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Mohegan Sun Pocono casino to reopen from June 22

June 16, 2020

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Maryland, Pennsylvania

With comprehensive safety protocols put in place, the Mohegan Sun Pocono casino in Wilkes-Barre will reopen on Monday, June 22 at 10am after being shuttered for over three months due to the coronavirus pandemic...

PGCB to hold Category 4 satellite casino auction on Sept 4

K Morrison

July 12, 2019

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Licenses, Pennsylvania

It hasn't quite been two years since Pennsylvania Governor, Tom Wolf, signed a gambling expansion bill into law, that in addition to online gaming and other verticals, authorized 10 of the state’s 12 existing c...

NetEnt submits app for Pennsylvania gaming license

K Morrison

September 19, 2018

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Licenses, Online Gambling News, Pennsylvania

Premium supplier of digitally distributed gaming systems, NetEnt (NETB:Stockholm), has submitted an application to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for a license to supply its award-winning online casino g...

Plan filed by Penn National for nearly $120 million Hollywood Casino York

K Morrison

September 14, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Casino News, Licenses, Pennsylvania

After in July withdrawing a federal lawsuit filed against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) and Governor, Tom Wolf, Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN: Nasdaq), has filed an application for its first C...

Penn National Gaming drops lawsuit over PA’s mini-casinos

K Morrison

July 26, 2018

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, Licenses, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Pennsylvania

A federal lawsuit filed in January this year by Penn National Gaming against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) and Governor, Tom Wolf, has reportedly been withdrawn. The lawsuit sought to overturn a ...

Lawsuit holding up South Philly casino project dropped by SugarHouse

K Morrison

November 2, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino project updates, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Pennsylvania

It appears as though Stadium Casino LLP, the developers of Live! Hotel & Casino in Philadelphia can now put shovel to dirt after construction has been on hold due to a lawsuit brought by the owners of Phila...

Fate of online gambling bill remains uncertain; Pennsylvania Gov. to let $31B budget become law

K Morrison

July 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Taxation, Pennsylvania

The fate of the state’s online gambling bill that sits in the Senate is no closer to being decided, as Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced Sunday night that he would let a $31 billion spending bill passed ...

Fate of Pennsylvania online gambling bill uncertain

K Morrison

July 6, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Taxes, Pennsylvania

In the past five years, only four states have managed to maneuver an online gaming bill through their legislature. Now, three of the four states have legalized online gambling and there is a chance that Pennsyl...

Expenditures of state gambling commission slammed by Pennsylvania Auditor General as governor eyes casinos for additional taxes

K Morrison

February 22, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino News, North America Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Taxation, Pennsylvania

In his audit of Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board (PGCB), the state’s Auditor General, Eugene DePasquale (D) says that while significant improvements have been made by the commission since his last examinatio...