brick-and-mortar casinos<\/a> won a record $3.2 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) last year, which easily eclipsed New Jersey’s Atlantic City haul of $2.85 billion.<\/p>\nMore expansion is on the way. Pennsylvania has at least five satellite casinos in the works, venues with as many as 750 slot machines and 30 table games. The 2017 expansion additionally allows for online casinos, sports betting, airport gaming lounges, and video gaming terminals inside certain truck stops.<\/p>\n
But Wolf’s signature didn’t come without concerns.<\/p>\n
After signing the 2017 package, the governor told reporters, “Again, the goal has been all along to do what’s prudent, not cannibalize existing gambling revenue coming to the state. And I think what we’re settling on will actually do that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Pennsylvania Lottery sold more than $4.5 billion worth of tickets in its latest fiscal year, and that led to a net benefit of $1.14 billion for senior programs. The Pennsylvania Lottery says its 2018-19 ticket sales and profit both set all-time records for its 47-year history. The Keystone State lottery is the only lottery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":110890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13699],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pennsylvania Lottery Enjoys Record Revenue, Sales Top $4.5B<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n