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After an initial 90-day application period, the state will begin offering land-based casinos the option to buy permits to operate online slots only for $4 million. Operators will also be able to purchase table games rights for $4 million, excluding poker, which would cost an additional $4 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
With iPoker revenues on life support in the three states where it’s legal (Nevada, New Jersey, Delaware), Pennsylvania casinos are presumably waiting to be able to forego the bundle package in favor of only betting on internet slots.<\/p>\n
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Pennsylvania casinos want to make sure their $4 million buy-in for online slots isn’t competing with the lottery games. The operators contend that the current games more closely resemble that of slot machines than traditional lotto offerings.<\/p>\n
The casinos additionally opine the Pennsylvania Lottery has been aggressively marketing its online games with free play and rewards programs, both key pillars of a brick-and-mortar casino operation.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n“In virtually every way imaginable, Lottery’s iLottery program mimics a casino operation offering simulated casino-style games in direct contravention of the law’s express prohibition on Lottery offering ‘interactive lottery games which simulate casino-style games,'” the letter concludes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pennsylvania casinos are calling on Governor Tom Wolf’s (D) administration to suspend online lottery games, which the operators believe too closely resemble internet slot machines. The state’s 2017 gambling expansion package authorized up to 10 satellite casinos, online gambling, daily fantasy sports, truck stops, airport gaming lounges, and sports betting. The bill also permitted the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":82130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18,13699,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pennsylvania Casinos Ask State Regulators to Scratch Online Lottery<\/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