Pennsylvania approves sports betting licenses for Parx and Hollywood casinos.

Parx in Bensalem, Pa is hope to have their sportsbook up and running in November. They were also approved the license for the South Philly Turf Club at 700 Packer Avenue in the stadium complex which consists of Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Stadium and the Wells Fargo Center. If you are attending a Phillies, Eagles, Sixers or Flyers game you can pop in there in and make a wager then head over to the game. They don't expect to have online betting till January. Hollywood will also have a sportsbook in Western Pennsylvania. The South Philly Turf Club is a 3 minute walk to the baseball stadium and about a 9 minute walk to the football stadium. Can you imagine how packed that place will be during Eagles home games. They are also building a casino across from the stadiums which will open in a few years so it's really going to be something when all this is up and running. If someone told you a sportsbook would open in a stadium complex in the US 5 years ago you would probably tell them they were insane.

Pennsylvania's casinos already rake in more gross revenues than any other state's casinos except Nevada's, American Gaming Association figures show, while Pennsylvania is the No. 1 state in tax revenue from the casino industry, at $1.4 billion in the 2016-17 fiscal year.

I won't open up a mobile/online account until next football season, I will stick with locals & go up to Hollywood to check it out when it opens.

Pa has been dragging their feet way too much......

Penna dragged their feet with the actual opening of casinos, took them awhile after legally being able to open , and now they have eaten New Jersey's lunch, Penna will open Sports Betting, get all of the areas sports betting..jmho..

In-casino mobile betting is coming
None of the operators will launch online or mobile sports betting in the first phase of operations. That will probably come in the early months of 2019.

That doesn’t mean players won’t be able to use their mobile devices to place bets. Casinos can now use their local wi-fi networks to geolocate players inside the casino, or even inside specific areas in the casino.

In-casino mobile betting is possible by allowing players to download a mobile app to their phone or tablet. The app then activates only when it is connected to the authorized wi-fi network.

After players fund their one-day account at the cage, they can place bets using the casino’s sports betting app. At the end of the day, the account is closed and players can cash out their winnings or what remains of their deposits.

In-game betting will be massive
The PGCB heard that in-game betting would be a major revenue generator. In-game betting involves taking bets after a match has started. Customers can then bet on almost anything from who makes the next home run to which team will score first.

The Parx presenters explained that in the UK, in-play betting provides around 80 percent for sports betting revenues. The figure is already at around 70 percent in New Jersey.

Parx said that it expects to see similar figures in Pennsylvania.

It is not practical to take most in-game bets at the teller because events happen too fast. Parx explained that this was why almost all in-game bets are placed online, and around 80 percent of those are made on mobile devices.