New York Senate Passes Bill Requiring Monthly Sports Betting Account Statements for All Active Bettors

The New York State Senate has passed a bill that would require licensed online sportsbooks to provide monthly account statements to all active bettors, a consumer protection measure that supporters say will help players track their gambling activity and identify potential problem behaviors early. The legislation now heads to Governor Kathy Hochul for signature or veto.

The bill would mandate that all operators holding New York sports betting licenses send regular account summaries to customers who have placed at least one wager during the prior month. The statements would include totals for amounts wagered, amounts won and lost, and deposit and withdrawal activity, giving bettors a structured overview of their account that many currently must manually assemble from individual betting histories.

The Case for Monthly Statements

Advocates for the bill argued that monthly statements serve an important role in promoting responsible gambling by making bettors more aware of their spending patterns over time. Research on consumer financial behavior has consistently found that regular, easy-to-read account summaries prompt more thoughtful decision-making than on-demand account access alone. Translating that principle to sports betting, the argument goes, would help problem gamblers recognize warning signs earlier.

New York is one of the most active sports betting markets in the country, with eight licensed mobile operators including FanDuel, DraftKings, Caesars, and BetMGM. The state generated more than $2.1 billion in sports betting handle in a single month at peak times in the 2025-26 season. With that scale of activity, consumer protection infrastructure takes on significant importance.

Operators have generally been cool on the proposal, citing the costs of implementing monthly statement systems and concerns that added friction in the user experience could drive some bettors toward offshore or unlicensed platforms. Those arguments are standard industry pushback to regulatory expansions, though the New York Gaming Commission would likely have authority to set implementation timelines that phase in the requirements gradually.

Governor Hochul’s Role

Governor Kathy Hochul’s position on the bill has not been made explicit, which creates genuine uncertainty about whether it will become law. Hochul blocked New York’s online casino legalization effort earlier this year, signaling a cautious approach to gambling expansion legislation. A monthly statement requirement is a consumer protection measure rather than an expansion of gambling access, however, which could place it in a different political category for the governor.

For New York bettors currently betting on sports in New York, the practical change if the bill becomes law would be receiving a monthly email or PDF summarizing their account activity. Most bettors who want that information can already access it through individual platform account pages, but the automatic delivery requirement would make the information more visible to casual users who do not regularly log into account management pages.

New York has emerged as one of the more active legislatures on gambling-related consumer protection measures. The state has also been watching developments around problem gambling treatment funding and advertising restrictions closely, reflecting a political environment where expanded sports betting access has not eliminated pressure for ongoing regulatory scrutiny of how the market operates.