Pro Sports Leagues Ignored New York’s Calls Regarding Prop Betting
Jesse M. Cox Published 26/03/2026
As the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) mulls over the future of prop wagers among the state’s sports betting offerings, that state regulator put out a request to the major sports leagues seeking their input on the impact of these wagers on their respective sports.
“While the responsibility of leagues to police ... the Commission directed staff to send a letter to each league governing an activity authorized in New York for mobile sports wagering, reminding them that they could request removal of any particular wager from play,” the NYSGC released in a statement.
Most of these organizations didn’t even bother to respond. NYSGC officials indicated that they heard back from just three sports organizations - the NCAA, MLB, and a third unnamed group.
“Our staff identified over 100 leagues in which bets are made in the United States and in New York State,” NYSGC Chair Brian O’Dwyer stated during a commission meeting in which the matter was discussed. “Some of those leagues have expressed concerns about proposition betting, and there being people not being able to fix the outcome.
“We wrote to over 100 leagues. Unfortunately, only three responded, and of those three, I must say that the NCAA and Major League Baseball were the two leagues that at least gave us a substantive response.
“It appears to me, and to the members of this Commission, that most of those leagues could care less about whether their leagues are being subjected to possibilities of manipulation. I find the response from the leagues underwhelming, to say the least, and disappointing to say the most.”
With or without input, New York still plans to weigh prop bet ban decision
With or without input from the leading sports leagues, the NYSGC is still planning to go ahead with its assessment of the future of prop betting in New York sports betting.
“We still have before us some discussions on proposition bets, among which is this Commission, which can, if it so desires, ban proposition betting in its entirety,” O’Dwyer said. “There may be a time (to move forward with a ban) if we're getting no responses from the leagues and no concerns.
“They may not be concerned about the integrity of their processes, but we are concerned about the integrity of their processes. And if we need to ban proposition betting to assure that that is in the absence of people coming forward and saying these are the types of bets that we think are susceptible to manipulation or not, then I think we have to seriously consider it. But in the meantime, I'm hoping we get a better response, better, more concern from the leagues than just the lip service that they've made. Really, really disappointing at that point.”
The concern over the future of prop betting stems from recent betting scandals involving MLB players, as well as NBA and NCAA basketball players, who were caught manipulating certain prop wagering outcomes to cash winning bets.
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