{"id":8148,"date":"2018-06-12T22:08:57","date_gmt":"2018-06-12T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/?p=8148"},"modified":"2018-06-13T15:15:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T15:15:59","slug":"pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/","title":{"rendered":"PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that <strong>Pennsylvania<\/strong> regulators have given clarity on how<strong> online casino accounts<\/strong> will work in the state.<\/p>\n<p>There was concern that customers would have <strong>one master account per casino<\/strong>, even if that casino had a variety of different<strong> skins, or individually branded websites and apps<\/strong>. If you\u2019ve ever played online in <strong>New Jersey<\/strong>, you know that this is <strong>not<\/strong> how the regulated market is set up in the Garden State.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"online_accounts_determined_by_number_of_online_platform_operators\">Online accounts determined by number of online platform operators<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pennsylvania <strong>did not follow suit<\/strong> with the one account per skin model of its neighbor. Rather, accounts are <strong>not created at the skin level<\/strong>, they are created at the <strong>operator<\/strong> level. Here is how the <strong>Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board<\/strong> (PGCB) defines an \u201cinteractive gaming operator\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A person licensed by the [Board] to operate interactive gaming or an interactive gaming system on behalf of an interactive gaming certificate holder.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, the certificate holders (read: Pennsylvania casinos) can have <strong>more than one operator<\/strong> that would oversee an online site under its license.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"just_how_does_this_work_for_pa_online_casino_customers\">Just how does this work for PA online casino customers?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Still a little confused? Here is an example of what we mean:<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s say, for example, that <strong>Parx<\/strong> opts to use<strong> a single online operator<\/strong>. However, that operator has<strong> six different skins<\/strong> under the Parx license. In this instance, customers will only have<strong> one Parx account<\/strong>, which you would (in theory) be able use to sign in to every skin. (Or perhaps you can only have an account at one skin and would be blocked from creating more. The logistics of how this will work are still a little unclear.)<\/p>\n<p>Casinos do not have to stick to just one operator though. Let\u2019s say <strong>Harrah\u2019s Philadelphia<\/strong> follows suit with what its parent company <strong>Caesars<\/strong> did in New Jersey and launched <strong>two separate online casinos<\/strong> from <strong>two different online operators<\/strong>,<strong> HarrahsCasino.com<\/strong> and <strong>CaesarsCasino.com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If Harrah\u2019s does that and contracts with one company to run Harrah\u2019s and another to run Caesars, players could have\u00a0<strong>different accounts<\/strong> for each site.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"what_if_two_casinos_contract_with_the_same_online_operator\">What if two casinos contract with the same online operator?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>But wait, there is more.<\/p>\n<p>Just like it stands to reason a casino with an interactive certificate would use multiple\u00a0operators, it is entirely likely an operator will end up with <strong>more than one casino partner<\/strong>. In that instance, those accounts are still going to remain <strong>separate<\/strong>. Which makes sense when you think about it, considering they need to keep revenue and account balances separate from competitors.<\/p>\n<p>If this seems like a lot of hair-splitting, you aren\u2019t wrong. As players, <strong>here is how it will affect you when PA online casinos start going live<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A casino may offer <strong>several skins of the same online gambling platform<\/strong>. You\u2019ll only be able to have one account at that casino.<\/li>\n<li>Some casinos will opt to offer different online gaming options from different operators. In that case, you can have a<strong> separate player account for each<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>What each casino opts for is still a mystery. So, for now, just be aware that the Pennsylvania online gaming accounts might get confusing, but you can keep track on all of the rumored and official operator partnerships to get a better sense of how things will work on each property.<\/p>\n<p>You can also read the PGCB memo in full below:<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.playpennsylvania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Interactive-Gaming-Subpart-L-PGCB-Website-Document-6.12.18.pdf\">PA gaming regulations<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta appeared first on Play Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that Pennsylvania regulators have given clarity on how online casino accounts will work [&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-8148","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>PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta -<\/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-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It appears that Pennsylvania regulators have given clarity on how online casino accounts will work [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-12T22:08:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-13T15:15:59+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\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/\",\"name\":\"PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-12T22:08:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-13T15:15:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7f5b2fa51bd1925f5937c15b7388df28\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/pgcb-clears-up-how-pa-online-casino-accounts-will-workwell-sorta\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"PGCB Clears Up How PA Online Casino Accounts Will Work\u2026Well, Sorta\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pokerscout.com\/\",\"name\":\"\",\"description\":\"Poker Sites Traffic Report &amp; 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