For a long time, many online casinos, poker rooms and sports books have operated in the realm of “gray” legality. They are not necessarily against the law, but many states (and countries, for that matter) are not rushing to lock people out of the sites or prosecute the principals. That will be changing in the state of New York, one of the major online gambling sites in the industry today.
When the New York budget for fiscal year 2022 was under debate, it included regulations for an expansion of gambling in the state. Online betting was specifically a major part of that gambling change and, once the bill was signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. With that change, however, many “gray” market operators were put on notice. As a part of the legislation, the new legislation would make it illegal for offshore operators to accept bets from New York residents.
Bovada became the first offshore operator to announce that they would withdraw from the state and no longer allow IP addresses from the Empire State to access Bovada’s website.
Beginning on June 21, Bovada will withdraw from the New York marketplace. New York’s local government is expecting to see these behaviors with the rest of operators.
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