State guide
Pennsylvania licenses real-money online casino games, and has done since 2019, under the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). Online sports betting is legal.
Legalised by Act 42 of 2017; online slots, table games and poker launched July 2019. Pennsylvania is the largest US iGaming market by revenue. Operator examples and regulator URL from general knowledge (not fetched).
Retail sports betting since Nov 2018 and online since May 2019; 36% tax rate.
No sweepstakes-casino ban enacted as of July 30, 2026; the PGCB has publicly warned that unlicensed sweepstakes/skill games are illegal but no statute has passed.
Only PGCB-licensed operators may offer online gambling; offshore/crypto casinos are unlicensed and the PGCB has issued cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed sites. Bovada lists PA as a prohibited state.
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) · Official site
Licensed operators include: BetMGM Casino, DraftKings Casino, FanDuel Casino, Hollywood Casino (Penn), BetRivers Casino
Minimum age: 21+
Based on each operator's own stated restrictions. An operator appearing here is not a statement that it is licensed in this state.
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Real-money online casino is legal and regulated in Pennsylvania, overseen by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), having launched in 2019. Legalised by Act 42 of 2017; online slots, table games and poker launched July 2019. Pennsylvania is the largest US iGaming market by revenue. Operator examples and regulator URL from general knowledge (not fetched). Licensed operators include BetMGM Casino, DraftKings Casino, FanDuel Casino, Hollywood Casino (Penn) and BetRivers Casino.
Only PGCB-licensed operators may offer online gambling; offshore/crypto casinos are unlicensed and the PGCB has issued cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed sites. Bovada lists PA as a prohibited state. Because Pennsylvania licenses online casino directly, there is a regulated alternative here: a licensed operator answers to a regulator that can act on a complaint, and an offshore one does not.
1-800-GAMBLER · Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania; PGCB Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling
Open the help resourceYes. Pennsylvania licenses and regulates real-money online casino through the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).
Yes, including online.
Offshore operators are not licensed in Pennsylvania, and many of them block US traffic in their own terms. Playing on an unlicensed site means no state regulator can help you if a withdrawal is refused or an account is closed.
21 for casino gambling, and 21 for sports betting.
