New York Assembly Member Pushing For Sports Betting Prop Ban

• Assembly Member Carrie Woerner (D-113) introduced a bill to ban all prop bets in New York
• The legislation will only allow for sports bets on the final outcome, score, or winner of an event
• Woerner has introduced several bills related to sports betting this month

One Empire State legislator is aiming to eliminate all New York online sports betting props.

Assembly Member Carrier Woerner (D-113) recently introduced A9636, a bill to limit sports bets to the final outcome, score, or winner of a sporting event or contest, completely eliminating player prop and event props from the state’s sports betting catalogue.

The bill also sets hefty penalties for operators who offer prop bets to customers.

No More New York Props

Woerner’s bill proposes a complete ban on sports betting props in New York, limiting the state’s sports betting catalogue to only the outcome of events. The legislation defines prop bets as the following:

“Proposition bet or ‘prop bet’ means any wager on the individual performance statistics of athletes participating in a sporting event, or combination of sporting events, placed on the occurrence or non-occurrence of a specific act, statistic, performance, event, or circumstance within a sporting event or series of sporting events, including but not limited to wagers on individual player performance, officiating decisions, penalties, injuries, timing of events, or any outcome other than the final result or score of a sporting contest. This term shall include both pre-event and in-game wagers.”

The bill currently resides in the racing and wagering committee.

If signed into law, the legislation sets impactful fines for operators who continue to offer prop bets. Each bet offered or accepted in violation of the law will be subjected to up to a $100,000 fine and potential suspension or loss of license.

Latest Piece of New York Sports Betting Legislation

Woerner has introduced several pieces of New York sports betting legislation this month. She recently re-introduced A6013, a bill to expand the amount of New York online sports betting licenses to at least 16 licenses by Jan. 31, 2027. Additionally, the state’s sports betting tax rate will be reduced depending on the number of licenses in circulation.

There are nine active New York online sports betting licenses, but only eight of the license holders are currently offering online sports betting.

Woerner’s legislation will allow for up to a maximum of 16 online sports betting licenses in New York by 2027, up from the current nine licenses that are available. The bill mandates that 14 online sports betting operators be active in New York by Jan. 31, 2026, and 16 be active in the Empire State by Jan. 31, 2027.

With the 2026 deadline for 14 active operators only about one week away, the date will likely be amended if the bill moves forward.

She also introduced several other sports betting bills this week, including A9579, which sets the minimum age for a New York customer at 25 to enter a sports betting VIP program.

She introduced A9580, which requires sports betting operators to submit anonymized data to the New York State Gaming Commission for the purposes of studying the impact of online sprots betting on problem gaming in the state.

Finally, she introduced A9584, which clarifies that sharing an online sports betting account and proxy betting is a criminal activity in the state. It also strengthens know your customer requirements to deter sports betting account sharing or proxy betting.

All three bills currently reside in the Assembly racing and wagering committee.