It is barely a year since Governor Tom Wolf signed off on the gambling expansion bill that would facilitate a number of gambling-related activities in the Keystone State. Among the things that were effectively legalized when the bill was passed were online casino games as well as online poker. So far, everything is going great […]
The launch of Pennsylvania’s online betting industry is already in motion and one of the aspects that are expected to take a center stage in the industry’s operations is mobile betting. Casino game enthusiasts in the Commonwealth will be able to place their bets from virtually every location within the state’s borders. No. Wait! As […]
Last Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines totaling to a whopping $95,000 against the owner and operator of the Philadelphia-based SugarHouse Casino. According to the gaming control board, the casino had violated the state’s gaming regulations by dealing cards to patrons using “illegitimate” decks – the violations include a series of incidents in […]
Pennsylvania’s sports betting market is getting even bigger with the entry of yet another of the state’s casino operators in the race to get licensed to offer sports wagering services. Just a few days after Harrah’s Philadelphia filed their petition for the third sports betting license, SugarHouse Casino whose operations are overseen by Rush Street […]
On September 26, Harrah’s Philadelphia officially became the third Pennsylvanian casino to apply for a sports betting license. The Caesars Entertainment-owned gambling facility has even already dished out the $10 million licensing fee to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board as part of its application. However, as it stands, there is no solid timeline that can […]
The law that prohibited Pennsylvanian casino operators from contributing to political campaigns has now officially been lifted. The ruling which was delivered on Wednesday, September 19 by U.S. District Judge Sylvia Rambo, a federal judge, cited the fact the provision violated constitutional protections over political associations. According to the judge in her 32-page opinion, the […]
Pennsylvania’s online gambling industry has received yet another boost with the approval of two more casinos’ licenses by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). SugarHouse casino and Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood casino, are now the fourth and fifth of the state’s 13 casinos to receive approval for online gambling, behind Harrah’s, Parx and Mount Airy […]
Sports betting in the Keystone Stone is almost becoming a reality having been set in motion by license applications by some of the state’s interested operators. It is also just a matter of time before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) finally finishes up on furnishing the regulations that will be governing the industry. Placing […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) on Monday revealed that the owner of Parx Casino is the second applicant for the state’s online gambling licenses. Greenwood Gaming Entertainment, the owner of the casino, hopes to offer the sports betting services at the Bensalem casino as well as at the off-track betting parlor it owns in […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on August 17 approved the online gaming licenses for Parx Casino, Harrah’s Philadelphia and Mount Airy – hopefully, several of the remaining casinos that applied for the interactive casino licenses will receive approvals in due course. In the meantime, the three casinos that were approved for online gambling are already […]