By last year, [Pennsylvania] was collecting $1.05 billion in taxes from digital casinos, compared with $188 million from sportsbook apps. The revenue from casino games is significant: Pennsylvania’s entire state budget is about $50 billion.

With “online casinos becoming unbelievably prevalent” there are a lot of sites out there that don’t follow proper customer protection protocols, IRS Chief Guy Ficco said.

“States are losing out by keeping this activity — that is already occurring within their borders — in the shadows.”

BBB study finds consumers confused, upset amid hundreds of unlicensed and unverified casinos and sportsbooks.

Virginia has vastly expanded gambling over the past few years, and another new form, iGaming, was debated at a committee hearing in Richmond Tuesday morning.