Authorizes the creation of the community group assistance lottery game and establishes the community grant fund, which fund shall be dedicated to community groups organized pursuant to paragraph three or four of subdivision (c) of section five hundred one of the internal revenue code of nineteen hundred eighty-six, as amended, administering educational, recreational, cultural, senior, veterans or social services programs or providing volunteer ambulance services. / Sponsor: AVELLA Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Relates to the qualifications of members of the gaming commission. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Authorizes the Suffolk regional off-track betting corporation to file for bankruptcy; provides that all funds in the capital acquisition fund shall be available to the Suffolk regional OTB for any corporate purpose. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Relates to resources of the New York state thoroughbred breeding and development fund. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance; authorizes conducting of games of chance on Sundays; expands advertising of games of chance; eases certain restrictions on the conducting of bingo games for charitable purposes; expands the frequency upon which bingo games may be held; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to conduct bingo games; authorizes the conducting of bingo games on Sundays; expands advertising of bingo games. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Provides that antitrust laws shall not apply to any joint agreement entered into, in consultation with and jointly approved by the state gaming commission and the attorney general, by or among non-profit associations, thoroughbred racing associations or corporations, harness racing associations or corporations, quarter horse racing associations or corporations and regional off-track betting corporations to coordinate the dates and times under which they will conduct programs of racing and offer pari-mutuel wagering; also provides that such laws shall not apply to agreements entered into to sell, transfer, assign or purchase the rights to broadcast, simulcast, electronically transmit or offer pari-mutuel wagering on horse races. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Prohibits individuals under the age of twenty-one from gambling. / Sponsor: ADDABBO Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Permits state lottery winners to remain anonymous to the general public. / Sponsor: MAZIARZ Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Relates to the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding and Development Fund. / Sponsor: MCDONALD Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of games of chance for charitable purposes; authorizes the payment, out of the net proceeds of games of chance, of reimbursement for reasonable expenses of volunteers working at the games; expands the frequency upon which games of chance may be held; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to operate games of chance; authorizes persons convicted of crimes to operate games of chance when participating in a rehabilitation program; authorizes conducting of games of chance on Sundays; expands advertising of games of chance. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Authorizes off-track betting corporations to host video lottery terminals. / Sponsor: JOHNSON Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Eases certain restrictions on the conducting of bingo games for charitable purposes; authorizes the payment, out of the net proceeds of bingo games, of reimbursement for reasonable expenses of volunteers working at the games; expands the frequency upon which bingo games may be held; increases the maximum amount of a bingo prize from $1,000 to $1,500 and the aggregate prizes from $3,000 to $4,000; authorizes auxiliary members of authorized organizations to conduct bingo games; authorizes persons convicted of crimes to conduct bingo games when participating in a rehabilitation program; authorizes the conducting of bingo games on Sundays; expands advertising of bingo games. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Provides for account wagering on horse races within and without the state; authorizes the operation of multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers in this state, subject to the rules and regulations of the state racing and wagering board; provides that any wagering account upon which no wager is made for 4 or more years shall be deemed to be abandoned property. / Sponsor: KLEIN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Provides for account wagering on simulcast horse races within and without the state; authorizes the operation of multi-jurisdictional account wagering providers in this state, subject to the rules and regulations of the state racing and wagering board; provides that any wagering account upon which no wager is made for 3 or more years shall be deemed to be abandoned property. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Provides that the additional vendor's marketing allowance retained by any operator of a racetrack located in the county of Westchester shall not exceed 8 percent of the total revenue wagered at the vendor track after payout for prizes and the remainder of such additional vendor's marketing allowance, not to exceed 25 million dollars, shall be paid to the Yonkers city school district board of education in quarterly payments for the support and maintenance of certain educational programs. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Authorizes officers and owners of harness tracks to enter or drive horses they own at the race track they are licensed to operate, under certain circumstances. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs in horseracing. / Sponsor: DUANE Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Relates to the premises on which games of chance may be conducted. / Sponsor: FLANAGAN Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Prohibits the state racing and wagering board from granting a license to any harness horse racetrack located within seventy-five miles of a harness horse racetrack already licensed for the same dates and hours except with the consent of the licensee. / Sponsor: GRIFFO Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING

Relates to the members of the franchise oversight board and the duties and responsibilities of such board with regard to the New York city off-track betting corporation. / Sponsor: ADAMS Committee: RACING, GAMING AND WAGERING