March 20, 2023: Pennsylvania takes in $599.5 million in bets in February, a 22% drop from the state's January handle.įeb. Ed Neilson and others introduce House Bill 733 in an effort to legalize esports betting in Pennsylvania. May 1, 2023: The Philadelphia 76ers defeat the Boston Celtics in game one of the NBA Eastern Conference semifinals.Īpril 20, 2023: The Pennsylvania Gaming Board announces that legal PA sportsbooks accepted $723.5 million in total wagers in March. Pennsylvania sportsbooks gathered $572.1 million in wagers for the month. May 18, 2023: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board releases PA's April sports betting handle. July 26, 2023: Golden Nugget receives approval to launch its online casino in PA. 14, 2023, with online sports betting going live in 17 U.S. 2, 2023: ESPN BET plans to launch on Nov. 14, 2023: ESPN BET goes live with online and mobile sports betting, launching in Pennsylvania and 16 other states. This timeline highlights milestones in Pennsylvania’s sports gambling history: The bill later came into effect after SCOTUS upended the federal ban on single-game betting in May 2018. Tom Wolf put his signature on an extensive gambling expansion bill that set the table for legal Pennsylvania sports betting.
