If things go smoothly over the next three months, the Keystone State will become the fourth with legal online poker and the fourth with statewide mobile sports betting.
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The path to begin wagering on sporting events online in Pennsylvania will overlap significantly with the other forms of internet gambling (casino, poker) that are likewise forthcoming in the market. Getting started once the sites have launched should be an extremely easy process, open to every customer that meets a small list of very simple requirements.
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Friday that Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County and Mohegan Sun Pocono in Luzerne County have applied for licenses.
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Pennsylvania’s nascent sports betting market reported handle and revenue declines in February, despite an increase in the number of casino sportsbooks taking wagers.
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Valley Forge Casino, located about 25 miles northwest of downtown Philadelphia, becomes one of six brick-and-mortar locations in the area to offer sports betting. SugarHouse Casino led the way last December, followed by Parx Casino, Harrah’s Philadelphia, and the South Philadelphia Turf Club in January.
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A bill introduced on March 1 into the Pennsylvania Legislature calls for increasing the severity of penalties for underage gambling at the state’s brick-and-mortar casinos. The legislation, House Bill 657, sits with the House Gaming Oversight Committee and doesn’t yet have a scheduled hearing.
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Sports betting is set to arrive to an eighth location in Pennsylvania after the state Gaming Control Board approved during its Wednesday scheduled meeting the license application of Greenwood Gaming to operate wagering at its Valley Forge Turf Club in Oaks.
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According to Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) executive director Kevin O’Toole, the first online gambling sites are likely to start taking bets sometime around July.
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Pennsylvania has reported its second consecutive month decline in revenue from its regulated fantasy sports market.
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Pennsylvania casinos kicked off the year in style, as the 12 land-based floors collectively won $254.2 million. And that doesn’t include an additional $2.6 million from sports betting.
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The number of sports betting venues in Pennsylvania doubled last month, and so did the amount bettors wagered. But the sports gaming business in New Jersey, which had a five-month head start launching its legal sportsbooks, is now 12 times bigger than in Pennsylvania.
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The Bensalem property, which launched its retail sportsbook earlier this month, already boasts a trio of online products that have been built, in large part, to attract and retain customers while prepping them for real-money online gambling.
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