According to a new report published Friday, the online gambling industry is creating new jobs in states where the practice is regulated and legally permitted.
In fact, new jobs related to the industry are opening up in states where online gambling isn’t even legal yet.
Casino mogul Steve Wynn, for example, has his sights trained on Pennsylvania, even though online gambling isn’t legal in the state… yet. Nonetheless, Wynn is searching for a director of online gaming products to be located in the Commonwealth.
“Legislators have begun considering it [online gambling] as a means to get more money into state coffers,” Philly.com reports. “On Wednesday, the Senate passed a resolution for a study on weather Pennsylvania should legalize online gaming, as well as other means of keeping Pennsylvania gaming competitive in a time of increasing competition.”
Driving the interest of Pennsylvania legislators is the formal embrace of online gambling by its neighbors in New Jersey and Delaware.
“The group exploring online gaming for Wynn Resorts happens to be based in Philadelphia,” said Wynn spokesman Michael Weaver. “Their work, and the fact that they live in Philadelphia, has no relationship to specific gaming activity in Pennsylvania.”
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