Pennsylvania’s online and retail sportsbooks have pushed past $100m in lifetime revenue thanks to a record-breaking January, but the state still lags behind New Jersey and Nevada in the race to become the largest US sports betting market.
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Big losers: Pennsylvania’s casinos and sports books lost $3.3 million on Super Bowl wagering. Since 36 percent of sports wagering revenue is dumped into the general fund, the loss means a loss for taxpayers.
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“We saw well over $30 million in wagers being placed,” said Doug Harbach, director of communications for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
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After the successful launch of SugarHouse, Rush Street Interactive Pennsylvania, the Keystone State subsidiary of Rush Street Gaming, is pushing ahead with a second quality online casino platform in PA – BetRivers.
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A possibly illegal Facebook gambling group which once had over 2,000 members has led to misdemeanor charges for two Pennsylvania women, according to news reports. The operation reportedly paid the administrators over $81,000 in just three months.
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When a new national coalition studied problem gambling funding and programs in 14 states, it found Pennsylvania among six using tax revenue as intended on the issue. That’s a good thing, as the first evident uptick in problems tied to the state’s ongoing gambling expansion appeared this football season.
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Pennsylvania’s lone legal online poker operator, PokerStars, generated $2.5 million in revenue in December, according to statistics released by the state’s Gaming Control Board.
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