Pennsylvania sets regulations for iGaming

iGaming companies will be able to apply for online gaming licences in Pennsylvania.

US.- Pennsylvania has legislated its iGaming market with different rules for local casinos that want to add the online gaming service and gaming companies outside of the state. Under the regulation, nine companies will be able to immediately operate iGaming platforms in Pennsylvania, with Penn National Gaming’s Hollywood Casino and Rush Street’s SugarHouse Casino already in the market. Further licences could be granted in the following months.

As last week the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) granted two iGaming licences to the companies mentioned above, the State’s authorities announced that they will be receiving applications Qualified Gaming Entities a window from October 15 to 31 to apply for a total of seven licences that remain available out of 39.

Pennsylvania will also offer gaming companies outside the state to participate in the legal iGaming market, although those applicants would probably face the luck of the draw to enter into it. As to the licencing process for companies outside Pennsylvania, the PGCB communications director Doug Harbach told iGamingBusiness: “Whether it will involve taking names out of a hat or a box, we don’t know yet, but everyone will be able to see what happens.”

“The state decided to expand our current gambling offerings to fill revenue holes and there is an expectation to do this as swiftly as possible,” Harbach added. “We have already secured $110m in iGaming licence fees and we are moving on with sports wagering pretty well.”

And concluded: “However, we wouldn’t rush if that meant damaging the integrity of the new gaming market. We’ve always taken our role as protector of the public’s interests as first and foremost.”