New Online Gambling Report by CJRC Researchers

โ€œThe 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 Stateโ€™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, Pennsylvaniaโ€™s online gambling revenue in 2023 was more than $2.1 billion โ€” a nearly 27% increase over the preceding year. Its popularity places the state among the top three online gambling revenue-generators in the nation.โ€

The report is authored by Glenn Sterner, CJRC โ€“ Abington โ€“ 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 Instituteโ€™s Survey Research Center, and Miranda P. Kaye, former director of the Survey Research Center.

Read the report here and the Penn State News article here.