Racing and Wagering Board, State
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Mission
The State Racing and Wagering Board regulates all legalized gambling activities in New York except those regulated by the State Lottery. The Governor appoints the Board’s three members to a six-year term each with the consent of the Senate. Horse racing, off-track betting (OTB) and Indian casino gaming are directly regulated by the Board. The responsibility for oversight of bingo and other permitted games of chance conducted by religious and not-for-profit organizations is shared with municipalities, which collect license fees and ensure that the Board’s rules and regulations are followed.
Budget Highlights
The Executive Budget recommends $21.7 million All Funds for the State Racing and Wagering Board. This is a decrease of $0.6 million (-2.5 percent), over the 2011-12 budget. This decrease is primarily attributable to a reduction in personal services expenses from making the cost allocation of on-track officials at harness racing tracks consistent with that at thoroughbred racing tracks.
The Executive Budget recommends a workforce of 105 FTEs for the Board. This is unchanged from the 2011-12 budget.
Major budget actions include:
- Effectuating the merger between the Racing and Wagering Board and the Division of the Lottery.
- Shifting the costs of two on-track officials at harness racing tracks to the track owners, consistent with the cost allocation at thoroughbred racing tracks.
- Transferring the unspent value of pari-mutuel vouchers used at automated betting machines at tracks and OTBs to the regulation of racing account.
- Collaboration with the Governor's SAGE Commission to "restack", or consolidate, its downstate district offices in order to save scarce resources.
| Category | Available 2011-12 |
Appropriations Recommended 2012-13 |
Change From 2011-12 |
Reappropriations Recommended 2012-13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Operations | 22,250,000 | 21,684,700 | (565,300) | 0 |
| Total | 22,250,000 | 21,684,700 | (565,300) | 0 |
| Program | 2011-12 Estimated FTEs 03/31/12 |
2012-13 Estimated FTEs 03/31/13 |
FTE Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regulation of Racing | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Regulation of Wagering | |||
| Special Revenue Funds - Other | 96 | 96 | 0 |
| Total | 105 | 105 | 0 |
Note: Most recent estimates as of 1/17/2012