After reading an informative article from Steve Silver published
on the Philadephia Business Journal website (see link below in the resource
section), there is proposed legislation in place that is gaining support.
I suggest you read the article, however below I list the
bullet points as it pertains to changes that will make obtaining a Tavern
Gaming license more attractive:
·
Lowers Initial fee from $4,000 to $2,000 (which
will include the cost of the license for the first year)
·
Removes the $1000 15 year FBI Background check
·
Changes owners profit from 35% to 45%
o
50% goes to State and 5% goes to local
municipality
·
Separates a Gaming violation from Liquor Code
Violation. Having a gaming violation
will no long impact Taverns Liquor License standing.
o
Gaming Violations will be fined and will lose
their license after a 3rd violation.
PA HB1932
In addition to the Tavern Gaming License information in Mr. Silvers article you will find there is optimism regarding the eventual passing
of HB1932. HB1932 will allow regulated
video gaming in liquor licensed establishments.
This would also legalize regulated electronic bingo, black jack and
other games in liquor or brewed beverage licensed establishments.
Distributors and Manufacturers will have to $10,000 just for
a license for the video games. The
vendors that sell to the distributors will have to pay a whopping $25,000 for the
first 50 machines and an additional $500 per machine after 50.
Please read the article as there is additional information
regarding the HB1932 legislation that I have not included in my summary above.
Blog writers note:
We will soon be opening up our Gaming Forum for our SDS SGOC
customers. The forum is a place where we
will post Small Games of Chance and Charity Gaming details that will not be
posted on this public Blog. We will (on occasion)
open part of the forum to specific guests.
If you are a current SDS SGOC customer and you would like
access to our Gaming forum when it is available, please email us or contact us via
our contact page and include your name and the Post and/or Fraternal
organization that you are with and we will reply with a username and password
for you to access our insiders-only Gaming forum when it becomes available.
Resources:
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/guest-comment/2014/06/pennsylvania-tavern-gaming-may-make-a-comeback.html