In the initial week after passage of the gambling bill, towns thought to be the preferred locations for the venues are largely voicing opposition.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nLancaster Mayor told The Penn <\/i>on Monday, “You talk about heroin being addictive, try gambling. The last thing we need is a casino.” Lancaster County Commissioners Chairman Dennis Stuckey echoed those sentiments, saying there isn’t much of a chance that gambling will be coming to Amish country.<\/p>\n
State Rep. John Lawrence (R-District 13), who represents parts of Lancaster and Chester counties, said he’s reached out to all the municipalities he represents urging them to take quick action in blocking the satellite casinos. Other state lawmakers say they’re doing the same.<\/p>\n
At least one casino operator, Penn National Gaming, also opposes the satellites. State Rep. Michael Sturla (D-District 96) said casinos might purchase the licenses and never build the venues in an effort to limit competition. While that would still deliver tax revenue to the state this year, it wouldn’t benefit the local host towns or state in the long-term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Pennsylvania gambling expansion package signed into law last week by Governor Tom Wolf (D) could take over a year to fully implement, as the 970-page bill creates several new regulatory gaming markets and interlaces legal complexities to the state’s casino industry. With Wolf’s signature, online gambling and daily fantasy sports will become fully authorized. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":62404,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,61],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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