As of November 27, there are already 137 municipalities that have said no to a casino in their community – exercising the opt out option in the 939-page gambling expansion legislation recently passed within 24 hours by the Pennsylvania General Assembly. To find out how your local officials can join this list, go to pafamily.org/optout.
Here’s the current list:
Township (County) Resolution Date
- Adams Township (Snyder) 11/07/17
- Allen Township (Northampton) 11/09/17
- Banks Township (Indiana) 11/06/17
- Barnett Township (Jefferson) 11/20/17
- Beale Township (Juniata) 11/06/17
- Beaver (Crawford) 11/14/17
- Beavertown Borough (Snyder) 11/14/17
- Borough of Columbia (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Borough of East Petersburg (Lancaster) 11/08/17
- Borough of Elizabethtown (Lancaster) 11/16/17
- Borough of Elverson (Chester) 11/07/17
- Borough of Harmony (Butler) 11/14/17
- Borough of Indian Lake (Somerset) 11/08/17
- Borough of Kennett Square (Chester) 11/20/17
- Borough of Manheim (Lancaster) 11/14/17
- Borough of Marietta (Lancaster) 11/14/17
- Borough of Quarryville (Lancaster) 11/06/17
- Borough of Thornburg (Allegheny) 11/13/17
- Brooklyn Township (Susquehanna) 11/16/17
- Buffington Township (Indiana) 11/07/17
- Canton Township (Washington) 11/14/17
- Cascade Township (Lycoming) 11/14/17
- Clay Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Clifford Township (Susquehanna) 11/14/17
- Colerain Township (Lancaster) 11/15/17
- Conneaut Township (Crawford) 11/14/17
- Decatur Township (Clearfield) 11/21/17
- Delaware Township (Pike) 11/08/17
- East Bradford Township (Chester) 11/08/17
- East Cocalico Township (Lancaster) 11/16/17
- East Earl Township (Lancaster) 11/14/17
- East Hempfield Township (Lancaster) 11/15/17
- East Keating Township (Clinton) 11/17/17
- East Lampeter (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Eden Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Eldred Township (Warren) 11/08/17
- Elizabeth Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Ephrata Township (Lancaster) 11/07/17
- Forks Township (Sullivan) 11/06/17
- Franconia Township (Montgomery) 11/20/17
- Germany Township (Adams) 11/13/17
- Gibson Township (Susquehanna) 11/06/17
- Gray Township (Greene) 11/06/17
- Greenwood Township (Crawford) 11/06/17
- Greenwood Township (Perry) 11/15/17
- Hamilton Township (Franklin) 11/15/17
- Hanover Township (Northampton) 11/14/17
- Heath Township (Jefferson) 11/06/17
- Highland Township (Clarion) 11/14/17
- Highland Township (Adams) 11/14/17
- Howard Township (Centre) 11/06/17
- Jenner Township (Somerset) 11/14/17
- Kennett Township (Chester) 11/01/17
- Kingston Township (Luzerne) 11/08/17
- Knox Township (Clearfield) 11/06/17
- La Plume Township (Lackawanna) 11/09/17
- Lack Township (Juniata) 11/11/17
- Lancaster Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- LaPorte Township (Sullivan) 11/06/17
- Leacock Township (Lancaster) 11/20/17
- Lewis Township (Union) 11/14/17
- Liberty Township (Mercer) 11/09/17
- Limestone Township (Lycoming) 11/06/17
- Limestone Township (Clarion) 11/14/17
- Little Beaver Township (Lawrence) 11/07/17
- Londonderry Township (Chester) 11/14/17
- Lower Augusta Township (Northumberland) 11/13/17
- Lower Gwynedd Township (Montgomery) 11/14/17
- Lower Makefield Township (Bucks) 11/01/17
- Lower Southampton Township (Bucks) 11/15/17
- Loyalsock Township (Lycoming) 11/14/17
- Mahoning Township (Montour) 11/20/17
- Menallen Township (Adams) 11/09/17
- Middle Taylor Township (Cambria) 11/15/17
- Middletown Township (Susquehanna) 11/09/17
- Moreland Township (Lycoming) 11/13/17
- Mount Joy Township (Lancaster) 11/20/17
- Mount Pleasant Township (Wayne) 11/20/17
- Mount Wolf Borough (York) 11/14/17
- Mountville Borough (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- North Annville Township (Lebanon) 11/13/17
- North Bethlehem Township (Washington) 11/13/17
- North Centre Township (Columbia) 11/13/17
- North Newtown Township (Cumberland) 11/14/17
- Orwell Township (Bradford) 11/16/17
- Penn Township (Chester) 11/01/17
- Penn Township (Cumberland) 11/09/17
- Penn Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- Penn Township (Snyder) 11/15/17
- Pennsbury Township (Chester) 11/15/17
- Pequea Township (Lancaster) 11/15/17
- Peters Township (Franklin) 11/09/17
- Pike Township (Berks) 11/15/17
- Pleasant Valley Township (Potter) 11/12/17
- Pocopson Township (Chester) 11/13/17
- Pulaski Township (Beaver) 11/13/17
- Radnor Township (Delaware) 11/13/17
- Richland Township (Bucks) 11/13/17
- Rockefeller Township (Northumberland) 11/14/17
- Rye Township (Perry) 11/20/17
- Sadsbury Township (Chester) 11/08/17
- Sadsbury Township (Lancaster) 11/14/17
- Scott Township (Columbia) 11/15/17
- Sharon Township (Potter) 11/14/17
- South Lebanon Township (Lebanon) 11/14/17
- Southampton Township (Franklin) 11/14/17
- Springfield Township (York) 11/13/17
- Strasburg Township (Lancaster) 11/06/17
- Sugarloaf Township (Luzerne) 11/14/17
- Sullivan Township (Tioga) 11/14/17
- Texas Township (Wayne) 11/20/17
- Thornbury Township (Chester) 11/21/17
- Tredyffrin Township (Chester) 11/20/17
- Turbett Township (Juniata) 11/09/17
- Tyrone Township (Adams) 11/15/17
- Upper Fairfield Township (Lycoming) 11/08/17
- Upper Makefield Township (Bucks) 11/14/17
- Upper Milford Township (Lehigh) 11/16/17
- Upper Oxford Township (Chester) 11/13/17
- Upper Saucon Township (Lehigh) 11/13/17
- Upper Yoder Township (Cambria) 11/16/17
- Uwchlan Township (Chester) 11/13/17
- Warminster Township (Bucks) 11/16/17
- Washington Township (Lycoming) 11/06/17
- Washington Township (Northampton) 11/08/17
- Washington Township (Erie) 11/21/17
- Wayne Township (Dauphin) 11/09/17
- Wayne Township (Schuylkill) 11/15/17
- West Cocalico Township (Lancaster) 11/22/17
- West Earl Township (Lancaster) 11/06/17
- West Lampeter Township (Lancaster) 11/13/17
- West Rockhill Township (Bucks) 11/15/17
- West Sadsbury Township (Chester) 11/14/17
- West Whiteland Township (Chester) 11/21/17
- Westfield Township (Tioga) 11/06/17
- Westtown Township (Chester) 11/20/17
- Woodward Township (Lycoming) 11/15/17
To keep a casino out of your neighborhood, your municipality must pass a resolution to opt-out by December 31, 2017. For information on this opt-out option, go to pafamily.org/optout.
