The following seven casinos are petitioners in the lawsuit: Parx Casino Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack the Meadows Casino Racetrack Hotel Stadium Casino Valley Forge Casino Resort and Mohegan Sun Pocono. Tom Wolf signed Act 42, which expanded gambling to the internet as well as airports and truck stops in 2017. It became the seventh state to sell lottery games online after Gov. Pennsylvania launched online gambling games, called “iLottery” games, earlier this year.
Defendants include the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue as well its secretary, Daniel Hassell. The casinos are seeking an injunction to stop the state from hosting online games.
The coalition filed a lawsuit in Commonwealth Court on Wednesday.
