Pennsylvania’s Parx Casino to launch sportsbook next week

Pennsylvania’s market-leading casino will launch its land-based sports betting operations next week, bringing the total number of state sportsbooks to four.

On Friday, Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment’s Parx Casino in Bensalem announced that it would commence the mandatory 48-hour soft-launch of its Kambi-powered sports betting operations on Tuesday (8) at 2pm. Assuming nothing goes wrong, Parx will commence full-on wagering at 1pm on Thursday (10).

Parx is still in the process of building its permanent sportsbook, so the one that opens next week will be a scaled-down temporary version in the property’s former 360 bar and lounge. Parx hopes to have its permanent book open by the summer in order to make any necessary tweaks before the start of next season’s NFL action.

Greenwood Gaming has yet to indicate when betting might commence at its other Pennsylvania gaming venue, the South Philadelphia Turf Club. And while the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has yet to approve any operator’s online betting product, Parx insists that its mobile betting app was “coming soon.”