\u00a0Naysayers Win Out<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe amendment was actually authored by Representative Mark Mustio, and Payne naturally voted against it, as did many of its supporters, who believed it to be the Payne amendment.<\/p>\n
Then, once the shocking realization of the error set in, they hurriedly set about voting against the Payne amendment in the hopes of forcing a reconsideration of both bills on the grounds that this was all a bit of a tragedy of errors.<\/p>\n
The VGT amendment was defeated by 122 votes to 66, while the Payne amendment by the narrower margin of 107 to 81. But considering that some of the VGT supporters may well have also voted for the Payne amendment had they not realized their mistake, there\u2019s still a slim chance it could be passed.<\/strong><\/p>\nIt may be an underdog, but hopefully, like that other great Pennsylvania underdog Rocky Balboa, it can take a few punches and just keep getting back up, till it finally wins.<\/p>\n
After all, it ain\u2019t about how hard you hit, it\u2019s about how hard you get hit and keep moving forward. At least that’s what Burgess Meredith would have told Payne, and his bill is still in the ring, if a tad bloodied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Pennsylvania online gambling bid was killed in the State House of Representatives yesterday, before being quickly resuscitated and plugged into a life support machine. Two proposed amendments to the state\u2019s gambling laws that would authorize Internet gaming were voted down on the House floor by lawmakers, who then strangely voted overwhelmingly for their reconsideration. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":36178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,13],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Waits on House Gurney<\/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