Pennsylvania’s New Slot Law

“Politics is the art of the compromise” -Anonymous
Legalizing gambling is not the same as decriminalizing it. When a state’s lawmakers decide to make gaming legal, they never repeal the state’s criminal anti-gambling statutes. Instead, the legislature creates a licensing system for operators and suppliers. A license has such great commercial value because it allows the holder to do something which would otherwise send that person to jail.

Lawmakers have to decide what forms of gaming will be allowed and how many licenses will be issued. Since licenses are valuable because they are rare, legislatures want the state to get paid the maximum possible.

They also have to determine who gets the licenses. This is usually done by creating an administrative body which evaluates applicants, issues the licenses and then watches over the operation.

But, because politics is behind the entire system, administrators often have little choice. … Continue reading Pennsylvania’s New Slot Law

Sun, November 27th, 2005

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