Gambling & Gaming in New York (2026)

New York grants no automatic right to run charitable gambling. General Municipal Law Article 9-A lets a town, city, or…

Amherst's Bingo Licensing Law, adopted by the Town Board in 1958 and approved by voter referendum, requires any…

Cheektowaga's own Bingo Licensing Law lets a bona fide religious, charitable or nonprofit organization run bingo only…

Charitable and religious organizations running bingo or games of chance in Clarkstown must get a license from the Town…

Town of Hempstead Code Chapter 103 requires any organization running a bingo game in the Town to hold a license under…

Town Code Chapter 22 requires a Town Clerk license before any group runs a game of chance in Islip, caps single prizes…

New Rochelle licenses charitable bingo through the City Clerk under City Code § 104-1, pursuant to the State's Bingo…

Oyster Bay's Town Clerk, not the Town Board, holds all state-delegated licensing authority over charitable bingo and…

Syracuse locally adopted charitable gaming under General Municipal Law Article 14-H and Article 9-A. Bona fide…

Yonkers licenses charitable, religious, veterans' and similar nonprofit groups to run games of chance under its own…

Brookhaven licenses charitable, religious, educational and veterans' organizations to run games of chance under Town…

Buffalo only lets bingo be run by organizations already licensed under Article 14-H of the state General Municipal Law…

The Town of Colonie has locally adopted both of New York's charitable-gaming schemes: Chapter 59 licenses bingo, and…

Glen Cove has locally adopted its own bingo and games-of-chance licensing chapters under state enabling law. City Code…

Charitable organizations may run bingo or games of chance in the Town of Greece only after obtaining the required state…

Huntington locally adopted both the state Bingo Licensing Law and the Games of Chance Licensing Law, letting bona fide…

Only bona fide religious, charitable, veteran and volunteer-firefighter organizations may run bingo in Mount Vernon…

New York City licenses bona fide charitable, religious, educational and veterans' groups to run games of chance under…

North Hempstead's own Chapter 5 locally adopts the state Bingo Licensing Law: only an organization licensed under…

Oneida's Chapter 30 caps every bingo prize at $1,000 and every bingo occasion's total prizes at $3,000, and limits…

The Town Board's own 'Bingo Ordinance of the Town of Ramapo,' adopted in 1974, lets a licensed authorized organization…

Rochester's Bingo License Law, approved by city voters in an August 1958 referendum, lets licensed nonprofits run bingo…

Schenectady runs its own bingo licensing under Chapter 135: the City Clerk issues bingo licenses subject to the Mayor's…

Smithtown requires a Town Board license before any charity can run bingo or games of chance. Only bona fide religious…

New York's Penal Law never criminalizes playing a private card game or betting pool: it only criminalizes advancing or…

New York's Upstate Gaming Economic Development Act divides the state into two casino development zones. Zone One is New…

Sports betting is legal in New York only through operators licensed by the state Gaming Commission under Racing…