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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tue, 11/27/2007 - 08:59

GAMING CONTROL BOARD RESCHEDULES UPCOMING MEETING DATES

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Commonwealth Tower, Strawberry Square
343 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17141
CONTACT :
Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
(717) 346-8361

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it will hold a board meeting at 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the State Museum Auditorium located at the corner of Third and North streets in Harrisburg.

Among the agenda items for this meeting will be the swearing in of Gary A.Sojka, the appointee of the PA House Minority Leader.

With the addition of this meeting, the Board also announced that it has cancelled both the February 22nd and March 1st meetings.

The Board’s next scheduled meeting will be on Thursday, March 15, 2007 at 10:00 a.m. in Hearing Room #1 in the North Office Building in Harrisburg.

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About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of gambling involving 17 land-based casinos, online casino games, retail and online sports wagering, and Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) at qualified truck stops, along with the regulation of online fantasy sports contests.


The land-based casino industry in Pennsylvania consists of six racetrack (Category 1) casinos, five stand-alone (Category 2) casinos, two resort (Category 3) casinos and four mini-casinos (Category 4). A significant job generator in the Commonwealth, casinos and the other types of Board-regulated gaming generated $2.8 billion in tax revenue and fees in 2024/25.

Additional information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.