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The Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed sprawling gambling legislation, unveiled just hours earlier, to expand casino-style gambling to the Internet, airports, bars and elsewhere in a move that could shape how the state government deals with its deficit-riddled finances this summer.
The bill represents perhaps Pennsylvania’s biggest gambling expansion since the state legalized casinos in 2004, a law that made it the nation’s No. 2 commercial casino revenue state. The amended legislation changes the tax rates payable by DFS operators and includes controversial proposals allowing liquor licence holders in the state to place up to 10 video gaming terminals at truck stops and off-track betting parlours.
Under the new proposals DFS operators will now be taxed at 19% rather than the originally proposed 12%, while the legislation proposes a minimum age of 18 for any individual participating in DFS, rather than the originally proposed age of 21.
