{"id":42520,"date":"2020-10-22T14:39:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T14:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=42520"},"modified":"2020-10-22T19:06:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T19:06:44","slug":"wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pennsylvania<\/strong> <strong>online poker<\/strong> players will have to wait a little longer before they can play on <strong>WSOP.com<\/strong>. According to a <strong>Caesars<\/strong> representative, it will now be <strong>at least 2021<\/strong> before <strong>WSOP.com PA<\/strong> will launch.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"no_timeline_for_wsopcom_pa_launch_until_early_next_year\">No timeline for WSOP.com PA launch until early next year<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>As of now, there remains <strong>no specific launch date<\/strong> for WSOP.com PA. A timeline may become available at the start of next year.<\/p>\n<p>After months of anticipation, WSOP.com had moved one step closer to opening in PA following a <strong>Sept. 30<\/strong> meeting of the <strong>Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB). At that meeting, the PGCB approved an interactive gaming manufacturer license for Caesars&rsquo; online poker partner <strong>888 Holdings<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That news appeared to indicate a WSOP.com PA launch could be fast approaching. However, there are a couple PA-specific issues that could be causing a delay.<\/p>\n<p>One concerns the need for WSOP to <strong>establish a separate server<\/strong> for the PA site per regulatory requirements. The other may involve the question of whether or not WSOP.com will be able to <strong>share player liquidity<\/strong> with its sites in other states.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear whether WSOP.com will necessarily want or need to have such an <strong>interstate compact<\/strong> already in place before launching WSOP.com in Pennsylvania. Having one would be favorable, of course, in that it would allow Pennsylvania players to play against larger fields including players from other states.<\/p>\n<p>Such a compact allowed players on WSOP.com sites in <strong>Nevada<\/strong> and <strong>New Jersey<\/strong> to compete against one another for <strong>WSOP online bracelets<\/strong> over the summer.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"pa_players_hopes_raised_by_promotions_other_indicators\">PA players hopes raised by promotions, other indicators<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>News of the delay comes just as some Pennsylvania online poker players were starting to think WSOP.com PA was about deal its first virtual hands.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past week some Pennsylvanians with Caesars accounts received <strong>promotional messages<\/strong> regarding the imminent launch of WSOP.com PA.<\/p>\n<p>The promotions also <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200812113446\/https:\/\/www.wsop.com\/promotions\/wsop-welcome-offer\/pa\/\">appeared on the WSOP.com website for a time<\/a>, though are not presently posted. Promotions included a <strong>100% deposit match bonus<\/strong> up to $1,000 and entries to <strong>Welcome Week Freerolls<\/strong> for new sign-ups.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile WSOP.com banner does now include a <strong>Harrah&rsquo;s Philadelphia<\/strong> logo. There is also a PA-specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsop.com\/legal\/house-rules-pa\/\">&ldquo;House Rules&rdquo; page<\/a> on the site, presumably in anticipation of the room&rsquo;s launch.<\/p>\n<p>The rules mostly concern game play, although do include that &ldquo;players must be at least 21 years of age, and physically located in the State of Pennsylvania&rdquo; to play on WSOP.com.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the WSOP-branded live poker room at Harrah&rsquo;s Philadelphia now appears to be permanently closed. While other <strong>PA live rooms<\/strong> are just starting to reopen following <strong>COVID<\/strong>-related closures, in <strong>August<\/strong> employees of the Harrah&rsquo;s Philadelphia poker room reported it had closed with no plans to reopen.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"pokerstars_pa_online_poker_monopoly_will_extend_into_second_year\">PokerStars PA online poker monopoly will extend into second year<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania is now approaching the one-year anniversary of the launch of the state&rsquo;s first legal online room, <strong>PokerStars PA<\/strong>. PokerStars launched its Pennsylvania site during the first week of <strong>November 2019<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Along with WSOP.com, many have speculated that <strong>partypoker<\/strong> could also soon challenge PokerStars&rsquo; online poker monopoly in the Keystone State. While a summer or fall launch of partypoker once seemed possible, that, too, currently appears in limbo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>GVC Holdings<\/strong> owns the partypoker platform. Along with <strong>MGM<\/strong>, GVC also jointly owns <strong>ROAR Digital<\/strong>. For the last few months ROAR has been awaiting approval from the PGCB for its license to operate in Pennsylvania. However the regulators&rsquo; iGaming Operators Eligibility List still lists its application status as <strong>pending<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Lead image credit: AP Photo\/John Locher<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021 appeared first on Play Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania online poker players will have to wait a little longer before they can play [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","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-42520","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 v24.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021 -<\/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\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021 -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pennsylvania online poker players will have to wait a little longer before they can play [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T14:39:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-22T19:06:44+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\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/\",\"name\":\"WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021 -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-10-22T14:39:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-22T19:06:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7f5b2fa51bd1925f5937c15b7388df28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/wsop-com-pennsylvania-launch-delayed-until-2021\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"WSOP.com Pennsylvania Launch Delayed Until 2021\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Poker Sites Traffic Report &amp; 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