Pennsylvania is being urged to tighten responsible-gambling rules across the state’s online casinos, sportsbooks and poker sites, after a bipartisan commission report called for more detailed activity statements, stronger self-exclusion protections, tighter limits on advertising aimed at self-excluded players, and more options for deposit and time limits.
According to Sportsline’s account of the report, the 126-page document, Sports Betting and Related Interactive Gambling in Pennsylvania, was headed by Assistant Counsel Ronald Grenoble. It arrives as Pennsylvania’s online casinos netted $2.77 billion in 2025 revenue, up 27.1% from the year before, and iGaming remained the leading vertical in a state that pulled in $7.7 billion in total gambling revenue.
The report’s scope explicitly includes online casinos, sportsbooks and poker sites. Its authors want operators to provide anonymous player data to researchers so they can identify which gambling products cause the most harm, and they present the goal as building more sophisticated regulation around player behaviour and stronger protections for gamblers.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said it had launched a more user-friendly online self-exclusion system for people with a gambling disorder, allowing them to exclude themselves from any gambling activity regulated by the board.
The board says its self-exclusion programme began in 2006, was expanded after the 2017 Gaming Expansion Act, and now includes separate options for iGaming, which covers online sports wagering, video gaming terminals at truck stops and online fantasy sports. It also says self-excluded players must be refused wagers and denied gaming privileges, and that people found gambling while on the list may face criminal trespass charges and confiscation of winnings.
The board’s online portal, ResponsiblePlay.pa.gov, lets people enrol in one, several or all self-exclusion programmes, request removal from casino self-exclusion, extend a ban period, view documents and status in real time, and update personal information. Pennsylvania also says all online games already offer self-imposed limits on deposits, wagers, spend and play time.
