Pennsylvania’s online lottery sales are off to a brisk start, despite increasingly vocal opposition from the state’s land-based gaming operators.

This week, local media quoted Pennsylvania Department of Revenue communications director Jeffrey Johnson saying that the Pennsylvania Lottery’s new PA iLottery games, which made their debut on June 4, had generated sales of $21.6m as of June 30 while paying out winnings of $18.7m from a customer base of around 45k unique players.

The 11 PA iLottery games offer players the chance to win up to $250k, but the website doesn’t offer traditional draw games, fast-play games or scratch cards so as not to compete with the Lottery’s retail partners.

All well and good, but the state’s brick-and-mortar casino operators have raised a ruckus about the iLottery games, saying the games (a) too closely resemble casino-style slot machines and (b) can be accessed by anyone 18 years or older, while casino slots are off-limits to anyone under 21.