PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Revenue
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Gamblers bet $33.7M on slots at Erie casino
(5/22/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gamblers wagered $33.7 million on slot machines at Presque Isle Downs & Casino during the week of May 13-19. The amount returned to gamblers was $...
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Table games revenue up during April
(5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that revenue generated from the play of table games at Pennsylvania casinos during April of 2013...
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Mount Airy Casino revenue up $253K
(5/18/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, casino revenue was 8.9 percent higher than last April. Total tax revenue exceeded $8 million. In...
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Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem hauls in about $13.9 million in table games revenue in April, state says
(5/17/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gross revenue from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 8.9 percent last month compared with April 2012, with Sands Casino Resort...
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Pa. table games revenue up 8.9 percent in April
(5/16/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gross revenue from table games at Pennsylvania's 11 casinos was up 8.9 percent last month compared with April 2012, but total gambling revenue was...
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National study bolsters PA’s stature as gambling state
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A new American Gaming Association study burnishes Pennsylvania's reputation as one of the country's most popular, and profitable, gambling...
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Erie casino slot-machine revenue drops 16 percent
(5/6/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Presque Isle Downs & Casino's gross slot-machine revenue declined by 16 percent in April compared with April 2012.
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Editorial: Tax relief falls short
(5/5/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- No doubt there were those — either because they are philosophically opposed to gambling or simply don’t put much stock in government...
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Gambling revenue offers little help to property owners
(5/5/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The tax relief payoff from gambling revenue continues to be relatively small for Lancaster County taxpayers. Property owners here will get an average...
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Pennsylvania casinos’ slots revenue still dropping
(5/3/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Rivers Casino avoided declining slots revenue in April, but casinos statewide continued a losing streak, according to figures released this week by the...
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Pa. slots revenue down for 5th straight month
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gross revenue from slot machines at the state's 11 casinos declined for the fifth straight month in April, down 4 percent from the same period the...
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Property tax relief from slot revenue declines in Bucks County
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Most area homeowners will receive less relief in their property tax bill than a year ago as revenue from Pennsylvania's 11 casinos with slot...
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Slots revenue at Hollywood Casino down 3.6 percent
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Slot machine revenues at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course dropped more than 3.6 percent in April from a year ago, the Pennsylvania Gaming...
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Slots revenue down at Pennsylvania casinos
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Revenue from Pennsylvania slot machines fell by 4 percent last month, state casino regulators said. The state’s 11 casinos took in $205.2 million...
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Ohio casinos cut Pa.’s take
(4/28/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Casinos, racetracks and new ways to bet a buck are sprouting from Atlantic City to Pittsburgh to Cleveland, competing for gamblers' dollars and...
15 Total Articles on this Issue
Jim Thorpe
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
(5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather...
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What's in a name? A lot.
(5/19/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Dark clouds — both the real and the metaphorical varieties — cast a pall Saturday over Jim Thorpe's annual birthday celebration of the...
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Law in Jim Thorpe dispute aims to prevent Native American plunder
(5/18/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- It was a sweat lodge ceremony in Texas where Jim Thorpe reached out to his grandson through a medicine man. The shaman told John Thorpe his grandfather...
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Council will challenge legal decision that could affect Jim Thorpe remains
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A legal decision involving the remains of Jim Thorpe will be challenged by the Carbon County borough that is home to the famed athlete's grave and...
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Jim Thorpe Borough to appeal judge’s ‘body’ ruling
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Jim Thorpe Borough Council has voted to appeal a federal judge’s order to relinquish the famed athlete’s remains so they can be reinterred...
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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania to appeal ruling on namesake athlete
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The small Pennsylvania hamlet named for early 20th century sports hero Jim Thorpe has decided to appeal a recent federal court ruling that could clear...
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Sac and Fox: turning over Thorpe won't be costly
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Sac and Fox Nation says it's not surprised by the decision by the Jim Thorpe Borough Council in eastern Pennsylvania to appeal a federal judge...
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Jim Thorpe Residents Discuss Judge’s Ruling
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Folks in the borough of Jim Thorpe are dealing with a setback in a federal lawsuit over the remains of the borough`s namesake. Last month, a judge...
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Residents of Jim Thorpe mull options from lawsuit
(5/2/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Residents of Jim Thorpe are weighing their options in the aftermath of a judge's ruling that could pave the way for the remains of the town's...
