Geolocation requirements
Compiled text through Nov 15, 2021
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- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
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- Compiled text through
- Nov 15, 2021
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- SGC-35-21-00010-A · Adopted rule · Nov 24, 2021
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- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Independent testing laboratory and requirements.
Geolocation software used by mobile sports wagering licensees shall be approved by a licensed independent testing laboratory, including applicable field testing, before the software is deployed in this State. Geolocation requirements include:
(1)ensuring that authorized sports bettors shall be physically located within the State of New York when engaging in mobile sports wagering;
(2)the systems used to reasonably detect the physical location of an authorized sports bettor attempting to place a sports wager with the skin and block unauthorized attempts to access the licensee’s platform throughout the duration of the wagering session;
(3)detection of any mechanisms a bettor may use to circumvent the requirement that the bettor be physically located within the State of New York;
(4)ensuring the integrity of the bettor’s account and the bettor’s device by blocking sports wagers from devices that indicate tampering;
(5)discovery and updating of the internet protocol address of the bettor if such changes during a session and how physical location would then be detected;
(6)blocking any attempt to make a sports wager the geolocation software determines is being attempted from a physical location outside of the State of New York, logging any identifying information relating to such attempt, and making such information available to the skin and the commission upon request;
(7)how the geolocation system shall alert the mobile sports wagering licensee of potential risks and fraudulent activity and grant the licensee and the commission access to real-time data feeds of geofencing feeds and potential risks; and
(8)how the skin shall ensure that a mobile sports wagering vendor license is obtained by any geolocation vendor.
(b)Additional requirements by bulletin.
The commission, at its discretion, may publish bulletins to specify additional geolocation requirements.