Tag Archives: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
US – Live! Philadelphia Casino clears latest hurdle
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will allow Stadium Casino’s proposed Live! Philadelphia Casino & Hotel in South Philadelphia to go ahead. Greenwood Racing, owned by businessman Watche “Bob” Manoukian has formed a 50-50 partnership with entities controlled by the Cordish family in Baltimore for the project. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted 7-0 that Mr….
US – Pennsylvania’s GGR down slightly but year is second best ever
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has reported that table games revenue increased 3.25 per cent during the recently completed 2016/2017 state fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year. Overall casino gaming revenue came in at $3.2bn, marking a fall of less than one per cent from the previous year’s record of $3.22bn. The findings…
US – Pinnacle receives final approval for Meadows Racetrack
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has approved Pinnacle Entertainment’s acquisition of the Meadows Racetrack and Casino from Gaming and Leisure Properties. The approval by the PGCB represents the final regulatory clearance required to complete the transaction, following the earlier approval by the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission in August 2016. The Company expects to complete…
US – Pennsylvania renews license for Rivers Casino
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 casino operator’s license of Holdings Acquisition, operator of the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County. The seven member Board determined that Holdings Acquisition had fulfilled the obligations under its initial casino operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed. The…
US – Pennsylvania’s slots increase for first time in three years
Pennsylvania’s casinos have turned things around in terms of slot revenue with the state’s 12 casinos reporting a slight increase of 0.7 per cent on last year’s figures. Coming in at just over $2.3bn, the year up to June 30, was the first in three years that casinos posted an increase from slot machines. Lady…
US – Sands Bethlehem keen on electronic table game stadium
Sands Casino Bethlehem wants to bring a live dealer electronic table game stadium to its gaming floor. The operator has made an informational presentation to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board but has yet to apply for what would be a first for a Pennsylvanian casino. Featuring 150 betting terminals and four to eight live dealers,…
US – Cordish and Greenwood win Live! Philadelphia licence
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has awarded the final Category 2 gaming license in the City of Philadelphia to The Cordish Companies and Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, for their proposed Live! Hotel & Casino Philadelphia project. The hotel, gaming and entertainment destination will be located on the site of the existing Stadium Holiday Inn at…
US – Sands Bethlehem sets new record in table revenue
Table game play at Sands Bethlehem has reached new heights with GGR of US$17.4m in November representing the largest monthly total in Pennsylvania since table games were introduced in 2010. November’s total beat the $17m record Sands set in June, and was $4.7m higher than Sands’ November total in 2012. Financials released by the Pennsylvania…
US – Banned customer in SugarHouse for 70 hours
Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino has been heavily criticised by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for allowing a self-excluded problem gambler to play undetected at a craps table whilst in the casino for a 70 hour period. At the Control Board’s July 17 meeting, it was revealed that the gambler had been banned for life his first…