However with new lawmakers being voted in and starting work come January along with online gambling champion representative John Payne retiring it is unclear when in the new year online gambling will see the light of day again.
Lawmakers had penciled in $100 million in tax revenues from online gambling for 2017 and so that revenue will have to be filled some how come the new year but for now and the foreseeable future Pennsylvania will not be playing online games for Christmas.
However with Pennsylvania hopes gone supporters are looking over at Michigan for the last chance this year for a state to legalise online gambling.
Michigan still has a few days left in their legislative session and with online gambling bill SB 889 still waiting for a vote. However it has been waiting for some time since the Michigan Regulatory Reform Committee held discussions on it back in May and passed it for a vote.
It seems that it does not have the traction for a vote and observers believe it will still be sitting waiting when the New Year starts. With Michigan having a population of just short of ten million it is not the biggest state and with SB 889 only allowing for three licenses should it ever be voted through then it looks like supporters of online gambling will be asking Santa for 2017 to bring more states to the online gambling party than the current year, that is of course if Sheldon Adelson does not get involved.
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