Penal Law § 180.45

Sports bribe receiving · as in force on May 31, 2026

§ 180.45 Sports bribe receiving.

A person is guilty of sports bribe receiving when:

1. Being a sports participant, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that he will thereby be influenced not to give his best efforts in a sports contest; or

2. Being a sports official, he solicits, accepts or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon an agreement or understanding that he will perform his duties improperly.

Sports bribe receiving is a class E felony.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PEN/180.45

In plain English

A person commits sports bribe receiving when:

(1) a sports participant solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept a benefit on the understanding that it will influence the participant not to give their best effort in a contest; or
(2) a sports official solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept a benefit on the understanding that it will influence the official to perform duties improperly. ★

The offense is a class E felony.

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.