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Pennsylvania Senate and House Butt Heads Over Internet Poker

There is a standoff between the Pennsylvania legislative branches in regards to licensing Internet gaming.

Two days after the Pennsylvania Senate addressed the urgent matter of local share tax from casino revenues with a temporary fix, the Pennsylvania House challenged its counterparts not to ignore online gaming and daily fantasy sports.

Last month the state's Supreme Court ruled that a portion of Pennsylvania's casino law that provides local cities and counties with a share of the taxes that casinos pay on their slot machine earnings was unconstitutional, violating the state constitution by imposing different tax rates on casinos depending on their size.