“The Pennsylvania Interactive Gaming Assessment: Online Gambling Report 2023 summarizes three years of survey data from more than 1,800 individuals from across the commonwealth, was developed by Penn State’s Criminal Justice Research Center under contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP). The researchers found online gambling participation increased to 16% in 2023 after holding steady at 11% in 2021 and 2022. Additionally, Pennsylvania’s online gambling revenue in 2023 was more than $2.1 billion — a nearly 27% increase over the preceding year. Its popularity places the state among the top three online gambling revenue-generators in the nation.”
The report is authored by Glenn Sterner, CJRC – Abington – Faculty Lead and Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Gillian E. H. Russell, CJRC-Abington- Assistant Research Professor, Amanda M. Ferrara, Research Operations Manager, Penn State Social Science Research Institute’s Survey Research Center, and Miranda P. Kaye, former director of the Survey Research Center.