After optimistic buzz that Pennsylvania could finally join Nevada, Delaware and New Jersey in legalizing and regulating online poker, those hopes appear to be dead when budget talks fell through on Wednesday, according to Online Poker Report.
Pennsylvania has been considered the most likely state to pass online gaming legislation for some time now after it passed a budget in 2016 that included $100 million in online gaming revenue. That never got all the way through the legislature due in part to a lingering issue with video gaming terminals.
However, given that Pennsylvania was still facing a budget deficit, and online gaming could account for over $350 million in revenue by 2022, it was inevitable that the issue would come up again for 2017.