As 2015 draws to a close, Pennsylvania lawmakers are rushing to come to a consensus on a state budget package that is already six months overdue. As part of that effort, House Republicans have proposed adopting Representative John Payne‘s online gambling bill, HB 649, as a way to shore up the budget without raising taxes. […]

Pennsylvania took a positive step towards legalizing online gambling on Wednesday after the House Gaming Oversight Committee passed iGaming bill HB 649 by a vote of 18-8.

Members of the Pennsylvania Senate Community, Economic, and Recreational Development Committee (CERD) heard testimony from several of the state’s regulators on Wednesday to assess the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board‘s (PGCB) ability to police the online gambling industry. That would, of course, only happen if iGaming were legalized in the Commonwealth. Some information for this article […]

Pennsylvania’s House Gaming Oversight Committeeheld a hearing with industry executives on Thursday to discuss the possibility of legalizing online gambling in the Keystone State. Legislators specifically discussed Representative John Payne’s House Bill 649, which would authorize any interactive internet games approved by the gaming control body.

In December 2013, the Pennsylvania Legislature authorized a study of the condition of the state’s gambling industry as well as what may be in store for the future. Econsult Solutions was tasked with this challenge and has now released its report.

On Thursday, the Pennsylvania House Democratic Policy Committee held a public hearing on the impact of internet gambling. The scheduled two-and-a-half hour hearing, which was streamed online, featured a variety of witnesses and panels spanning the gamut of our industry. Among the topics discussed were policy and regulatory issues, social impacts, problem gambling, industry services, […]