Author: Sushil Swain
In Pennsylvania, Senator Wayne Fontana has a goal of ensuring that online gambling doesn’t lead to crippling credit card balances. He announced his intentions of creating a new bill to ban credit card transactions for online casinos in March this year. What effect will the new bill have on online casinos? Current state law allows online players to use a credit card to fund their online casino accounts. The new Senate Bill 1159 would stop credit card payments on any form of online gambling, including sports wagering and iLottery games. If the legislature approves the bill and Governor Josh Shapiro…