mistakes,” he added.

The state Senate has formed a Sports Betting Work Group, which is meeting weekly to discuss the issue. On Wednesday, the panel heard testimony from representatives of the Attorney General’s office on how to craft a licensing approach that favors minority- and women-owned businesses without running afoul of procurement law.

A disparity study determined that firms owned by women and people of color are at a disadvantage, an important predicate for legislation that could boost the use of preferential scoring in how licenses are awarded.

“I’m very committed to getting this operation up and running for the betterment of everyone,” said Del. Jason C. Buckel (R-Allegany). “My only concern is whatever we do, we want to make sure that it is not susceptible to a plethora of lawsuits that may or not be successful.”

“We’re already years behind some of our regional competitors,” he added.

The Speaker’s bill would establish the Sports Wagering Application Review Commission to handle weighing bids the state receives.

Aware of the legislature’s determination to have authentic minority ownership in sports betting, large firms that want in on the action are bringing on new partners from the minority business community.

But Michael Arrington, a lobbyist for Evergreen Information Technology, told the panel that that model doesn’t work.

“The idea of only casinos and race tracks and pro team sports partnering with minority investors will fail at this task,” he said. “Let’s make it happen in a better fashion this time.”

Arrington told lawmakers they should allow for small community-based venues “such as established bingo halls, sports bars and even lodges.”

Companies that want to compete for a license would have to pay an application fee to the State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission.

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The fee would be $250,000 for a Class A license (casinos and race tracks), $50,000 for a Class B license (sports teams and others not involved in gaming), and $500,000 for a mobile sports wagering license.

Licenses would be good for five years. Companies that want to renew their license would pay a fee equal to 1% of the average of their annual gross sports wagering revenuesfor the preceding five years, minus proceeds distributed to the State.