One of the quieter parts of Pennsylvania’s broad legalized gambling expansion since 2017 has been the addition of video gaming terminals at truck stops, but the possibility of increasing those locations was the focus of a recent legislative hearing.
The House Gaming Oversight Committee heard testimony Sept. 21 on HB 2743, introduced in July by Republican Rep. Seth Grove of York County, to drop one of the criteria that limit which facilities can obtain a VGT license.
Grove’s bill would remove the requirement that truck stops hosting five VGT machines — which operate similar to casino slot machines — must average at least 50,000 gallons of diesel fuel sales monthly.
