The latter has caused much controversy, as counties weren’t afforded the option to opt out of allowing the gaming terminals to come to their local communities. The conservative Amish region of Lancaster County fought back.<\/p>\n
Led by state Sen. Scott Martin (D-Lancaster), Senate Bill 321 was introduced and passed through the legislature. The bill provides municipalities 60 days from the governor’s signature to pass resolutions opting out of the VGT consideration.<\/p>\n
\nWe were the only county in the whole commonwealth where all 60 municipalities opted out of having mini-casinos,” <\/span><\/strong>Martin said recently.<\/span> “We have a pretty strong feeling towards gaming.”<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nTruck stops must meet certain criteria to qualify for the VGTs. Each fueling plaza must be situated on at least three acres of land, sell an average of 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel each month, be a Pennsylvania Lottery retailer, and have a minimum of 20 commercial parking spaces.<\/p>\n
Market Saturation<\/b><\/h2>\n
Pennsylvania’s expanding gaming industry has raised concerns regarding the state becoming oversaturated with gambling options.<\/p>\n
The PGCB reported in January that 2018 was the state’s all-time GGR record, with casinos winning $3.22 billion. That topped the previous high by roughly $22 million.<\/p>\n
However, as Casino.org <\/i>relayed, with inflation, the $3.22 billion number actually represented the state gaming industry’s worst performance since table games were introduced in 2010.<\/strong><\/p>\nWith inflation data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, the casino market has actually contracted six percent since 2012, the industry’s best all-time year with inflation considered.<\/p>\n
Penn National, the oldest gaming operator in the Keystone State, opposed the 2017 expansion bill. However, the company aggressively bid on the satellites, CEO Tim Wilmott saying it was investments they had to make in order to protect critical arteries to its Hollywood Casino outside of Harrisburg in Grantville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pennsylvania slot machines won almost $2.38 billion in the state’s latest fiscal year, which represents a 1.1 percent gross gaming revenue (GGR) increase. Slot machines at 12 land-based casinos won $26.5 million more in the state’s 2018-19 fiscal year, which ended on June 30, than they did in the prior annual period. The Pennsylvania Gaming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":108687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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