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Pennsylvania table gaming revenues see statewide increase for October

November 19, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Economy/Finance, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has released the revenue earnings for casinos in the state with operators having earned $71.2 million for the month of October as far as table games are concerned. This was...

Rivers Casino agrees to pay Pittsburgh $10 million in gambling tax revenue till 2017

Renee Kingsley

November 15, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Economy/Finance, Taxation, Pennsylvania

The city of Pittsburgh announced in early October that it had requested the Rivers Casino to voluntarily remit $10 million in gambling taxes. City officials stated that discussions between casino officials and ...

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Expansion Confirmed

Sadonna Price

November 13, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, Pennsylvania

Back in September, it was rumored that the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania was planning a major expansion. It was reported that the gaming venue had filed plans within the Department of Community...

Pennsylvania legislator offers reassurance on casino tax debacle

Adam Morgan

November 3, 2016

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

Despite adjourning for the remainder of the year last week without approving a measure that would have reinstated a local share tax on casino revenues, a Pennsylvania legislator is advising potentially worried ...

Pennsylvania legislators adjourn without resolving casino tax shortfall

Adam Morgan

October 29, 2016

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

In Pennsylvania, legislators have adjourned for the remainder of the year without approving controversial legislation that would have legalized online gambling and reinstated a local share tax on casino revenue...

Pennsylvania Senate approves temporary extension to fix local casino tax

Kim M

October 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Taxation, Pennsylvania

In a 47-1 preliminary vote on Tuesday night, the Pennsylvania Senate overwhelmingly approved legislation to temporarily reinstate a mandate that requires casinos to pay host communities millions of dollars, aft...

With only days remaining Pennsylvania online gambling progress remains up in the air

Kim M

October 23, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Fantasy Sports, Pennsylvania

It is still anybody’s guess as to whether or not the fate of online gambling in Pennsylvania will be decided when the Senate meets this coming week. Prior to the state Senate breaking for its summer recess, ...

Pennsylvania Table Game Revenue up by 4.3%

Alex Lanter

October 18, 2016

Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) have released their September report for gross casino revenue across all Pennsylvania casinos. According to the numbers, this September brought a %4.3 increase in ta...

Online gambling progress in Pennsylvania uncertain

Sadonna Price

October 15, 2016

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

At this point, there is a 50/50 chance that online casino gaming will be legalized and regulated in the state of Pennsylvania, at least as far as Representative John Payne is concerned. Payne recently provided ...

Big plans ahead for The Meadows Racetrack And Casino

Adam Morgan

October 14, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino expansion projects, Pennsylvania

After last month purchasing the casino and racetrack operations of The Meadows Racetrack And Casino for $138 million, Pinnacle Entertainment Incorporated has now revealed an extensive plan designed to transform...

Erie County Council formally asks state legislature to repair gaming law

Sadonna Price

October 11, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Economy/Finance, Pennsylvania

In late September, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided to rule that host fees paid by the casinos statewide should be removed. This decision has scared local governments as the counties and municipalities...

Pittsburgh lawyer charged in connection with “Operation Pork Chop”

Adam Morgan

October 7, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Crime, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, a prominent Pittsburgh liquor license attorney has been charged with gambling device offences, criminal solicitation and conspiracy some eight months after being named in an affidavit that led ...

Pittsburgh to request voluntary $10 million Rivers Casino payment

Adam Morgan

October 6, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Economy/Finance, Pennsylvania

Following last week’s ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that struck down the controversial “local host fee”, officials in the city of Pittsburgh have announced that they intend to ask Rivers Casino to ...

Pennsylvania High Court says it is not mandatory for casinos to make payments to host communities

Renee Kingsley

September 30, 2016

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

Pennsylvania’s casino industry not only generates a significant amount of revenue in the form of gambling taxes for the state government but also makes large charity payments to the local host counties and muni...

Controversial proposal for orphaned Pennsylvania gaming license

Adam Morgan

September 26, 2016

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Casino proposals, Licenses, Pennsylvania

In Pennsylvania, state officials have met to decide what to do if Endeka Entertainment decides against appealing a summer decision from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board not to award the operator with a Cat...

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Pennsylvania table gaming revenues see statewide increase for October

Rivers Casino agrees to pay Pittsburgh $10 million in gambling tax revenue till 2017

Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem Expansion Confirmed

Pennsylvania legislator offers reassurance on casino tax debacle

Pennsylvania legislators adjourn without resolving casino tax shortfall

With only days remaining Pennsylvania online gambling progress remains up in the air

Pennsylvania Table Game Revenue up by 4.3%

Online gambling progress in Pennsylvania uncertain

Big plans ahead for The Meadows Racetrack And Casino

Erie County Council formally asks state legislature to repair gaming law

Pittsburgh lawyer charged in connection with “Operation Pork Chop”

Pittsburgh to request voluntary $10 million Rivers Casino payment

Pennsylvania High Court says it is not mandatory for casinos to make payments to host communities

Controversial proposal for orphaned Pennsylvania gaming license

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