Well, that didn’t take long. Barely three weeks into the new year and word has already come that New York mobile sports betting will not be happening in 2020. The states budget for the next fiscal year, starting in April, will not extend sports betting outside the confines of upstate casinos.

Although Senator Joseph Addabbo has made repeated efforts to legalize online and mobile sports betting and called for their inclusion in the 2020-21 budget, Governor Andrew Cuomo opted not to include these components. Instead, the bill will allow for casinos to take bets throughout their premises, but not from any other locations.

Current law requires that wagering on sports be exclusively operated in a casino’s designated sports betting lounge. The Budget ends this restriction by allowing for sports wagering outside the lounge, but still within the casino, per Gaming Commission regulations.

While this may allow for casinos to launch mobile and online sports books in order to take bets from players in other parts of their casinos, Addabbo said statewide mobile sports betting was needed to address the state’s budget deficit.

You can read more about New York mobile sports betting and what’s happening in the state at iGB North America.