{"id":5609,"date":"2018-05-02T21:59:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T21:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2018-05-03T17:04:19","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T17:04:19","slug":"with-applications-open-online-casinos-making-serious-forward-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/with-applications-open-online-casinos-making-serious-forward-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"With Applications Open, Online Casinos Making Serious Forward Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
We\u2019re getting closer to the launch of PA online gambling<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This past week, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB) Director of Communications Doug Harbach<\/strong> revealed in an interview that application season is now open for $10 million licenses<\/strong> that would allow existing casinos to run websites with poker, table games,\u00a0and slots.<\/p>\n The applications are officially known as petitions<\/strong>. They require an extensive amount of information, Harbach told Online Poker Report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a little different than just an application, they have to send in a legal petition that we\u2019re to receive. We were just talking about that today, as a matter of fact,\u00a0because there\u2019s a litany of things from the act that they have to supply in that petition,\u201d Harbach was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania\u2019s 12 casinos have until July 15<\/strong> to turn in their applications. Once the deadline passes, they can apply for $4 million a-la-carte licenses<\/strong> for online poker, online table games, or online slots.<\/p>\n As Harbach pointed out, the iGaming licenses for which casinos will petition require some extensive paperwork<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to the Oct. 2017 legislation that expanded PA gambling to include iGaming, one of the things the petition must include is a list of the games<\/strong> the licensee plans to offer:<\/p>\n \u201cAn itemized list of the interactive games, including identifying what category each interactive game falls under, and any other game or games the slot machine licensee plans to offer through the slot machine licensee\u2019s interactive gaming website for which authorization is being sought.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If any changes are made to that list, the legislation states, then the licensee has to update<\/strong> the information.<\/p>\n Other interesting tidbits required for the petition are:<\/p>\n According to the legislation, the June 15 deadline will be followed by the aforementioned 30 days of a-la-carte applications. That puts the application period at about three-and-a-half months from now<\/strong>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s unclear at which point the online casinos will launch.<\/p>\n As for how PGCB will handle the issue of skins \u2014 how many sites one casino can operate under a single license \u2014 casinos have argued both sides<\/strong> of the issue. Parx<\/strong> is pleading for one site per casino and global operator 888<\/strong> asking for multiple skins.<\/p>\n Early this month, PGCB Executive Director Kevin O\u2019Toole<\/strong> seemed to indicate that multiple skins would be allowed, so long as each site included the licensed casino\u2019s branding.<\/p>\n The post With Applications Open, Online Casinos Making Serious Forward Progress appeared first on Play Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We\u2019re getting closer to the launch of PA online gambling. This past week, Pennsylvania Gaming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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-5609","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-link","6":"category-news-category","7":"post_format-post-format-link"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat an iGaming license petition entails<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Launch date for iGaming still uncertain<\/span><\/h2>\n