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(Associated Press) - The Pennsylvania House of Representatives adjourned Thursday after a busy pre-election legislative agenda that included passing a bill that would allow casino-style gambling in Pennsylvania to expand to the internet and reinstate a provision that casinos pay tens of millions of dollars to host communities.
The House voted 108-71 to approve legislation that would allow casino-style gambling in Pennsylvania on the internet and in the state's six international airports, and reinstate a mandate that casinos pay tens of millions of dollars to host communities. It also would regulate daily fantasy sports betting. The future of the bill is unclear in the Senate. The provisions to expand casino-style gambling previously passed the House in June, but stalled in the Senate. The Senate approved a similar provision Wednesday to reinstate the local share tax on casino revenues, a month after it was struck down by the state's highest court because it treated the state's 10 largest casinos differently. A lawyer for Mount Airy Casino says the new provision in the bill is also unconstitutional for the same reasons.
