Filing the petition on 29 July, casinos such as Stadium Casino, Chester Downs, Rivers Philadelphia, Parx Casino Shippensburg, Wind Creek and Greenwood Gaming have requested “declaratory and injunctive relief” after considering the state’s lack of taxation on unlicensed operators and machines as “unconstitutional”.
The petition has named the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, along with its Secretary Patrick M Browne, and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board as respondents, demanding that taxes be “uniform, upon the same class of subjects”.
Casinos have issued the petition after considering the Pennsylvania Gaming Act’s “substantial” ~50% tax on slot machine revenue as “unconstitutional” due to the lack of taxation on unlicensed gaming operators offering skill and hybrid games.
In 2023 alone, licensed operators ..