PRESS RELEASE

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) announced today that it will hold a supplemental public board meeting online on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This meeting will begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be held via videoconference. 

Access to view the meeting will be available through a link under the About PGCB/Board Meetings tab on the Board’s website, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. An agenda for the meeting will also be posted at that link prior to the meeting.

The Board will also hold its regular monthly meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2025 in the Board’s Public Hearing Room located on the second floor of the Strawberry Square Complex in Harrisburg. More information including an agenda for that meeting will also be posted on the Board’s website prior to the meeting.

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 $2.54 billion in tax revenue in Fiscal Year 2023/24.

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