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By Georgina Ramos

Pennsylvania Poker Generates $2.5 Million in December

January 23, 2020

Online poker has only been live in Pennsylvania for a month but, in that time, it has made a significant impact on the state’s gambling market. Over the course of its first month, $2.5 million in revenue was generated for PokerStars – the state’s only online poker operator. The revenue brought in from PokerStars represents […]

By Alexander Palmer

PokerStars Ready to Launch in Pennsylvania in November

October 31, 2019

There has been plenty of speculation about when online poker would finally become available in Pennsylvania. Players were waiting for such a long time, that they had eventually started to doubt that it would ever happen. However, there’s finally some good news, as PokerStars has announced that it will be launching in the state’s newly […]

By Nicola E Hayward

The Top Contenders for Pennsylvania’s Online Poker Industry

May 10, 2019

Poker enthusiasts in Pennsylvania are finally going to be able to play online poker legally as from July 15 which is just a little over two months away. The Keystone State will be joining the New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware as the first states in the United States to allow residents to play online poker […]

By Elaine West

Pennsylvania Online Casino and Poker Sites to Launch in July

April 19, 2019

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday announced that the state’s online gambling industry will finally go live in July 2019. Online gambling was part of the wider statewide gambling expansion plans that were initiated by the state’s lawmakers back in October 2017, but it has been lagging behind most other forms of gambling in […]

By Nicola E Hayward

Online Poker and the New DOJ Wire Act Opinion

January 21, 2019

Last Monday, the United States Department of Justice issued a new opinion regarding the Interstate Wire Act of 1961. According to the new opinion, the law’s prohibitions were not limited to sports betting as previously stipulated by an opinion that was issued back in 2011 – instead, it extends beyond sports betting and covers other […]

By Elaine West

PokerStars To Make Grand Return to Pennsylvanian Market

December 3, 2018

PokerStars is slowly making its return to the United States’ online market and one of the places it is set to impact most will be the Keystone State – the Stars Group-owned online poker operator was approved for online gambling during a Wednesday, November 28 meeting that was hosted by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. […]

By Nicola E Hayward

Three Casinos Approved for Online Poker in Pennsylvania

August 17, 2018

It was only a few weeks ago that Pennsylvania casino licensees were able to submit online gaming applications – and, the first batch of approvals has already come through. Three Pennsylvania casinos have been given the go-ahead to launch online casino and online poker products, so local players will soon have the ability to wager […]