Sports betting goes live in Pennsylvania

Sports betting is live in Pennsylvania, making it the seventh state where it’s allowed. Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course near Hershey is in its first week of taking bets after getting the green light from Pennsylvania regulators. A spokesman says Hollywood Casino is taking just about every kind of bet that’s offered in Las Vegas. Parx Casino in suburban Philadelphia, SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia and Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh also could open sports books in the coming weeks. A year-old state law allows owners of Pennsylvania’s 12 casinos to pay a $10 million fee to operate sports betting. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way in May for states to legalize sports betting. Pennsylvania joins Delaware, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey and West Virginia with legal sports betting. A tribal casino in New Mexico also offers sports betting.