{"id":20585,"date":"2019-01-18T19:50:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T20:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=20585"},"modified":"2019-01-22T13:46:41","modified_gmt":"2019-01-22T13:46:41","slug":"pgcb-tells-pa-casinos-they-have-30-days-to-get-a-wire-act-plan-in-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-tells-pa-casinos-they-have-30-days-to-get-a-wire-act-plan-in-order\/","title":{"rendered":"PGCB Tells PA Casinos They Have 30 Days To Get A Wire Act Plan In Order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>PA Gaming Control Board<\/strong> issued a public statement about the new opinion on the <strong>Wire Act<\/strong> earlier this week. It didn\u2019t tip the organization\u2019s hand much though. The statement did<strong> reaffirm<\/strong> PGCB\u2019s stance that the gambling expansion act was in line with both the old and new opinions. Everything that passed in 2017 was in line as<strong> intrastate gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, a new memo along with the new opinion does have the group working behind the scenes to ensure everything is in order as online gambling nears launch in the state. <strong>PlayPennsylvania<\/strong> obtained a copy of communication between PGCB and casinos about the new change in the federal law\u2019s approach to online gambling. Here is a look at the entire letter:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/KFO-Ltr-to-Casino-GMs-re-DOJ-Wire-Act-Opinion-REDACTED-1-18-19-1.pdf\">PGCB Wire Act letter<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>PGCB letter asks for each casino\u2019s plans to address new opinion<\/h2>\n<p>The letter, penned by PGCB Executive Director <strong>Kevin O\u2019Toole<\/strong>, namely addresses a memo that came in the wake of last week\u2019s new opinion.<\/p>\n<p>The memo\u2019s author is U.S. Deputy Attorney General<strong> Rod Rosenstein<\/strong>. In it, Rosenstein notes two important things. First, is that the DOJ does plan to craft<strong> prosecutorial guidelines<\/strong> based off of the new memo.<\/p>\n<p>The second is that the DOJ will give existing regulated gambling in the country<strong> 90 days<\/strong> to come into compliance with the new opinion.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Toole is setting deadlines for casinos as well.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThus, with any forms of internet or mobile gambling, it appears that diligence in assuring that the transmission of bets and wagers, payments and credits as a result of bets or wagers, as well as the information assisting in placing those bets and wagers, does not cross state lines is paramount.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With that in mind, casinos now have <strong>30 days<\/strong> to put together and submit a plan to PGCB explaining each property\u2019s game plan to ensure online casino games and sports betting stays within Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<h2>What will casinos need to look at?<\/h2>\n<p>As mentioned in our initial discussion of the new opinion, just because an online casino game is only open to PA players within state lines <strong>does not<\/strong> necessarily mean the transaction does not travel out of state.<\/p>\n<p>For example, several PA casinos are also <strong>NJ online casino operators<\/strong>. As such, many planned to locate servers for PA gaming in <strong>Atlantic City<\/strong> alongside the ones they utilize for New Jersey. That is likely <strong>out<\/strong> as an option under this new option.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally,<strong>\u00a0online poker compacting<\/strong> is something that will likely go on the backburner until there is more clarity on the new opinion. While <strong>Nevada<\/strong> and <strong>Delaware<\/strong> currently share players with New Jersey, Pennsylvania <strong>does not<\/strong>. There is room in the 2017\u00a0gaming expansion law to do so, but that is probably not something that is a priority anymore.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, sites will need to consider how to approach live dealer games. Again, while they already run in New Jersey, it will likely need to be done entirely separately on site in Pennsylvania, not sharing resources with the neighboring states.<\/p>\n<h2>How will this affect online casino launch timeline?<\/h2>\n<p>O\u2019Toole acknowledged that this likely throws a wrench in existing PA online casino plans:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhile we fully recognize that this change may alter the plans of licensees in implementing expanded gaming offerings, it is a change not of the Board\u2019s making but one commanded by the changing interpretation by federal law enforcement authorities. It is your obligation to comply with the federal law in all respects in establishing your gaming operations which must now be entirely \u2018intrastate\u2019.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This new wrinkle means, bare minimum, things are getting pushed 30 days. Casinos received <strong>conditional approval<\/strong> to move forward on interactive gaming last year. Since then, they\u2019ve all worked on getting their ducks in a row to launch. Certainly, several plans are unaffected by the new opinion, but there will be some<strong> backtracking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, suddenly it is looking more like the <strong>summer<\/strong> than the spring that online casinos launch in Pennsylvania. At least, however, casino launch is still moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>There is one other bright spot. Both DOJ Wire Act opinions believe it applies to <strong>sports betting<\/strong>. With that in mind, online sports betting does stand a chance of rolling out on schedule in the early months of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The post PGCB Tells PA Casinos They Have 30 Days To Get A Wire Act Plan In Order appeared first on Play Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PA Gaming Control Board issued a public statement about the new opinion on the Wire Act earlier this week.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-tells-pa-casinos-they-have-30-days-to-get-a-wire-act-plan-in-order\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PGCB Tells PA Casinos They Have 30 Days To Get A Wire Act Plan In Order<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[374,6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-link","6":"category-industry","7":"category-news-category","8":"post_format-post-format-link","9":"entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PGCB Tells PA Casinos They Have 30 Days To Get A Wire Act Plan In Order -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-tells-pa-casinos-they-have-30-days-to-get-a-wire-act-plan-in-order\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PGCB Tells PA Casinos They Have 30 Days To Get A Wire Act Plan In Order -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The PA Gaming Control Board issued a public statement about the new opinion on the Wire Act earlier this week.&hellip; 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