Pennsylvania State Senate OKs sports betting measures

Trib Live – Volunteer groups and clubs in Pennsylvania might be able to run sports pools legally in time for the Super Bowl. Sports betting is illegal in Pennsylvania, but two proposed pieces of legislation — House Bills 290 and 1098 — related to small games of chance passed in the state Senate on Wednesday and went to the House. HB 290 would amend the Small Games of Chance Act by allowing volunteer groups and clubs that have small games of chance licenses — which are issued by county treasurers — to organize sports betting pools, such as those for…