{"id":20804,"date":"2019-01-23T20:28:55","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T21:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=20804"},"modified":"2019-01-24T16:07:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-24T16:07:09","slug":"pa-online-poker-will-still-be-a-thing-even-if-its-smaller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pa-online-poker-will-still-be-a-thing-even-if-its-smaller\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Online Poker Will Still Be A Thing, Even If It\u2019s Smaller"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Department of Justice<\/strong> has managed to throw the entire gaming industry into turmoil with a single opinion. In the wake of all this commotion, here’s how Pennsylvania online poker<\/strong> will proceed in the coming months.<\/p>\n

To recap, the DOJ issued an opinion on the Wire Act<\/strong> last Monday. The opinion reversed the agency’s previous position to say that the 1961 law against wagering across electronic wires pertains to all gambling, not just sports betting.<\/p>\n

PA online poker sites will find a way to comply<\/span><\/h2>\n

Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein<\/strong> followed up the opinion with an announcement that businesses had 90 days to comply with the new interpretation. He said as much in a memorandum sent to various gaming commissions and boards, including the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB).<\/p>\n

The PGCB, in turn, told its licensees that they have to comply with the Wire Act. To that end, the board is requiring the casinos to submit their plans for compliance within 30 days.<\/p>\n

The good news is that compliance with the law isn’t a deathblow, necessarily. According to former Chief of the DOJ’s Organized Crime and Gang Section James Trusty<\/strong>, sites will be able to defend themselves against federal liability.<\/p>\n

The trick will be the actual modes of transmission for the websites themselves. Operators will have to design their infrastructure specifically never to cross state lines.<\/p>\n

So, operators will need to figure out a way to house servers in-state, if they weren’t already. Unfortunately, there may be an associated cost with having to do so. The change may involve more planning and delays, too.<\/p>\n

The bottom line is that online poker will certainly exist in Pennsylvania<\/strong>. However, it may just feature a player pool with only Pennsylvanians in it — the multi-state compact seems unlikely to continue.<\/p>\n

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