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Locals, tourists react to court ruling on Jim Thorpe's remains
(4/29/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Spring flowers and trees bloomed in the bustling Carbon County borough of Jim Thorpe Sunday afternoon.
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LETTER: In this case, there should be no appeal
(4/25/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Jim Thorpe was a unique athlete on a global scale. At 1912 in Stockholm he became the only Olympian ever to win gold medals in the pentathlon and...
11 Total Articles on this Issue
Labor & Unions
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Unions look to casinos for growth opportunities
(5/11/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Union labor dominates the casino workforce in Las Vegas and Atlantic City and is becoming a factor in states adding slots and table games, said Robert...
1 Article on this Issue
Mohegan Sun
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Free beer another battle for bars near casino
(5/11/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- For a place like the Cracker Jack Bar & Grill, selling 1,422 draft beers would take about a week, maybe two. But just down East Main Street, the...
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Casino hotel seeking 250 employees
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- With regional unemployment above 9 percent, a job fair in five weeks to fill 250 positions at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs’ soon-to-open hotel/...
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Slot revenue drops in April
(5/4/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today on its web site that the collective slot machine revenue produced at the 11 casinos during April...
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Slots revenue will provide property tax cuts
(5/4/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Money generated from casino slot machines will provide nearly $11.8 million in property tax cuts to more than 85,000 homeowners in Luzerne County and...
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As revenue sags, area casinos add amenities
(4/28/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Looking for new ways to attract customers, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Plains Twp. and Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County are finishing...
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Community leaders voice support for Mohegan Sun casino
(4/27/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs deserves to stay, community leaders advocated at a hearing Thursday.
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Mohegan Sun Casino gets glowing praise at license hearing
(4/25/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The area’s United Way leader, a Plains Township commissioner, Leadership Wilkes-Barre’s director and state law enforcement officials struck...
7 Total Articles on this Issue
Philadelphia Casino
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Many from Chinatown protest 2d Philly casino
(5/10/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gambling foes filled the audience at Wednesday's hearing before the state Gaming Control Board, silently standing to strongly protest the building...
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2nd Philly casino proposals get mixed reviews
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Supporters and opponents of Philadelphia casino proposals agree that the project could transform a neighborhood , but they disagree on whether that...
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Amid support for casino proposals, neighbors decry plans
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- FIGHTING FOR a casino in the city is a team sport. Supporters of the six groups seeking to win the city's second casino license gave an earful to...
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Pros, cons aired at hearing on casino proposals
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The traffic's constant vibration, especially after sports events, has left her home near the stadium complex and those of her neighbors "...
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SugarHouse says customers want 'more elbow room'
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Calling SugarHouse Casino "ripe for expansion," the gaming hall's general manager told state regulators Tuesday that a plan to scale back...
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SugarHouse to Double in Size, Accommodate NJ Gamblers?
(5/8/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Today, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board heard testimony on the SugarHouse's new proposed second phase, originally sold to the city as a...
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Gaming Control Board Begins Hearings On SugarHouse Expansion
(5/7/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Gaming Control Board today begins several days of hearings on Philadelphia casinos, starting with a hearing today on SugarHouse’s expansion...
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SugarHouse Casino hearing
(5/7/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- City politicians lined up in support of the SugarHouse Casino's $155 million expansion plan, which has changed since it was originally approved by...
8 Total Articles on this Issue
Pennsylvania Online
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Massachusetts, Pennsylvania Eye Online Gaming
(5/6/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pennsylvania lawmakers have introduced a bill that would legalize online gaming, with proceeds to be split between the state lottery and property tax...
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Online Gambling Bill Sponsored in Pennsylvania
(4/27/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Recently in Pennsylvania, State Representative Tina Davis and 11 further sponsors introduced House Bill 1235, an online gambling bill. The bill allows...
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Pennsylvania takes step toward legalizing online gambling
(4/25/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The state of Pennsylvania took the first step toward legalizing online casino gambling Monday when state Rep. Tina Davis (D-Bucks) introduced House...
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Pennsylvania Introduces Online Gambling Bill
(4/24/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- After promising to introduce an online gambling bill several months ago, Rep. Tina Davis finally presented HB 1235 before the state legislature.
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Pennsylvania Online Gambling Bill Details
(4/24/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pennsylvania State Representative Tina Davis and 11 other sponsors introduced House Bill 1235, the long awaited online gambling bill.
