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New YorkS 63512025-2026 Regular SessionSenate

Relates to electronic bell jar vending machines

Sponsored By: Joseph P. Addabbo Jr. (Democratic)

Signed by Governor

RACING, GAMING AND WAGERINGWAYS AND MEANS

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Analyzed Economic Effects

5 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 3 costs, 1 mixed.

Safeguards for charitable gaming machine players

Electronic bell jar machines need Gaming Commission approval before sale, lease, distribution, installation, or use. Games have fixed numbers of tickets and winners, with prize amounts set in advance; approval decisions are due within 30 days. Machines must read tickets, check prizes, combine winnings for continued play, and print redeemable vouchers. They cannot offer slot-like displays, free plays, bonuses, multipliers, promotions, simulated skill, outcome-changing input, or misleading near misses. Jackpots are barred except permitted ticket prizes; state rules also limit play speed. Displays must show ticket counts, prices, prizes, winning symbols, game and maker names, the gambling hotline, and an age-18 notice. Vouchers must show total prizes, machine and voucher identifiers, print date and time, validation data, and the claim period.

Charities face membership and location caps

Organizations licensed on or after the law's effective date can operate only 1 electronic bell jar machine. Earlier licensees have caps based on active local members: under 50, 1 machine; 50–99, 2; 100–199, 3; 200–299, 4; 300+, 5. Active local members must participate and live in the organization's county or an adjoining county, under Commission rules. Generally, gaming facilities impose lower caps: 1 machine within 15 miles and 3 beyond 15 through 25 miles. Special rules apply in cities with at least 1 million residents, based on the latest federal census. There, the cap is 1 within 2,500 feet of a gaming facility. Beyond 2,500 feet through 1 mile, new groups get 1 and existing groups get 2; farther away, general caps apply. The Commission can tighten caps or change proximity zones based on local markets, density, facility impacts, and the public interest. It can verify membership and consider temporary membership changes. Shell groups cannot evade caps; shared or adjoining sites cannot exceed a single-group cap without express public-interest approval.

Gaming businesses must report machine transactions

Manufacturers selling bell jar tickets for New York resale must report machine sales and leases to licensed distributors each quarter. Distributors must report ticket and machine sales, with reports due by the 20th day of the month after each quarter. Distributors must keep detailed ticket and machine sale or lease records, including makers, serial numbers, recipients, dates, invoices, and terms. The Commission can require electronic reports and invoices. Each machine must generate required sales data, and regulators must have server access for monitoring and audits at no state cost.

Gaming suppliers face fees and restrictions

Gaming suppliers need Commission licenses, with fingerprints, background checks, and organizational and financial disclosures. Electronic bell jar machine manufacturers pay a $1,000 supplier-license fee instead of the otherwise applicable $25-plus-2%-of-gross-receipts calculation. Manufacturers can sell machines for New York business only to licensed distributors. Distributors can buy machines only from licensed manufacturers and sell only to Commission-registered nonprofit, charitable, or religious groups. Charities must buy or lease machines from legally authorized sources. Machine sale, lease, and distribution agreements need approval before the transaction; later changes must also be submitted. The Commission must decide within 30 days and explain denials. Willful violations by licensed manufacturers or distributors bring a 30-day suspension for the first offense and a hearing and license surrender for the second. A third or later offense brings a one-year suspension and is a Class E felony; violations by unlicensed manufacturers or distributors are also Class E felonies.

Charities gain gaming machines with limits

Effective immediately upon enactment, New York law includes electronic bell jar vending machines in regulated charitable gaming. Only Commission-approved games-of-chance licensees can operate them, on property they own or lease. Bona fide members must run the games, and organizations cannot transfer bell jar tickets to other organizations. The Gaming Commission must decide operating approval requests within 30 days, explain denials, and can suspend, revoke, or limit approvals. Organizations keep unclaimed money or tickets left in machines and report them as net proceeds.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Dan Stec

    Republican • Senate

  • Jake Ashby

    Republican • Senate

  • Jessica Scarcella-Spanton

    Democratic • Senate

  • Joseph A. Griffo

    Republican • Senate

  • Mark Walczyk

    Republican • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 214 • No: 11

House vote • 6/17/2025

Assembly floor vote

Yes: 134 • No: 5

Senate vote • 6/13/2025

FLOOR Vote

Yes: 55 • No: 4

committee vote • 6/12/2025

Rules Committee Vote

Yes: 18 • No: 2

committee vote • 5/28/2025

Racing, Gaming And Wagering Committee Vote

Yes: 7 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. APPROVAL MEMO.74

    12/19/2025Senate

  2. SIGNED CHAP.697

    12/19/2025Senate

  3. DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

    12/8/2025Senate

  4. RETURNED TO SENATE

    6/17/2025House

  5. PASSED ASSEMBLY

    6/17/2025House

  6. ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.739

    6/13/2025House

  7. SUBSTITUTED FOR A7475B

    6/13/2025House

  8. REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS

    6/13/2025House

  9. DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

    6/13/2025Senate

  10. PASSED SENATE

    6/13/2025Senate

  11. ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1990

    6/12/2025Senate

  12. COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

    6/12/2025Senate

  13. PRINT NUMBER 6351B

    6/7/2025Senate

  14. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO FINANCE

    6/7/2025Senate

  15. REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

    5/28/2025Senate

  16. PRINT NUMBER 6351A

    5/23/2025Senate

  17. AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

    5/23/2025Senate

  18. REFERRED TO RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

    3/11/2025Senate

Bill Text

  • Amendment B

    6/7/2025

    PDF

  • Amendment A

    5/23/2025

    PDF

  • Original

    3/11/2025

    PDF

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