Pennsylvania lawmakers are due back in Harrisburg next week, and the clock is ticking for legalizing online casino games this year. For years the Keystone State has looked like the favorite to be the fourth state in the country with much-needed regulation on the games. Nevada, New Jersey and Delaware have all had the industry for about four years now. More chips of hope were pushed toward Pennsylvania when it became clear that California is nowhere close to passing an online poker bill. What has helped fuel the momentum for Pennsylvania is an ongoing budget stalemate. The state faces a…

Pennsylvania State Reps. Rosita Youngblood and George Dunbar are looking for co-sponsors for an impending gaming reform bill they plan to introduce in the near future. In co-sponsorship memoranda that surfaced on Wednesday, Youngblood and Dunbar laid out their case… The key components of the bill are carryovers from legislation passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2016, including the legalization of online gambling and daily fantasy sports, a local share assessment fix, authorizing gaming tablets at international airports, and the removal of membership fees at Category 3 casinos. According to the co-sponsorship memoranda, the bill would regulate and…

Online Poker Report – While one online gambling bill languishes in the Pennsylvania legislature, a plan for a new bill appears to be quietly gathering substantial support. Pennsylvania’s first shot at regulating online gambling came earlier this year in the form of a bill introduced by Rep. Tina Davis. But a powerful committee head recently put the kibosh on that effort. Now – according to reports from GamblingCompliance.com – draft language for a second bill backed by the state’s casino industry is “making the rounds.” There doesn’t appear to be much urgency behind the effort, but, with Davis’ bill apparently off…