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Spencer Harwood

With a flair for writing and editing, Spencer brings a lot to the table. He’s committed to helping us streamline our editorial policy and enforcing the highest ethical standards of reporting. Serving as an inspiration for the rest of the staff, Spencer presently operates remotely from India, but he’s always our man on the job when it comes to improving the overall content strategy.

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Pennsylvania Sportsbetting Booms As NFL Kicks Off

The sportsbetting market in Pennsylvania is thriving. As the NFL season kicks off, bookmakers across the state have seen plenty of activity, taking in a record number of wagers in September. Over the course of just one month PA sportsbooks took in nearly $200 million in wagers. Record Numbers for PA Betting Sportsbetting has been […]

Pennsylvania Casinos Bring in $3.3B in 2018-19

There have been some big changes in Pennsylvania’s online gambling market this year, and they have certainly paid off. According to statistics from the Pennsylvania Gaming and Control Board (PGCB), casinos across the state generated $3.29 billion during the 2018-19 financial year. This is a 1.1% jump on last year’s gaming revenue, and it’s being […]

Parx Casino Extends Footprint to New Jersey

Needless to say, Pennsylvania’s retail and digital gaming markets are doing quite well. Its sports betting market has rapidly grown and is now one of the most lucrative ones in the United States. Parx Casino in Bensalem has been one of the biggest players in the state’s gambling industry and its sports betting offering is […]

Poker Rooms Stumble as Huge Tournaments Take Center Stage

September is often a huge month for the online poker industry and this is largely due to the fact that it features a number of huge or high-profile online poker tournaments. Each of these tournaments not only features massive participation or attendance but also boast of the biggest guarantees. With over $150 million in guarantees […]

Tides Turn for Pennsylvania’s Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin

The Keystone State’s gambling industry has been thriving thanks to a number of new developments in both the retail and online gambling sectors. Even so, not everything has been as rosy as we may hope and one of the issues that the state’s gambling industry has been grappling with has been the declining interest in […]

Legal Sports Betting Finally Takes Off in Indiana

Indiana has officially become the 12th US state to legalize sports betting after three of the state’s casinos were inaugurated on September 1 just in time for the forthcoming NFL season. Of the three casinos that debuted their sports betting offerings, one of them was privileged to have been inaugurated by Governor Eric Holcomb who […]

Pennsylvanian Gambling Sector Grows Bigger

A lot of attention is being paid to the recent launch of online gambling in the Keystone State as well as the anticipated launch of online poker. While these are all welcomed developments, they seem to have overshadowed other gaming verticals that are still also growing. The most notable ones in this regard are satellite […]

Pa. Gambling Watchdog Reiterates on Complaint Procedures

As online gambling continues to spread in the Keystone State, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has recently seen it fit to remind the state’s residents that they have a place to turn to if they think they were treated unfairly by any of the online gambling operators. On Monday, August 5, the gaming control […]

Lawsuit Against SugarHouse Casino Withdrawn

A lawsuit that was filed against SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia has recently been withdrawn. According to the court documents, the attorneys of the two claimants who filed the lawsuit notified the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania that they had decided to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit, without prejudice. As such, they […]

24-Hour Online Gambling Is Now Legal in Pennsylvania

The Keystone State’s gambling regulator has recently approved two online casino operators for 24-hour operation following a testing phase that kicked off on July 15. Penn National’s Hollywood Casino and Parx Casino, the two casinos, were given the green light by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) after both of them passed the board’s tests. […]