{"id":3591,"date":"2018-03-27T19:59:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T19:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=3591"},"modified":"2018-03-28T16:32:34","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:32:34","slug":"pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/","title":{"rendered":"PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB) calendar is filling up, but the answers to some <strong>major regulatory questions<\/strong> are still up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>PGCB announced Tuesday that the organization will start accepting applications for interactive gaming platforms on <strong>June 4<\/strong>. What are those, you may ask? Well, these are not the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/\"><strong>Pennsylvania online casinos<\/strong><\/a> themselves. Rather, these are the groups that provide software platforms for these casinos. Some examples are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>NYX\/Scientific Games<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>888 Casino<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rush Street Interactive<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>GAN<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some casinos already have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/reviews\/\">online software provider partnerships<\/a>. However, unless that partner completes the application and gets approved, that partnership cannot move forward. In the meantime, the online casinos themselves can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/online-casino-application-date\/\">send in their gaming applications<\/a> beginning on <strong>April 16<\/strong>, well before any decisions about the suitability of their online partners.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"what_does_the_provider_application_entail\">What does the provider application entail?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Applications are <a href=\"https:\/\/gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov\/files\/licensure\/applications\/Enterprise_Entity_Initial_and_Renewal_Application.pdf\">available on the PGCB website<\/a>. The application for software providers is extensive. The <strong>59-page document<\/strong> covers a wide range of information, including major principals in the company. Once the applications are complete, there is still more to the process too.<\/p>\n<p>The next steps are, per the PGCB:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Once an application is submitted, the applicant will receive instructions on how to be fingerprinted.<\/li>\n<li>After the PGCB receives the fingerprint results and all other deficiencies in the application are cured, the application will be deemed complete.<\/li>\n<li>The completed application for each individual and entity will undergo a background investigation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>If you cannot tell, the process is a <strong>long and complicated one<\/strong>. This is why a June 4 deadline might be <strong>more telling<\/strong> than it initially seems. Originally, the hope was the first PA online casinos would launch in<strong> November<\/strong> of this year. If applications for providers are not coming in until the summer, the window from approval to launch <strong>keeps shrinking<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Certainly, it seems likely that PGCB can let Pennsylvania casinos know <strong>how an application is proceeding<\/strong>. However, official approval is yet another element that will be up in the air longer than initially expected.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"skins_will_influence_who_applies_as_providers\">Skins will influence who applies as providers<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Another element that is still up in the air is<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/888-pgcb-skin-license\/\"><strong> how many skins<\/strong><\/a> can operate on each license. If PGCB chooses to limit skins, that is something providers will certainly want to know before forking over the <strong>$1 million licensing fee<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, it certainly seems like a ruling on skins is coming up <strong>before<\/strong> June 4, at the very latest. The next PGCB meeting is <strong>April 4<\/strong>, which is the<strong> earliest<\/strong> there might be a decision on skins.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, two of the lawmakers behind the gambling expansion bill,\u00a0<strong>\u00a0Reps. Rosita Youngblood<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Jason Ortitay<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/pennsylvania-lawmakers-skins\/\">went on record<\/a> that the intent was never to limit skins. Rather, they modeled the laws after <strong>New Jersey<\/strong>, where each online license has <strong>up to five<\/strong> skins on it.<\/p>\n<p>These new deadlines are heartening in that it means the sites are making progress towards launching. However, without key decisions on matters like skins, these deadlines are also fraught with <strong>unanswered questions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/casino-software-provider-application\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play Pennsylvania<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) calendar is filling up, but the answers to some [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"vebbtech_seo_disable_yoast":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_author":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_date":false,"vebbtech_seo_hide_factchecker":false,"vebbtech_seo_fact_check_enabled":false,"vebbtech_seo_post_reviewer":0,"vebbtech_seo_post_review_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-link","6":"category-news-category","7":"post_format-post-format-link"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD -<\/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\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) calendar is filling up, but the answers to some [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-27T19:59:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-03-28T16:32:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/\",\"name\":\"PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-27T19:59:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-03-28T16:32:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7f5b2fa51bd1925f5937c15b7388df28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcbs-calendar-filling-major-regulatory-questions-still-tbd\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PGCB\u2019s Calendar Filling Up, But Major Regulatory Questions Are Still TBD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Poker Sites Traffic Report &amp; 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