{"id":20407,"date":"2019-01-16T16:45:52","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T17:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=20407"},"modified":"2019-01-16T20:14:30","modified_gmt":"2019-01-16T20:14:30","slug":"pgcb-says-gambling-expansion-moving-forward-even-after-new-doj-opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-says-gambling-expansion-moving-forward-even-after-new-doj-opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"PGCB Says Gambling Expansion Moving Forward Even After New DOJ Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest <strong>Department of Justice<\/strong> opinion on the <strong>Wire Act<\/strong> has people on alert. However, Pennsylvania is standing pat on its plan to move forward with <strong>online gambling<\/strong> in 2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB) Communcations Director<strong> Doug Harbach<\/strong> told <strong>PlayPennsylvania<\/strong> the group will certainly consider the new opinion, but the group seems pretty comfortable with what the state is offering:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe must thoroughly review and discuss the opinion to gauge any ramifications to gaming activities in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, as Pennsylvania\u2019s current gaming is all intrastate and legal within the borders of the state, we will continue to regulate the legal forms of gaming as provided for in the Gaming Act.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span id=\"diving_into_the_pgcb_statement\">Diving into the PGCB statement<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Needless to say, there is a certain amount of <strong>ambiguity<\/strong> in Harbach\u2019s statement. Namely, it is unclear whether PGCB is comfortable with everything legislated in the 2017 gambling expansion act or simply what has aleady launched.<\/p>\n<p>With casinos already<strong> conditionally licensed<\/strong> to offer online sports betting, casino, and poker, one could assume that falls under his definition of current.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, there are still <strong>no finalized regulations <\/strong>for online gambling, which does leave room for the group to thoroughly <strong>reassess<\/strong> if the regs adequately address any issues the new opinion raises. That way, PGCB can be certain that elements of online gambling are in order to not run afoul of the Wire Act.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some examples of things they will need to take a closer look at:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Payment processing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Server locations<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Online poker<strong> compacting<\/strong> with other states<\/li>\n<li><strong>Live dealer games\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The buzz out of Pennsylvania is that launch will <strong>move forward as planned<\/strong> for ineractive gaming. Take that with a grain of salt though, as delays have already plagued this process. Moreover, PGCB already has a ton of work on its plate testing and launching retail sportsbook,\u00a0<strong>VGTs<\/strong>, online betting apps, and interactive gaming.<\/p>\n<p>Adding in a thorough review of the Wire Act opinion is just another element with the potential to slow things down.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"online_lottery_still_a_question_mark\">Online lottery still a question mark<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>PGCB issued a statement, but <strong>PA Lottery<\/strong> still has not said if its online lottery offerings are in jeopardy under this new opinion.<\/p>\n<p>What Pennsylvania\u2019s online lottery does have going for it is that none of its offerings are explicitly out of state. <strong>Keno<\/strong> and <strong>virtual games<\/strong> are exclusive to PA, as are instant games on the PA iLottery site. Other states, like <strong>Michigan<\/strong>, sell tickets to multi-state games like <strong>Powerball<\/strong>, which is something that is highly questionable under the new opinion, should the DOJ choose to enforce it.<\/p>\n<p>The post PGCB Says Gambling Expansion Moving Forward Even After New DOJ Opinion appeared first on Play Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Department of Justice opinion on the Wire Act has people on alert. 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