Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton appointed Edward C. Gainey to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on 5 February 2026. The board said Gainey will serve a two-year term as a commissioner.
Gainey’s appointment changes the membership of Pennsylvania’s gaming regulator.
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Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board granted Octoplay interim authorisation to supply games to licensed operators in the state, the company said. Pennsylvania is Octoplay’s third US online gaming market, alongside Michigan and New Jersey.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved agreements with MGM Resorts International and CountR GmbH at its monthly public meeting. MGM will pay a $50,250 sanction for filing a Principal licence application late, while CountR will pay $50,000 to settle unpaid licence fees after an alleged unauthorised change of control. The board also ordered ten people added to involuntary exclusion lists.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said on 19 August 2026 that it added 11 people to its involuntary exclusion lists. Two faced exclusion after leaving children unattended at casino properties, while another was found with counterfeit $50 bills, some used at table games. The board said the lists now contain 1,499 people.
On 19 August 2026 the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced that 11 people had been added to its Involuntary Exclusion Lists. Once listed, a person may not gamble in a Pennsylvania casino, on an online betting site overseen by the Board, or at a location with Video Gaming Terminals.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said no records existed in response to a request for enforcement actions and aggregate data about misconduct on WSOP Pennsylvania online poker. The request covered records from 15 July 2021 through 18 August 2026 and specified conduct including bots, collusion and multi-accounting.
The National Council on Problem Gambling urged Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board to require time and spending limits by default for new online gambling accounts, according to its letter to the board. The limits would be disableable by players; the proposed state rules remain under review and have not been finalised.