Pennsylvania legalized online poker before Michigan, began offering it to players before Michigan, and authorized operators to join a multi-state compact that would benefit both them and their poker patrons before Michigan.
And yet, an announcement late Wednesday that Michigan had been accepted into the Multi-State Internet Gaming Association with New Jersey, Nevada, and Delaware made no mention of Pennsylvania.
The simple question is “Why?”
The simple answer, according to a representative of the association that oversees the nation’s lone existing poker compact, is Pennsylvania officials have sought no discussions in many months with the association.