Playing in New York isn’t as enjoyable because it could possibly be, particularly sports activities playing. In a market saturated with playing choices starting from the state lottery to hoping you’re not attacked on the subway, there’s a method to make issues higher for Empire State bettors.
The Empire State Constructing stands out above the New York Metropolis skyline. New York State lawmakers need Gov. Kathy Hochul to signal a invoice that might set up an issue playing advisory council to assist decide what causes drawback playing and make therapy choices extra broadly acceptable statewide. (Picture: Bobby Mikul/PublicDomainPictures.internet)
And as we all know, betting choices are slated to change into extra plentiful over the course of the yr because the state Gaming Fee points a minimum of two licenses for downstate casinos, one at Empire Metropolis On line casino in Yonkers (owned by MGM) and the opposite at Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens (owned by Malaysia-based Genting).
A 3rd will likely be issued to one of many teams at present in competitors for it, with Manhattan and the Bronx the newest factors of curiosity. That can enhance the competitors for out there playing {dollars} within the area, and the 9 sportsbooks working in New York might do a number of issues on their very own to make their manufacturers extra attractive.
As such, we’re giving them some concepts whereas, on the similar time, imploring the State Gaming Fee to undertake a few of the measures being proposed by Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow that now we have reported on right here.
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The Tier One Firms
DraftKings Sportsbook: Please ease up on the make-your-own parlay guidelines. Earlier this NBA season, this author was in a position to parlay a sure participant getting a triple-double with one other participant getting a double-double. Now, these parlays are now not allowed. The ready-made, same-game parlays are OK, however they take the alternatives out of the arms of the gamblers who do their homework on these items.
FanDuel Sportsbook: This piece of recommendation goes for all 9 of the NY books: provide one thing to present clients. DK does it higher with opt-ins which might be out there each day (at the moment’s is a weeklong NBA decide ’em pool). FanDuel’s dwelling web page has just one provide — refer a buddy, and each of you’ll get $50 in bonus bets. Memo to FD: everybody who desires to gamble in New York (and in lots of your different markets) is already playing. There’s a restricted pool of recent clients out there.
BetMGM: Please put a bit of public strain on state legislators to situation the primary two downstate on line casino licenses. This is able to permit BetMGM to open a sports activities betting lounge on the previous Yonkers Raceway. Underneath present guidelines, the business on line casino license should be issued first earlier than building might start on a sports activities betting parlor at Empire Metropolis On line casino. Getting issues completed in New York doesn’t must take ceaselessly. And video lottery terminals are not any enjoyable.
The Tier 2 Sportsbooks
Caesars Sportsbook: The ready-made parlay choices and boosts are extra in depth right here than those at DraftKings and FanDuel, however the rewards choices are too few and much between. Additionally, please rent a website designer who could make the sportsbook website simpler to navigate. No scroll bar on the suitable facet of the web page? Actually? It’s not that troublesome.
PointsBet.com: We used to like the “Identify a Wager” choice as a result of it labored, and we might get motion on bets that we couldn’t discover elsewhere. However that part has change into non-functional by way of getting a “Identify a Wager” positioned on the betting menu. Our final a number of makes an attempt have failed. Additionally, why not make customer support brokers out there by cellphone as they’re in New Jersey? One of many books might do that unilaterally as an alternative of ready for the state to mandate it.
BetRivers.com: These of us appear to have some sharp merchants setting their strains. It was the wagering strains at BetRivers had been out of contact with actuality and thus good for the gambler. Over the previous six months, that has modified. That’s goood for the e book, however not nice for the gambler, as we identified on this article about Yankees future betting. Sustain the good things on social media.
Houston with the catch of the season and it is solely February pic.twitter.com/y487Tm4GQx
— BetRivers Sportsbook (@BetRivers) February 26, 2023
The Tier Three Sportsbooks
WynnBet: Open the corporate pockets, please. Proper now the most effective provide on the market at WynnBet is to make a guess for $100 with odds -120 or better and get a $5 free guess. Maybe y’all haven’t heard, however $5 doesn’t get you what it as soon as did. Buyer loyalty is constructed off of treating your clients higher than the competitors does. That’s missing right here.
ResortsWorld Wager: We’re huge followers of your poker site in Monticello, and its hooked up sportsbook, which is the place closest to New York Metropolis (excluding the Meadowlands) the place somebody can take part within the communal playing expertise. This firm is owned by Genting, which additionally owns Aqueduct Racetrack and will likely be getting a downstate on line casino license. Offering a free hoodie in February was cool. Please provide one thing higher in March.
BallyBet: Please provide futures markets. Y’all have been on-line since July, and we perceive the entire Sinclair/ Diamond catastrophe and the way it’s impacting regional sports activities networks. Nonetheless, that dysfunction shouldn’t bleed over into the sports activities playing enterprise. If issues are that bleak, please attempt to discover a method to promote your New York license to BetFanatics.
