A New York legislator is carrying over an attempt to ban in-game wagering from 2025 into the New Year.
Key Takeaways
- AB9343 is attempting to omit in-play wagering from the betting markets offered by sportsbooks.
- The bill was first introduced last month.
- The legislation comes on the heels of an MLB gambling scandal.
Democratic Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal refiled AB9343 on Wednesday, referring the bill to the Racing and Wagering Committee. The bill was introduced Dec. 10, 2025.
The legislation seeks to immediately prohibit New York’s online and retail sportsbooks from offering markets once sporting events begin.
New York is the most lucrative and competitive sports betting market in the U.S. The Empire State’s eight online sportsbooks hauled in $74 million in gross revenue during New Year’s week, the third-highest period of profits ever in the market.
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Changing the language
New York currently allows live wagering, along with single bets, teaser bets, parlays, over-under bets, moneyline wagers, proposition bets, and straight bets. Rosenthal’s bill would amend the Section 1367 of the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law that includes sports betting, omitting in-game wagering from the legal options operators can offer in the state.
Live, or in-play, wagering has grown aggressively in the U.S. over the last few years, now accounting for 50% of all betting at sportsbooks. And it’s not just from moneyline or spread wagers. This includes same-game parlays that are placed after the start of games as well as microbetting, like in-game pitch or pass markets.
Heels of a scandal
The in-game prohibition attempt comes on the heels of an MLB scandal that involves Cleveland Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase allegedly manipulating his first pitch to aid a group of bettors in the Dominican Republic during the 2025 season.
Clase, who also recruited starting pitcher and teammate Luis Ortiz to do the same, faces federal gambling charges and has been suspended by Major League Baseball. Shortly after he and Ortiz were arrested in November, MLB worked with sports betting operators to limit pitch-level markets to $200 wagers.
A trial for the Guardians pitchers is set for May.
