Last week, 3 of Pennsylvania’s 13 licensed casino operators forwarded their applications for the state’s online gambling licenses. Now, the number has gone up with a six more operators applying for the licenses on Monday evening shortly before the previous phase of the application window ended. Each of the casinos seeking online gambling licenses anted […]
The Keystone State has finally received the first applications for its iGaming Licenses reports the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). This is great news especially considering the fact that the applications were forwarded less than a week to the deadline which happens to be today (July 16). Mt. Airy in the Poconos, Parx in Bethlehem […]
Despite complaints from the Keystone State’s casinos, the state’s iLottery has managed to move past all its obstacles while at the same time earning a whopping $21.6 million in its first month of operation. According to the Times Leader of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania’s iLottery program garnered the said amount between the time it went live on […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boards (PGCB) just recently wrapped up its fiscal year at the end of June during which they reported that slot machine revenues at the state’s 12 operating casinos were up $16 million throughout the 2017/2018 fiscal year – this compared to the previous fiscal year is a 0.7 percent increase and […]
Over the past few months, online gambling in Pennsylvania has grown immensely and this eventually led to the legalization and operation of the state’s iLottery industry which claimed to bring more to the players. However, in the past few weeks, the state’s operating casino developers forwarded a number of complaints. Consequently, the Pennsylvania iLottery has […]
Yesterday (June 27, 2018), the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved four Consent Agreements, one of which was with a casino operator and the remaining three with other firms that provide gambling services. This resulted in a total of $481,116 in fines. These Consent Agreements were negotiated and presented by the board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel […]
A couple of months ago, one of the biggest concerns for Pennsylvanian online casino operators was the issue of skins. Fortunately, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) acted quickly and made sure that the issue was sorted out – the board allowed operators to have multiple online gaming skins. However, as it turns out, while […]
As Pennsylvania’s state-wide gambling expansion plans begin to take effect, the repercussions and its subsequent ripple effects are beginning to become more prominent. Penn National Gaming Inc. was one of the operators that were lucky enough to acquire the mini-casino licenses from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in an auction earlier this year. Since then, […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on May 30 unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 Casino Operator’s License for the Northampton County-based Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem that is owned and operated by Sands Bethworks, LLC. After the 35-minute long Wednesday meeting, the 7-member board concluded that Sands Bethworks, LLC had fulfilled all the obligations and […]
It is now a week since the United States Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and a number of states are already gearing up for a legalized sports betting future. While awaiting the federal legalization of the activity, Governor Tom Wolf signed a law that will deal with the […]