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Pennsylvania House and Senate to schedule joint hearing over online gaming

February 15, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Online Gambling News, Pennsylvania

The push to legalize online betting is once again the focus of gaming proponents as Pennsylvania lawmakers and the governor seek revenue sources for the state that don’t include raising taxes. After a hearin...

Pennsylvania budget proposal contains $250 million in “gaming expansion” revenues

Adam Morgan

February 8, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online Gambling News, Taxation, Fantasy Sports, Pennsylvania

The long-running debate on whether to legalize online casinos and daily fantasy sports wagering in Pennsylvania took an unexpected turn yesterday after governor Tom Wolf revealed that his budget proposal for th...

Two Pennsylvania casinos hit with fines totaling $40,000

Kim M

February 2, 2017

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

Fines of $25,000 and $15,000, were levied against Mount Airy Casino Resort and SugarHouse Casino, respectively, by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for violations, according to a recent press releas...

Read ’em and weep; Libratus computer program holds advantage over human opposition

Adam Morgan

January 25, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Poker, The Players Lounge, Pennsylvania

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After kicking off two weeks ago, the 20-day man-versus-machine poker tournament taking place in Pennsylvania has seen a computer program developed by scientists from Carnegie Mellon University race into a comma...

It’s official: Rivers Casino outlines plans for $51 million hotel on North Shore in Pittsburgh

Lars Jones

January 24, 2017

Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, New Hotels, Economy/Finance, Employment & Careers, Pennsylvania

Although the dollar values and few other details were off, most of the preliminary information about a Rivers Casino expansion was shown to be on the money in a January 20 report on the World Casino News. On...

Pennsylvania legislators have until May to solve slot levy issue

Sadonna Price

January 22, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Taxation, Pennsylvania

In September of 2016, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court were given a 120 time frame in which to come up with a solution for the state tax levy on slot machines. Casinos of the state were paying $10 million or 2% o...

Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh to build own hotel

Lars Jones

January 20, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, New Hotels, Pennsylvania

According to local business and other reports, Rivers Casino is getting ready to build a $35 million hotel on the Ohio River property in Pittsburgh, Pa. As planned, the hotel will have 214 rooms, according to a...

Table games help Pennsylvania casinos report record-breaking year

Adam Morgan

January 18, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Pennsylvania

The twelve casinos in Pennsylvania had a record-breaking year in 2016 as their combined gross gaming revenues improved by 1.25% year-on-year to hit $3.21 billion thanks in large part to an all-time high in taki...

Businessman announces plan for new Pennsylvania casino

Adam Morgan

January 17, 2017

Horse Racing, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, a local businessman has reportedly announced that he intends to apply for the state’s last remaining harness racing license and open a track near the town of Gettysburg before applying for perm...

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hands out trio of fines

Adam Morgan

January 12, 2017

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

At its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board levied fines totaling $165,000 against three casino operators for incidents of allowing underage gambling and the incorrect dis...

Sands Casino Bethlehem responds to criticism by DA

Sadonna Price

January 7, 2017

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

Just a few days ago, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli suggested that the Sands Casino Bethlehem was not acting appropriately by not paying a host community fee. Other casinos in the state ha...

Man-versus-machine poker tournament launching next week

Adam Morgan

January 5, 2017

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Technology, Poker, Pennsylvania

After holding their initial man-versus-machine poker tournament in April of 2015, computer scientists from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania will be at it again later this month with the Brains Versus ...

Pennsylvania senator files memo detailing plans for online gambling bill

Sadonna Price

January 5, 2017

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Pennsylvania

2017 has just begun and the state of Pennsylvania is not wasting any time getting back into discussions of online gambling as well as daily fantasy sports. Earlier this week, Jay Costa, a Senator of the state, ...

Pennsylvania prosecutor wants Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Pay Host Fee

Sadonna Price

December 31, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Taxation, Pennsylvania

Over the past few weeks, several casinos in the state of Pennsylvania have agreed to pay a host fee to the host municipality despite a ruling back in September in which the fee amount was considered unconstitut...

Rivers Casino joins three other PA casinos and agrees to host community fee

Kim M

December 28, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Taxation, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Pennsylvania

Rivers Casino officials and Mayor William Peduto’s (pictured) administration reached a final agreement this week to pay a $10 million local government assessment in 2017 after the City Council tentatively appro...

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Pennsylvania House and Senate to schedule joint hearing over online gaming

Pennsylvania budget proposal contains $250 million in “gaming expansion” revenues

Two Pennsylvania casinos hit with fines totaling $40,000

Read ’em and weep; Libratus computer program holds advantage over human opposition

It’s official: Rivers Casino outlines plans for $51 million hotel on North Shore in Pittsburgh

Pennsylvania legislators have until May to solve slot levy issue

Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh to build own hotel

Table games help Pennsylvania casinos report record-breaking year

Businessman announces plan for new Pennsylvania casino

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hands out trio of fines

Sands Casino Bethlehem responds to criticism by DA

Man-versus-machine poker tournament launching next week

Pennsylvania senator files memo detailing plans for online gambling bill

Pennsylvania prosecutor wants Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to Pay Host Fee

Rivers Casino joins three other PA casinos and agrees to host community fee

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