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Internet Gambling Bill Introduced in Pennsylvania
(4/23/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pennsylvania State Representative Tina Davis introduced a bill to legislative committee on Monday that would legalize online gambling within the...
6 Total Articles on this Issue
Online Poker
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COLUMN: Legal poker site in Nevada may herald online gaming boom
(5/3/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- In the words of renowned comedian-composer Steve Allen, this could be the start of something big. A subsidiary of Station Casinos in Las Vegas this...
1 Article on this Issue
Public Smoking
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A good bet: Better air at Erie casino
(4/29/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Gamblers and employees at Presque Isle Downs & Casino should be able to breathe easier now. MTR Gaming Group Inc., the parent company of Erie's...
1 Article on this Issue
Other News
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Newest Pa. casino set to open July 1 at Nemacolin
(5/23/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pennsylvania's newest casino will open to gamblers in just over a month. Officials announced Thursday that the $60 million Lady Luck Casino outside...
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Pa. board OKs charges to use new resort casino
(5/22/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved charges that non-resort guests must pay to gamble at a soon-to-open casino at a southwestern...
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Nemacolin sets $10 entry fee for casino visitors
(5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- An overnight room at the posh Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Fayette County will still cost a few hundred bucks, but playing the slots and tables at the...
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High-limit room to open at Erie casino
(5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A spin on one of the slot machines will cost $100. The betting on the two blackjack tables will start at $50 and $100.
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Art project honors Native American women
(5/20/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- For Jessica McPherson, moccasin designing is more than an art project. The artwork is part of a commemorative effort to remember Native American women...
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Mount Airy Casino Resort Review
(5/18/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- When I got an offer to visit Mount Airy Casino Resort in the Poconos, I went straight to the website and breathed a sigh of relief when I realized it...
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Mount Airy fined $5,000 for allowing excluded gambler to play
(5/15/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Mount Airy Casino Resort was fined $5,000 from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for issuing a players card to a person on the Gaming Control Board...
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Rivers Casino fined $100,000 for violations
(5/15/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Rivers Casino was fined $100,000 on Wednesday by the state Gaming Control Board for a variety of violations.
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Little impact seen from health rule changes for area Native Americans
(5/14/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Changes to the Affordable Care Act could make it more difficult for some Native Americans to continue receiving federal health care benefits when...
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Powerball hikes its massive jackpot to $360 million
(5/14/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Powerball has boosted its jackpot for Wednesday's drawing because of stronger-than-expected ticket sales. The jackpot is now $360 million for the...
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Column: Casino dealer fine lopsided
(5/11/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has been getting mighty tough on casinos that violate the law. In March, the board slapped a $68,000 fine on...
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Millennium’s casino in Pennsylvania racks up fines
(5/7/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Millennium Gaming, which hopes to open a casino in Salem if the state legalizes expanded gambling, has paid $187,500 in gaming-related fines to...
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How Powerball became a jackpot juggernaut
(5/6/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Powerball has morphed into a jackpot juggernaut - the big gorilla of the lottery world - topping $200 million for the third time this year.
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Pennsylvania man stole money from Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem slot machine, police say
(5/6/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- A Montgomery County man allegedly took $1,280 from a Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem slot machine and ran off with it last month.
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Drive Thru Derby Wagering
(5/5/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- May 4 was Kentucky Derby Day and Presque Isle Downs and Casino offered a way for Erie to get in on the action. If you wanted to place a bet locally,...
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Summer opening eyed for Nemacolin's Lady Luck Casino
(4/29/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- When Isle of Capri Inc. opens its $60 million Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin this summer, the company will debut a gambling facility in the state seven...
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Powerball jackpot on a record pace
(4/29/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Powerball's jackpot is apparently growing at an unprecedented pace, reaching $165 million after just eight drawings.
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Stadium district casinos make neighbors nervous
(4/26/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- LINCOLN FINANCIAL FIELD will soon play host to an anxious, angst-ridden crowd of people - but they won't be Super Bowl-starved Eagles fans.
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Police seek Harrah's thief, attacker
(4/26/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Delaware County police are looking for a man who robbed a woman just after midnight on Wednesday as she was leaving Harrah's Casino in Chester.
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Retirees cautioned about gambling
(4/25/2013)
(Pennsylvania) -- Too many senior citizens are gambling away their life savings, and on Thursday a representative of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board offered advice...
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