Pennsylvania Bill Does Not Close All Gambling Law Loopholes

Pennsylvania lawmakers and state gambling regulators are trying to salvage a last-minute solution to a year-long squabble over slots suppliers that threatens to derail the advent of gambling and property tax relief for another year or more. The dispute is over how to license suppliers of slots machines, who would serve as the Pennsylvania-based middlemen between the manufacturers and the casino gambling operators in the state.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has been at odds for more than a year over whether to require a certain number of suppliers come from each region of the state, or to open up the licensing process statewide. The board is poised to make a decision today before it loses its independent regulatory powers in early July deadline. Lawmakers, who have sat back and watched the leadership-appointed board falter on the issue, are now quickly advancing a bill that ends the dispute by simply eliminating the existence of casino slots suppliers altogether.

The Senate passed the measure last night, and the gambling bill's prime sponsor, Pittsburgh Sen. Jane Orie, said she has a commitment from House Republicans to run it through that chamber by the end of the week.

June 28, 2006
Posted By Susan Torres
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