Mt. Airy Teams Up with The Stars Group for Pa. Online Gaming
Poconos-based Mt. Airy Casino Resort on August 8 announced that it will be teaming up with Canadian gaming company, The Stars Group to offer full state internet betting options in Pennsylvania. This will include both online poker and sports betting. According to Mt. Airy, the partnership with The Stars Group will encompass offerings consisting of slots, poker, and casino table games – this will be availed as soon as it receives as the...
Pennsylvania State Lottery Sets Annual Revenue Record
The 2017-2018 fiscal year turned out to be another jackpot-hitting year for the Pennsylvania Lottery, having set new records for both prize pay-outs and ticket sales. Maintaining a top spot among the United States’ highest grossing gaming entities, the Pennsylvania Lottery sold more than $4.2 billion in tickets, the highest since the $41 billion that it brought in previously during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. According to the lottery’s...
Online Poker Operators to Gain Big from Shared Liquidity
As expected, pooling together online poker players from across different state lines and even from multiple countries has proven to be a very beneficial strategy for online gaming operators and the governments within their various jurisdictions of operation looking for an increase in tax revenue. By doing this – bringing together poker players from different jurisdictions who would have otherwise been segregated – the companies have...
Pennsylvania Sports Betting Hawk-Dove Game Continues
None of Pennsylvania’s properties that are eligible for sports betting licenses have forwarded their applications to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), the state regulator. Just like many other holdouts, the reason is a financial dispute between the stakeholders. The rollout of the Keystone State’s sports betting industry remains almost stagnant despite the fact that the law that permitted sports wagering in the case that...
Penn National Lacing Up for Pa. Online Gambling
During a presentation that covered Penn National Gaming’s Q2 results for 2018, Timothy J. Wilmott, its chief executive officer, confirmed that its online gambling operation in Pennsylvania will go live in early 2019. Penn National operates Hollywood Casino, one of the nine Pennsylvania casinos that forwarded their applications for the discounted $10 million interactive gaming licenses that will be covering online slot machines, online...
Pa. Authorities Dismantle Illegal Video Gambling Ring
Pennsylvania state police recently bust up a multimillion-dollar video gambling organization that has been operating for over a decade. Anthony Zenner, the alleged owner of the illegal gambling operation, was also arrested and now faces corruption and illegal gambling charges, reports the office of the state’s Attorney General. During a Thursday press release, Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania State Attorney General said that he would be...
