Pennsylvania casinos file suit against state lottery over Internet-based games

Comment #19

Stack47 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 18:24:17 GMT

The PA casinos are questioning whether or not the PA state lottery can legally offer any game the casino people believes resembles one of theirs. I'm pretty sure the PA state legislators created laws, rules, and procedures that govern both the casinos and the lottery so this lawsuit is useless at best.

Comment #18

Coin Toss — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:54:23 GMT

OK.

Casinos have contributed much more than they promised to communities and states with lotteries have the best schools, the highest paid teachers, etc..........

Comment #17

rca1952 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:08:52 GMT

I love it!Now the casino's will start hurting for business and produce more winners to keep the customers they have....GO FOR IT PA

Comment #16

rca1952 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 15:00:25 GMT

It never fails when it comes to money how we all get along so well...

Comment #15

TheGameGrl — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 12:34:38 GMT

Cointoss,think the above veered. Immensely from the Crux of the topic. Care to cease the baffle stage...and contribute to Legality nd legitimacy of the case

Comment #14

Coin Toss — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 04:38:24 GMT

TheGameGrl,

From Wikipedia, Gambling in PA;

Illegal gambling

Even with the proliferation of gambling in the state in recent years as Pennsylvania's gaming laws become more permissive, illegal gambling is still commonplace in Pennsylvania. Many bars, private clubs, truck stops, fire company social halls, and many other establishments have long allowed slot machines or video poker machines on the premises.[27] Legislation has often been discussed about legalizing and regulating VGTs in th... [ More ]

Comment #13

amber124 — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 04:03:03 GMT

Obviously time travels with the trends. And trends travel with time.

I love baklava! I know you don't give a s*** LOL

Comment #12

Soledad — Sat, 25 Aug 2018 00:52:37 GMT

This is just more of the same. When is it enough? Hey Coin Toss, remember when the lottery number would ve been the last digits of the days take at the horse track? Lol. The good old days. Just a little extra to help you get by. It s too much these days. The lotteries in my eyes are trying to break away from their reliance on retail. Why, I do not understand. The retail side is still profitable, but it seems to never be enough. GameGrl is right about the funds they get shuffled a lot. The player... [ More ]

Comment #11

TheGameGrl — Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:00:05 GMT

Doesn't matter if the owners or corps are based in another state. They are licensed in Pennsylvania and required to abide by the by laws set forth in gaming in Pennsylvania. I believe a search via Google can give the list of corps that have stakes in propertis here.

The issue is that the lottery is pushing this new online slot gambling and trying to say....but it's not! If you wish ...take a gander at the ilottery website.

Comment #10

Coin Toss — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 16:42:07 GMT

TheGameGrl,

Who owns the casinos? If they're tribal that's one thing, if not, are they owned by Harrah's, etc....

Comment #9

TheGameGrl — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 13:52:30 GMT

Coin toss, this is pennsylvanIa. Not Nevada or any other state that is being challenged. when pa passed the law to allow casinos it was very clear how they were to operate . Yet the pa lottery can side step all that? There in lays the challenge.

Comment #8

Coin Toss — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 04:34:07 GMT

TheGameGrl,

Casinos are private enterprises, lotteries are run by states or multi-states.

When the laws changed and river boat casinos came into being they were charging admission for people to get on the boats. The admissions varied, some were $2-$5, $5 - $15 on weekends. What is more ridiculous than having to pay an admission to go to a casino to gamble?

But that helped to recover some of the fees you talked about.

Then there were cases where the state got $2 per admission, the t... [ More ]

Comment #7

TheGameGrl — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:31:28 GMT

Casinos paid in an outrageous fee to be licensed and to operate.

Yet here comes the state lottery who mimics slots and slide scale wagering ...feigning it needs to see if it's true. Bit nieve don't ya think?

The lottery profits do not go to the community unlike the provisions of casinos that certain profits go to school funds/housing funds.

The lottery profits are constantly being shuffled to fix the state budget. ..

I think these casinos have a case. At least they are held to tra... [ More ]

Comment #6

TheMeatman2005 — Thu, 23 Aug 2018 00:02:22 GMT

And, that is because the house always wins

Comment #5

Coin Toss — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:44:05 GMT

Greed. The house always wants it all.....in this case both 'houses', the casinos and the lottery.

Comment #4

music* — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 22:02:19 GMT

Thank You noise-gate. I did google it and it agrees with you.

I am content with MM PB.

Comment #3

noise-gate — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:36:35 GMT

Fairy take character, who lived in Holland. He heard water leaking from a dike* dam. Decided that to save the village he would stick his finger in the hole to prevent the flooding. These operators are attempting to stick their finger in the online hole, to prevent the online games from flooding the market ..

Comment #2

music* — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:26:43 GMT

noise-gate, Who is Hans Brinker

Comment #1

noise-gate — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:21:27 GMT

These casino operators in Pennsylvania are attempting to be Hans Brinker. Good luck guys.

Pennsylvania casinos file suit against state lottery over Internet-based games

Lottery Post — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 19:14:08 GMT

Seven commercial casino operators in Pennsylvania have filed suit in Commonwealth Court against the Pennsylvania Lottery over its new breed of casino-style online games.

The casino operators are asking the court to stop the Lottery from offering the games, introduced in May, arguing they cut too close to the online games that the casinos say state gambling law reserves exclusively for them.

The suit alleges several of the Lottery's games improperly imitate the look, sound and feel of slot... [ More ]