The Empire State is considering a pair of anti-harassment bills that provide gambling-related penalties for individuals who harass athletes, officials, or coaches in the state.
Sen. Toby Stavisky is having his anti-harassment measure, Senate Bill 7482, reconsidered in 2026 as a carryover from the first year of New York’s two-year legislative session.
Stavisky’s bill proposes potential wagering ban
SB 7482 proposes amending New York’s racing, parimutuel wagering and breeding law to consider anyone “found to have harassed or shown a harmful pattern of conduct directed at amateur or professional athletes, coaches, officials or participants of a sports event” a prohibited sports bettor in the state. The piece of legislation covers any threats that are verbal, written or electronic and any conduct that “would cause a reasonable person to suffer substantial emot..
