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Philadelphia - Legislators in Pennsylvania have introduced a bill that would have Pennsylvania join the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement
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03 November 2026
The bill, first introduced by state Representative George Dunbar on March 15, 2024, directs the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to negotiate and formulate a compact with the Multi-State Internet Gaming Agreement, an interstate agreement for online poker already featuring the states of Delaware, West Virginia, Michigan, Nevada, and New Jersey. If joined by Pennsylvania, MSIGA would cover 1,870 miles with 38.3 million in shared market population.
Michigan was the first state to join the multi-state online poker liquidity pool in 2020, following the passage of bill SB161. It allowed the Michigan Gaming Control Board, which regulates online poker in the state, to enter agreements with other states for multi-state internet gaming.
Currently, Pennsylvania is considering its own state legislation to authorize online poker. When the house voted on August 26, 2014, HB 1712 projected earnings from online poker to be worth approximately $129 million, according to a Legislative Budget and Finance Committee study from 2013. The measure also said the state could form online-poker compacts with other states, bringing other jurisdictions into its pool, but that did not occur.
The compact remains limited to just two operators: PokerStars, which operates tournaments and games between New Jersey and Michigan; and WSOP.com, which draws players from New Jersey and Nevada into a shared player pool.