Interactive gaming certificates available in Pennsylvania
The local gaming regulator said that three additional certificates are available for qualified entities.
US.- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) announced on Thursday that three additional interactive gaming certificates have become available after an application withdrawal for these games by a qualified Commonwealth casino.
The withdrawal, which was made by the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, included requests to offer all three types of interactive gaming: peer-to-peer (poker games in which patrons play directly against each other); non-peer-to-peer simulating slot machines; and non-peer-to-peer simulating banked table games (wherein the patron plays against the house – e.g. blackjack). This results in a total of 10 certificates now available for Qualified Gaming Entities that wish to offer interactive gaming in the Commonwealth.
In an earlier process provided in Act 42 of 2017, the Commonwealth’s 13 slot machine licensees had the first opportunity to apply for and obtain the 39 available interactive gaming certificates (13 in each of the three types). That process ended with 32 of the certificates claimed with seven remaining for Qualified Gaming Entities. The withdrawal now leaves 10 available in a process in which Qualified Gaming Entities seeking these available certificates can file a petition with the Board beginning October 15, 2018 and ending October 31, 2018.
The number of now available certificates in each game type are: 4 peer-to-peer simulating poker, 3 non-peer-to-peer simulating slot machines, 3 non-peer-to-peer simulating banked table games.
