Pennsylvania will permit its online gambling licensees to host multiple ‘skins,’ which will allow companies from outside Pennsylvania to participate in its intrastate online gambling market.

On Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published the latest installment of its rules and regulations governing its imminent online gambling licenses. The state will begin accepting interactive gaming certificate applications from its existing land-based casino licensees later this month, while technology providers will get their shot in June.

The new set of regulations (viewable in full here) addresses the contentious question of ‘skins’, aka whether an online licensee will also be able to host affiliated operators, as is the case in neighboring New Jersey. (NJ’s market-leading Golden Nugget casino, for example, offers its own online casino, in addition to Betfair- and SugarHouse-branded sites.)

The lobbying on this issue has been fierce in Pennsylvania, with Parx Casino and Penn National Gaming arguing against allowing any third-party sites, and online operators like 888 Holdings arguing to be allowed to piggyback on a local casino’s license, much as the company does in New Jersey via its partnership with Caesars Entertainment.