Following the lead of Delaware, New Jersey, Nevada, Illinois, New York, California, Massachusetts and several other states,
the Pennsylvania Senators Edwin Erickson and Bob Mensch have
introduced Senate Bill 1386, which would effectively
legalize online gambling within the Commonwealth's borders.
This most recent Pennsylvania online gaming bill comes on the
heels of last year's failed House Bill 1235.
Pennsylvania Online Gaming Bill Not Limited to Online
Poker
Although the original draft of the bill appears to have been
limited to online poker by including the following language:
"[t]he board only may approve poker games pursuant to this
chapter;" the final draft of the bill omits this language, as
such, like the law in New Jersey, the bill would seem to allow for
several forms of online gaming. The motivation for drafting
the bill with such an expansive stance on Internet gaming stems
from the need to contend with the online gaming regimes of
Pennsylvania's
