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Pennsylvania reps introduce bill requiring online casinos to geoblock schools
Legislators have introduced a bill to make PA online casino operators block school properties from accessing their services. Learn the details of this legislation and the motivations behind it.
A group of Pennsylvania House reps has introduced legislation requiring online casinos and sportsbooks to geoblock school properties. The bill was authored by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Allegheny/Washington) and co-sponsored by Reps. Anderson, Flick, Kutz, Kuzma, Merski and Verobish.
Geoblocking tech already exists to accomplish the bill's goals
House Bill 2631 doesn't require the state's online gambling sites to invent technology to block school zones. Instead, Ortitay notes that operators can already keep minors off their sites.
"Our schools should be a place for learning, not a place to lose your future one bet at a time," Ortitay said via a press release. "The technology to stop this already exists. We are simply asking the operators who profit from gaming to make sure their products cannot be used by a child sitting in a classroom. This is common sense, and it is long overdue."