{"id":58506,"date":"2017-09-13T15:48:05","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T22:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=58506"},"modified":"2017-09-13T16:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-13T23:10:25","slug":"pennsylvania-budget-crisis-keeps-online-gambling-hopes-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/pennsylvania-budget-crisis-keeps-online-gambling-hopes-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Budget Crisis Keeps Online Gambling Hopes Alive, Michigan Introduces Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pennsylvania legislature is back in session this week, as lawmakers reconvene to resume squabbling about an ever-elusive budget agreement that could, eventually, legalize online gambling.<\/p>\n

\"Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf branded a House budget plan \u201cnonsense\u201d this week, but the need to find a solution to an impasse has become more pressing than ever, and it keeps the possibility of legalized online gambling on the table. (Image: PA.gov)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Urgency is growing, though, as the state could go broke on Friday for the first time in its history.<\/p>\n

Treasurer Joe Torsella and Auditor General\u00a0Eugene DePasquale have warned that Pennsylvania does not have enough money to pay $860 million in bills due by the end of the week, and neither seems in the mood to authorize another short-term loan to give the State House an extension on its Friday deadline.<\/p>\n

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The legislature passed a $32 billion budget bill in June without an accompanying plan to pay for it. In late July, the Senate approved bipartisan budget funding bills that included, among other things, $200 million in revenues from online gambling.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Having failed to come up with a workable budget plan of its own, the GOP-dominated House rejected the Senate plan and went on vacation for the rest of the summer.<\/p>\n

Online Gaming Absent<\/h2>\n

This week, the House returned with a fiscally conservative, Republican-backed plan that makes no mention of online gambling. The so-called \u201cTaxpayers Budget,\u201d which has been widely mocked, proposes siphoning funds from a range of accounts earmarked for the development of transit, ports, rails and infrastructure.<\/p>\n

After previously pushing the state House to \u201cget their act togethe<\/a>r,\u201d Pennsylvania\u2019s Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf has branded their latest idea \u201cnonsense.\u201d A vote on the plan scheduled for Tuesday did not materialize.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, if GOP House leaders are going to include gambling in an eventual budget plan, they favor a package that would include the authorization of video gaming terminals (VGTs) in bars and restaurants.<\/p>\n

But while the Republican-led Senate can possibly stomach online gambling, it finds VGTs unpalatable, which suggests is a long way away from consensus.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Pennsylvania remains the state most likely to legalize and regulate online gambling next, if the state\u2019s fiscal cliff somehow pushes disparate gambling interests together.<\/p>\n

Michigan Next in Line<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, Michigan could be the next state to give online gambling legalization a whirl. On Tuesday, State Rep. Brandt Iden introduced H 4926, which is due to be heard by the House Regulatory Reform Committee Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The main obstacle for Michigan is the state\u2019s mix of tribal and commercial gaming. Online gambling regulation must include tribal operators to have a chance at success, but to do that, Iden\u2019s bill makes clear, would require tribes to renegotiate their compacts with the state.<\/p>\n

Last year, a bill from Sen. Mike Kowall<\/a> proposed that tribes would have to \u201crenounce sovereign immunity\u201d to be licensed, which was understandably unpopular and openly opposed by at least four tribal operators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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