{"id":32789,"date":"2015-11-18T14:44:51","date_gmt":"2015-11-18T22:44:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=32789"},"modified":"2015-11-18T18:16:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T02:16:48","slug":"pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Pennsylvania
Representative John Payne believes there is still hope for online poker to make an appearance in this year\u2019s Pennsylvania state budget. (Image: Jan Murphy\/PennLive.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Pennsylvania online gambling effort received renewed hope today, as the Gaming Oversight Committee passed a bill that would legalize online casino gaming and poker by a majority of 18-8.<\/p>\n

Bill HB 649, introduced in February by Representative John Payne, would regulate online gambling in the most populous state to do so yet.<\/p>\n

If signed into law, the bill\u2019s openness to share poker liquidity with other states could eventually reinvigorate the stagnant regulated online poker markets of the US.<\/p>\n

But first, of course, it will have to win a majority vote on the House floor, before being passed onto the Senate.<\/p>\n

Or, it might just be included as part of the state\u2019s budget plan, a far less perilous route.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania\u2019s budget impasse has been stretching on for over four months, as the legislature seeks alternative ways of plugging a $2 billion deficit that doesn\u2019t involve raising taxes.<\/p>\n

Online gambling, which Payne believes would bring in $120 million in its first year, could be a nice\u00a0means of reconciling the differences between Democrat Governor Tom Wolfe and the Republican legislature.<\/p>\n

Wolf has declared himself to be at least \u201copen to a conversation\u201d about internet gambling. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Best of Breed<\/b><\/h2>\n

Today the Poker Players Alliance praised HB 649, which, it said, would \u201censure that only financially qualified operators, who will continue to invest in the state, will be eligible to offer online gaming in Pennsylvania.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cLicensed operators would be required to employ \u2018best of breed\u2019 technologies that protect minors and problem gamblers, ensure that the games are fair, and require sites to block players in prohibited jurisdictions,\u201d said the organization.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The bill proposes a tax rate 14 percent of gross gaming revenue, with a licensing fee of $5 million, while only the state\u2019s current gaming licensees would be eligible to apply, as per New Jersey<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It also includes changes to land-based gambling laws, such as the establishment of 24-hour liquor licenses for casinos.<\/p>\n

Casinos Broadly in Favor (Except LVS)<\/b><\/h2>\n

At a recent Senate hearing for a separate piece of legislation, 11 of the state\u2019s 12 casino operators declared themselves to be broadly in favor of online gambling.<\/p>\n

Regulation has many detractors, however, not Sheldon Adelson<\/a>, whose LVS Corp is one of the biggest operators in the state through the Sands Bethlehem and represented the 12th<\/sup> casino at that meeting. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Adelson\u2019s Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling recently publicly attacked Payne in a video, accusing him of \u201cworking hard to legalize predatory online gambling\u201d and warning that lawmakers who were considering the bill were <\/span>\u201cputting families at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not authorizing it, we are going to regulate it,\u201d Payne told the press today. \u201cI want to protect the children and the compulsive gamer.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pennsylvania online gambling effort received renewed hope today, as the Gaming Oversight Committee passed a bill that would legalize online casino gaming and poker by a majority of 18-8. Bill HB 649, introduced in February by Representative John Payne, would regulate online gambling in the most populous state to do so yet. If signed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":32790,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote\" \/>\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 Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/\" \/>\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=\"2015-11-18T22:44:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-11-19T02:16:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1985\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Casino.org Staff Writer\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 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-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/\",\"name\":\"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-18T22:44:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-19T02:16:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\"},\"description\":\"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg\",\"width\":1985,\"height\":2048,\"caption\":\"Representative John Payne believes there is still hope for online poker to make an appearance in this year\u2019s Pennsylvania state budget. (Image: Jan Murphy\/PennLive.com)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"iGaming\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/internet-gaming\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee\"}]},{\"@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\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77\",\"name\":\"Casino.org Staff Writer\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Casino.org Staff Writer\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corg-staff-writer\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee","description":"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee","og_description":"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote","og_url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/","og_site_name":"Casino.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews","article_published_time":"2015-11-18T22:44:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2015-11-19T02:16:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1985,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Casino.org Staff Writer","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@Casino_Org","twitter_site":"@Casino_Org","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Casino.org Staff Writer","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/","name":"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg","datePublished":"2015-11-18T22:44:51+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-19T02:16:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77"},"description":"Pennsylvania online gambling bill easily passes senate vote","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Pennsylvania-State-Representative-John-D-Payne-online-poker.jpg","width":1985,"height":2048,"caption":"Representative John Payne believes there is still hope for online poker to make an appearance in this year\u2019s Pennsylvania state budget. (Image: Jan Murphy\/PennLive.com)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-online-gambling-push-receives-boost-from-house-committee\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"News","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"iGaming","item":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/internet-gaming\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Pennsylvania Online Gambling Push Receives Boost from House Committee"}]},{"@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\/8c48bf89dc86da77b4d856c7b3b78d77","name":"Casino.org Staff Writer","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0853bd574da5b217483afb1fbbee33a5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Casino.org Staff Writer"},"url":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/author\/corg-staff-writer\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32789"}],"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\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32790"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}