{"id":16802,"date":"2024-03-12T16:58:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/?p=16802"},"modified":"2024-03-13T14:39:12","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T14:39:12","slug":"pennsylvania-to-start-legislation-that-excludes-credit-cards-from-funding-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instantcasinos.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/12\/pennsylvania-to-start-legislation-that-excludes-credit-cards-from-funding-gambling\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania To Start Legislation That Excludes Credit Cards From Funding Gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pennsylvania Credit Card gambling could soon be banned if lawmaker Senator Wayne D. Fontana has his way as he looks to ban the payment method.<\/strong><\/p>\n A huge step could be taken in Pennsylvania in relation to gambling, as a lawmaker is hoping to introduce legislation that stops credit cards being used to fund sports betting, iLottery, online casino activities and daily fantasy contests.<\/p>\n Senator Wayne D. Fontana has issued his claim to his fellow colleagues in the Pennsylvania Senate and is aiming to implement a rule that excludes credit cards for bettors within PA.<\/p>\n His bill has been made as gambling issues, in both online gaming and sports betting, looks to be increasing in Pennsylvania over recent times.<\/p>\n A document from Penn State’s 2022 Online Gaming report showed that over 36% of online gaming bettors had at least one gambling issue – a report which had the backing of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Department of Drug and Alcohol problems.<\/p>\n This is not the only reason for the lawmakers bill, as the average credit balance in Pennsylvania is now over five and half thousand dollars.<\/p>\n Fontana has brought this to the attention of Pennsylvania’s Senate during National Gambling Awareness Month, which was created to help those with issues and offer support.<\/p>\n Pennsylvania would not be the first state to exclude credit cards from gambling funding, as Iowa, Massachusetts and Tennessee have already implemented this method.<\/p>\n Iowa voted to prohibit credit cards in 2020 for sports betting and this was an additional step following their decision to do the same for lottery tickets.<\/p>\n Senator Tony Bisignano took a firm stance on this, similar to Fontano’s position in Pennsylvania, and was very vocal about the issue.<\/p>\n Bisignano said: \u201cIf you want you lose your paycheck, that\u2019s fine. I don\u2019t know how long you get away with that from your family, but with a credit card, you can run a debt that can\u2019t possibly be paid.\u201d<\/p>\n The blueprint for Pennsylvania is there, as Iowa gambling regulators have dished out a host of fines to various betting operators for not following the credit card exclusion rule – totaling up to $200,000.<\/p>\n Tennessee is another state that has made the decision to stop the use of credit cards, alongside Massachusetts who took action in March last year.<\/p>\n However, over 200 residents in Massachusetts were revealed to have used credit cards to fund their bets with DraftKings – exceeding $80,000 in bets.<\/p>\nPennsylvania Credit Card Gambling faces ban<\/strong><\/h2>\n