Qualified truck stops can apply to operate Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) beginning May 7. The application is now available on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) website at gamingcontrolbaord.pa.gov.
The process for all VGT applications will be as follows:
Up to five VGT’s can be located in truck stop establishments that meet the following criteria:
Consumers must be 21-years-old to use a VGT. Truck stops must locate the VGT in an area segregated from minors and under the observation of an employee.
Governor Wolf signed legislation last fall to expand Pennsylvania’s gambling. Forty-two percent of the revenue generated by VGTs will go into a newly established Video Gaming Fund, which will be deposited into Pennsylvania’s General Fund, while 10% of the revenue will be used for grants to any county in the Commonwealth and administered through the Commonwealth Finance Agency.
For questions on VGTs, email the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board at gamingexpansion@pa.gov.
The process for all VGT applications will be as follows:
- Once an application is submitted, the applicant will receive instructions for how to be fingerprinted.
- After the PGCB receives the fingerprint results and all other deficiencies in the application are satisfied, the application will be deemed complete.
- The completed application for each individual and entity will undergo a background investigation.
Up to five VGT’s can be located in truck stop establishments that meet the following criteria:
- is equipped with diesel islands used for fueling commercial motor vehicles;
- has sold on average 50,000 gallons of diesel or biodiesel fuel each month for the
- previous 12 months or is projected to sell an average of 50,000 gallons of diesel or
- biodiesel fuel each month for the next 12 months;
- has at least 20 parking spaces dedicated for commercial motor vehicles;
- has a convenience store;
- is a PA Lottery Sales Agent. and,
- is situated on a parcel of land of not less than 3 acres.
Consumers must be 21-years-old to use a VGT. Truck stops must locate the VGT in an area segregated from minors and under the observation of an employee.
Governor Wolf signed legislation last fall to expand Pennsylvania’s gambling. Forty-two percent of the revenue generated by VGTs will go into a newly established Video Gaming Fund, which will be deposited into Pennsylvania’s General Fund, while 10% of the revenue will be used for grants to any county in the Commonwealth and administered through the Commonwealth Finance Agency.
For questions on VGTs, email the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board at gamingexpansion@pa.gov.
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