July 10, 2019 7:13 pm
The Parx Casino (Philadelphia) and the Hollywood Casino at Penn National (Grantville) are both ready to launch their online casino platforms on July 15th, 2019. The announcement was made today at the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board monthly meeting. The Parx The Parx has consistently been one of the first Pennsylvania casinos to launch gambling services following state gambling expansion bills. They have already launched sports betting (Jan 8th), online sports betting (June 27th), and now they have plans to launch... View Article
June 4, 2019 7:09 pm
iGaming operators are worried over the lotteries ability to offer online games which strangely look similar to casino-style game offers. A PA state court was asked by a group of local casinos to order an injunction of the state’s internet lottery sales from the online gambling industry. Commercial iGaming is pending its launch on July 15th, 2019. The casinos have asked that the limits would stop the state’s iLottery games which closely mimic poker, slots, and other casino games. In... View Article
April 12, 2019 2:15 pm
The new DOJ Opinion on the Federal Wire Act has caused a stir in the domestic gaming industry. New Hampshire challenged the Justice Department’s new opinion memo on the Wire Act citing its disruptive nature to their lottery vendors, multi-state associated lotteries, and their recently legalized online lottery operations. Other states attempted to enter the lawsuit as friends of the court. Pennsylvania was recently rejected from becoming a co-plaintiff in the case but was allowed to submit evidence and oral... View Article
January 23, 2019 5:20 pm
The US Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel has recently released a new Opinion which reverses an earlier Formal Opinion Memorandum given in 2011. While DOJ OLC Opinions do not carry the force of law as is, enforcement and implementation plans are already scheduled for April 15th, 90 days after the DOJ released its new Opinion via Memo on January 14th after its Criminal Division asked the Department to reconsider their 2011 Opinion on the Federal Wire Act. The... View Article
