US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

 
    §  108.  Compulsive  gambling  assistance. * 1. The chairperson of the
  board shall cooperate with the commissioner of alcoholism and  substance
  abuse services to ensure the posting of signs and listing of information
  on  the  internet designed to assist compulsive gamblers pursuant to the
  provisions of subdivision (h) of section 19.09  of  the  mental  hygiene
  law.
    * NB Effective until April 1, 2009
    * 1.   The   chairperson   of  the  board  shall  cooperate  with  the
  commissioner of mental health to ensure the posting of signs and listing
  of information on the internet designed to  assist  compulsive  gamblers
  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of subdivision (g) of section 7.09 of the
  mental hygiene law.
    * NB Effective April 1, 2009
    2. a. The board shall promulgate rules  and  regulations  pursuant  to
  which  people  may  voluntarily  exclude  themselves  from  entering the
  premises of an association or corporation licensed or enfranchised under
  article two, three, or four of this chapter or a facility licensed under
  section one thousand eight or one thousand nine of this chapter.
    b. An  association  or  corporation  licensed  or  enfranchised  under
  article two, three, or four of this chapter or a facility licensed under
  section  one  thousand  eight or one thousand nine of this chapter shall
  not be liable to any self-excluded person or to any other party  in  any
  judicial proceeding for any harm, monetary or otherwise, which may arise
  as  a  result  of a self-excluded person's engaging in gambling activity
  while on the  list  of  self-excluded  persons;  provided  that  nothing
  contained  in  this  paragraph  shall  limit  the  liability of any such
  association, corporation, or facility for any other  acts  or  omissions
  under any other statutory law or under the common law.
    c.  No voluntary order or request to exclude persons from entering the
  premises of any  such  association,  corporation,  or  facility  may  be
  rescinded,  canceled, or declared null and void until seven days after a
  request has been received by such association, corporation, or  facility
  to cancel such order or request.
    3.  The  board  shall  promulgate  rules and regulations under which a
  person with an account  authorized  pursuant  to  section  one  thousand
  twelve  of  this  chapter may voluntarily place limits on the amounts of
  his or her wagers or potential wagers on a daily  or  weekly  basis.  No
  order  from  a person to remove any limit placed on account wagers shall
  be effective until seven days after it has been received by  the  entity
  conducting account wagering.