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The gambling industry in Pennsylvania has reached an all-time high, with and land based ones bringing in record revenues throughout 2023. However, the industry in general could soon be facing two huge challenges, according to a report by Frank Gamrat, Executive Director of the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. Skill games and a declining…

Pennsylvania's gaming industry is on a firm path to recovery with gambling establishments not only exiting the pandemic doldrums but beating all expectations. Gaming brought in $3.2 billion in 2018 when the industry was officially launched, but it's now set to surpass $5 billion according to a new Allegheny Institute for Public Policy report. This…

Gaming in Pennsylvania continues to be strong. But there remain cautionary examples of how existing robust state income from gambling might not end up as the be-all and end-all that some portray it down the road, warns a new analysis by the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy. "(K)eep in mind that every dollar in revenue brought in by the casinos…

State-sanctioned gambling appears to be on the rebound and, in fact, growing in Pennsylvania as the coronavirus pandemic wanes and life in the Keystone State returns to some semblance of normal. But that has prompted the revival of an important and evergreen question from a researcher at the Allegheny Institute for Public Policy: "Is the growth of…