Pennsylvania casinos can petition Gaming Control Board for interactive gaming certificates

If approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Certificate Holders may be authorized to offer interactive gaming in three categories:

• peer-to-peer interactive games where players compete directly against other players, like poker
  
  
• non-peer-to-peer interactive games where players compete against the dealer's hand, which simulate table games
  
  
• non-peer-to-peer interactive games which simulate slot machines
  
  

With this announcement, the Board's process of issuing Interactive Gaming Certificates will begin as follows:

• In the first 90 days, only existing Pennsylvania casinos may petition to offer all three categories; at an authorization fee of $10 million
  
  
• From 91-120 days, existing Pennsylvania casinos may petition to offer one or more categories; at an authorization fee of $4 million per category
  
  

At the conclusion of the 120-day period, the Gaming Control Board may authorize a qualified gaming entity to file a Petition with the Board for an Interactive Gaming Certificate upon a finding of suitability.

Act 42 of 2017 allows for a total of 13 Interactive Gaming Certificates for each type of online gaming for a total of 39 certificates.

The next meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in the PGCB's Office of Hearings and Appeals located on the second floor of Strawberry Square Complex in Harrisburg.

Additional information about both the PGCB's gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania's gaming industry can be found at www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. You can also follow the agency on Twitter by choosing @PAGamingControl.

Contact: Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey (717) 346-8321