Pennsylvania has issued its first sports betting licenses, although it will be a while before punters can place a legal wager at a local casino.

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved sports betting license applications by Penn National Gaming (PNG) and Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment (GGE), the first of many such awards the PGCB expects to issue to the state’s 13 licensed casinos.

PNG is looking to offer legal wagering at its Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course, while GGE wants to add sportsbooks at the state’s market-leading Parx Casino and the South Philadelphia Turf Club off-track betting parlor.

A Parx official told the PGCB that the plan was to launch land-based wagering by November, with online and mobile wagering to follow in January 2019 (Parx has partnered with gaming tech firm GAN for both online and offline wagering). PNG, which has a land-based betting deal with William Hill US and an online deal with International Game Technology, said its land-based sportsbook would be ready sometime in the “next few months.”