{"id":287,"date":"2018-07-05T02:21:40","date_gmt":"2018-07-05T07:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/?p=287"},"modified":"2018-07-05T02:21:40","modified_gmt":"2018-07-05T07:21:40","slug":"pennsylvania-lottery-agrees-to-alter-ilottery-advertising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/pennsylvania-lottery-agrees-to-alter-ilottery-advertising\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Lottery Agrees to Alter iLottery Advertising"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few months, online gambling in Pennsylvania has grown immensely and this eventually led to the legalization and operation of the state\u2019s iLottery industry which claimed to bring more to the players. However, in the past few weeks, the state\u2019s operating casino developers forwarded a number of complaints. Consequently, the Pennsylvania iLottery has now <strong>agreed to make some changes in the way it advertises its games following the casino operators\u2019 complaints which cited the use of such language as \u2018slot-style\u2019 and \u2018casino-style\u2019 as being legal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As reported by The Patriot-News newspaper, Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Wolf, in October 2017 signed a law that <a href=\"http:\/\/pennsylvaniacasinos.com\/news\/2018\/03\/pennsylvania-approves-more-online-gambling-regulations\/\">legalized online gambling in the state<\/a> a situation that the Pennsylvania Lottery quickly took advantage of by premiering a collection of interactive titles just about seven months letter. In order to protect the land-based casino operators, the legislation explicitly forbade the state-run iLottery from offering \u2018interactive lottery games which simulate casino-style games\u2019 \u2013 the iLottery is administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Keystone State\u2019s 13 casinos, the iLottery was not operating as per the term of the legislation and through their lawyer, Mark Stewart, they reportedly wrote a letter to Daniel Hassel, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue. The letter alleged that the Pennsylvania iLotter\u2019s new online games were directly and illegally intruding on the online gaming titles that the 13 casinos were hoping to offer \u2013 the letter suggested that the state\u2019s iLottery games were directly mimicking casino games in virtually every way. It also called on the lottery to \u2018work collaboratively with the gaming industry to develop a lawful iLottery program.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The state\u2019s casinos were also not amused about the fact that the Pennsylvania <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesleader.com\/news\/710035\/pa-lottery-introduces-pa-ilottery-interactive-online-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lottery\u2019s newly launched online games<\/a> would be open to 18-year-olds while the age requirement for casino operators still stands at 21.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIf these same individuals tried to play the same games at our casinos, the players would be prosecuted and placed on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board\u2019s exclusion list while we would face tens of thousands of dollars in Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board-imposed fines,\u201d read Stewart\u2019s letter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 id=\"what-now\">What Now?<\/h2>\n<p>At a glance, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pennlive.com\/politics\/index.ssf\/2018\/07\/pa_casino_operators_succeed_in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the verdict seems to be split<\/a> one, that is, the Department of Revenue chose to afford both divides with one win and one loss. To summarize the verdict, the iLottery games will be forced to alter the way they market their products (part of what the casinos wanted) but the state lottery still has the right to keep offering their games. Now, the authority has agreed to change the way online lottery games are being marked in the public and will, therefore, no longer use \u201cslot-style\u201d or \u201ccasino-style\u201d games when advertising. This should provide more than sufficient breathing space for the 13 casinos as they prepare to apply for the available online gambling licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past few months, online gambling in Pennsylvania has grown immensely and this eventually led to the legalization and operation of the state\u2019s iLottery industry which claimed to bring more to the players. However, in the past few weeks, the state\u2019s operating casino developers forwarded a number of complaints. 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