Pennsylvania state Rep. Ed Neilson introduced legislation [last] week to legalize esports betting. The bill would add esports to the list of “sports events” that bettors in the Keystone State could wager on.
Currently, Pennsylvania sports betting is limited to professional and college sports, and motor racing.
Neilson attempted to legalize esports betting in 2023, but the bill stalled shortly after introduction. Neilson’s new measure, HB 1636, defines esports as “An organized competition involving video games in which players compete against each other, individually or as teams, and the dominant element in determining the results is the relative skill of the players.”
