As the state’s fiscal year came to a close, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published a record figure for yearly tax revenue - standing at over $2.3bn for 2022/2023.

Rush Street Interactive has bolstered its BetRivers and PlaySugarHouse igaming entities in Pennsylvania after becoming the first online casino operator in the Keystone State to launch AGS content.

Set to debut a range of online real-money casino games, the first AGS slot that debuted in the region was Pharaoh Sun, lauded as a “player favourite” on its New Jersey focused online casino counterpart.

Further titles from the AGS portfolio to be available for Pennsylvania players in the coming days are Jade Wins, Longhorn Jackpots, and Olympus Strikes.

“We are excited to be the first online operator in Pennsylvania to add AGS game content to our engaging library of top quality and well-known casino games,” said Richard Schwartz, President of Rush Street Interactive, which operates BetRivers.com and PlaySugarHouse.com.  

“AGS’ games online deliver the identical looks, features, and play mechanics as their popular land-based games.”

Pharaoh Sun is an Egyptian-themed five-reel game that features a King Tut headdress and other iconography that is closely associated with Ancient Egypt.  

The Tut image is the highest-paying symbol, with others including a sphinx, a cat, and various Egyptian-themed objects.  A wild beetle symbol offers players free spins, with  a jackpot bonus round lauded as “another treasure that players can unearth in the desert of ancient times”.

Matt Reback, executive vice president at AGS, explained: “We are thrilled to extend our partnership with Rush Street Interactive to Pennsylvania, where they are an established market leader and one of the top online gaming operators, following our successful online launch in New Jersey and on RushBet.co in Colombia, and our long-established relationship as a land-based game supplier.  

“We are proud to provide online versions of our proven, popular land-based games for the PlaySugarhouse.com and BetRivers.com online casino sites as they continue to grow and expand into new markets.”