Pennsylvania’s online casinos need new regulations that would transform how they are allowed to operate, according to a state report on options to address what some mental health experts are calling “an urgent and escalating public health challenge. ”
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But at the heart of a new state report on gambling addiction is a choice that isn’t resolved: Should Pennsylvania address the problem quickly and risk denting the gambling industry’s revenue, or study it more carefully and issue targeted changes more slowly?
The report Pennsylvania’s bipartisan Joint State Government Commission released on Monday says the commonwealth could address gambling addiction quickly by instituting a number of changes, including:
