As Pennsylvania lawmakers continue to try to pull together a budget before the holidays or the end of the year, it appears that any kind of proposed gambling tax increase is off the table — at least for now.
According to multiple media reports Wednesday, legislative leaders have drafted a $50.1 billion budget with no new revenue sources. The expectation was that the legislature would vote on the budget, which would alter public school spending and allot more than $500 million to the state’s poorest schools as well as halt participation in a carbon emissions cap-and-trade program. Gov. Josh Shapiro is expected to sign the deal if it passes through the legislature.
Should it pass, gambling taxes would remain the same, and the state’s 80,000-100,000 unregulated skills games would continue to operate.
