Racing and Wagering Board, State

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Agency Web Site: http://www.racing.state.ny.us/

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.
ALL FUNDS APPROPRIATIONS
All amounts are in dollars
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

PROJECTED LEVELS OF EMPLOYMENT
Full-Time Equivalent Positions (FTE)
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

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