{"id":107734,"date":"2019-06-25T06:11:11","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=107734"},"modified":"2019-06-25T06:11:11","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:11:11","slug":"pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues — Parx Casino and Rivers Casino — are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet.<\/p>\n

\"\"
Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is one of two Pennsylvania venues testing its online sports betting operation this week in preparation for a full launch. (Image: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If the tests go well and we sign off after Wednesday, they can go 24\/7 the following day,\u201d Doug Harbach, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), told Casino.org<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh begins its testing 4 p.m. ET today for an eight-hour period. It will also test the system Wednesday from 2 p.m. to midnight.<\/p>\n

Testing at Parx Casino<\/a> in Bensalem began on Monday. It will continue today and Wednesday from early afternoon to midnight.<\/p>\n

During four days at the end of May, SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia received $573,163 in online sports bets. The venue did well in tests and is now live 24\/7 for online athletic wagers.<\/p>\n

Rush Street Gaming owns and operates SugarHouse and Rivers. Both companies use some of the same technology so Rivers needs just a two-day test period, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.<\/em><\/p>\n

Multiple Functions Being Tested<\/h2>\n

Among the functions being tested are ensuring an online user is within state boundaries and his or her age — gamblers need to be at least 21. The system must be able to take payments and wagers, too.<\/p>\n

No other Pennsylvania venues are currently scheduled for online sports betting tests, Harbach said. Others could be tested at a later time.<\/p>\n

In neighboring New Jersey<\/a>, some 80 percent of the sports bets are made by customers using their own computers or mobile devices. A similar percentage may be seen in Pennsylvania once the option is launched at several venues in the commonwealth.<\/p>\n

Jessica Welman, sports betting analyst for PlayPennsylvania.com<\/em>, was quoted recently by CBS 3 in Philadelphia that \u201cThe launch of sports betting apps will give us our first true look at Pennsylvania\u2019s potential as a market, which we believe should rival New Jersey and eventually Nevada as the nation\u2019s largest market.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania was one of several states to unfurl sports betting last year after the US Supreme Court in May rejected a ban that had been put into place by the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PAPSA) in 1992.<\/p>\n

Attractions of Online Sports Betting<\/h2>\n

The Rev. Richard McGowan, a finance professor at Boston College who is also an authority on the gambling sector, told Casino.org<\/em> online sports betting has attractions for those who gamble.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can place multiple bets at various times during a game,\u201d McGowan explained. \u201cAlso, you can do [so] from home without going to the casino or some other establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n

He further said that in Europe most Internet gambling is placed by using online sports betting. \u201cYou stay at home watch the game and bet on the outcome,\u201d McGowan said. \u201cIt is convenient and allows one to bet\u00a0various parts of a game.\u201d<\/p>\n

Online sports betting has become so popular that McGowan predicts it \u201cwill easily overtake the amount of sports betting that takes place in [a] casino.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrons also can place bets right before the game starts with online betting, he said.\u00a0\u201cIn theory, the bettor ought to\u00a0utilize the latest information about players [and] game conditions to better their odds of winning,\u201d McGowan said.<\/p>\n

Given all of this convenience and ease with online betting, McGowan warns that allowing online wagering \u201cgreatly increases the addictive behavior.<\/p>\n

\n

The easier access the more likely someone could become addictive\u00a0to sports gambling — especially \u2026 young males,\u201d McGowan cautioned.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For those with gambling disorders, individuals in Pennsylvania can include themselves on a new online self-exclusion list designed by the PGCB. It is called iGAMING Self-Exclusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues — Parx Casino and Rivers Casino — are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. If the tests go well and we sign off after Wednesday, they can go 24\/7 the following day,\u201d Doug Harbach, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":107736,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"797\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgedsilv\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ed Silverstein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/\",\"name\":\"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\"},\"description\":\"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg\",\"width\":1140,\"height\":797},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sports Betting\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Casino.org\",\"description\":\"Latest Casino and Gaming News\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e\",\"name\":\"Ed Silverstein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png\",\"caption\":\"Ed Silverstein\"},\"description\":\"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting","description":"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting","og_description":"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1140,"height":797,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ed Silverstein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@casinoorgedsilv","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ed Silverstein","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/","name":"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options - Casino.org Pennsylvania Continues To Expand Online Sports Betting","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg","datePublished":"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00","dateModified":"2019-06-25T13:11:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e"},"description":"Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch Two more Pennsylvania gaming venues -- Parx Casino and Rivers Casino -- are testing their online sports betting operations this week so they can launch athletic wagering through the internet. SugarHouse Casino already tested its system and is now live.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Rivers-Casino.jpg","width":1140,"height":797},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-continues-expanding-its-online-sports-wagering-options\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sports Betting","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/sportsbetting\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pennsylvania Continues Expanding Its Online Sports Wagering Options"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/","name":"Casino.org","description":"Latest Casino and Gaming News","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/b3771b02527bcbda9af984b9b1ff098e","name":"Ed Silverstein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/cropped-6-1-96x96.png","caption":"Ed Silverstein"},"description":"Ed Silverstein is a senior reporter covering gambling law and crime news for Casino.org. Ed is an award-winning journalist with credits ranging from the Associated Press to American Lawyer Media. Ed joined the Casino.org news team in 2019 after decades of experience in legal reporting. His past reporting and editing assignments include Cowles Business Media, Columbia University Press, the Connecticut Post, and Southern Connecticut Newspapers, Inc. Besides the law and its application to the gaming industry, Ed\u2019s areas of expertise span business, politics, education, and state and local government. Ed holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut and master\u2019s degrees from Harvard and Yale. His professional awards include recognition from the New England Press Association and New England AP News Executives. Ed currently resides in Connecticut, where he enjoys photography and bowling in his spare time. Contact Ed at ed.silverstein@casino.org.","sameAs":["https:\/\/muckrack.com\/ed-silverstein","https:\/\/x.com\/casinoorgedsilv"],"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/ed-silverstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107734"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}