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11-17-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for October
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during October 2022 was $450,238,963, an increase of 5.71% compared to revenue g...
11-16-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Renews License for Valley Forge Casino Resort
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 3 Casino operator’s license of Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, LLC, operator of Valley Forge Casino Resort in Montgomery County.
In making the...
11-16-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Fines Casino for Allowing Underage Gambling
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) today approved a consent agreement presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) during its public meeting today that fined a casino for an incident in which an 18-year-...
11-16-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Launches Awareness Campaign Focused on Adults Leaving Children Unattended to Gamble at Casinos
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Board) today at its public meeting announced the launch of a new awareness campaign aimed at preventing children from being left unattended while an adult supervisor (parent, relative, guardian) ...
10-20-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Fines Casino Operator and Places Eight on Exclusion List for Gambling at Casinos While Leaving Children Unattended
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved a consent agreement during its public meeting today that lead to a fine of $10,000 for Stadium Casino RE, LLC, operator of Live! Casino Philadelphia for two incidents in which indi...
10-18-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for September
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during September 2022 was $448,475,624 an increase of 7.89% compared to revenue genera...
09-30-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Releases Annual Report on Casino Industry Diversity
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released its 15th Annual Diversity Report providing a description of each casino’s activities related to the implementation of their diversity plans and the action taken by the entities to a...
09-29-2022
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Releases 2021-2022 Annual Report
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has released the 17th edition of its Annual Report.
The PGCB’s 2021-2022 Annual Report provides detail on the work of the agency in regulating the Commonwealth’s gaming industry, and als...
09-21-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Levies $280,825 in Fines
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved three consent agreements during its public meeting today that resulted in a total of $280,825 in fines for two gaming operators.
Two of the approved consent agreements, produ...
09-21-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Renews License for Rivers Casino Pittsburgh
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 Casino operator’s license of Holdings Acquisition Co., L.P., operator of Rivers Casino Pittsburgh in Allegheny County.
The Board determined that Hold...
09-21-2022
Gaming Control Board to Hold Public Hearings on License Renewal of Lady Luck Casino at Nemacolin
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a hearing on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 to take public comment on the renewal of the Category 3 Slot Machine Operator License for Woodlands Fayette, LLC, operator of Lady Luck Casino Nemaco...
09-19-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for August
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during August 2022 was $425,390,202 an increase of 4.24% compared to revenue generated...
08-17-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for July
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during August 2022 was $425,390,202 an increase of 4.24% compared to revenue generated...
08-17-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Fines Fantasy Contest Operator and Places Two on Exclusion List for Leaving Children Unattended to Gamble
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) approved a consent agreement during its public meeting today that lead to a fine for a Fantasy Sports Contest operator, while also banning two adults from all casinos in the Commonwealth fo...
07-19-2022
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Reports Record Fiscal Year Revenue
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that the combined Fiscal Year 2021/2022 revenue figures, which runs from July 1st to June 30th, reached a record level at $5,042,967,392.
It was the first-time overall revenue f...
07-19-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for June
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during June 2022 was $389,828,232 an increase of 0.24% compared to revenue generated i...
06-30-2022
Gaming Control Board to Hold Public Hearings on License Renewal of Mount Airy Casino Resort
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a hearing on Wednesday, August 3, 2022 to take public comment on the renewal of the Category 2 Slot Machine Operator License for Mount Airy #1, LLC, operator of Mount Airy Casino Resort in M...
06-16-2022
Gaming Control Board Reports Gaming Revenue for May
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during May 2022 was $447,794,294 an increase of 8.38% compared to revenue generated in...
06-15-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Renews License for Hollywood Casino at The Meadows
HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 1 Racetrack Casino operator’s license of Washington Trotting Association, Inc., operator of Hollywood Casino at the Meadows in Washington County.
The s...
06-15-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Places Six Adults on Exclusion List for Leaving Children Unattended When Gambling at a Casino
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today placed six adults who left children unattended at a casino on the PGCB’s Involuntary Exclusion List that prohibits individuals from entering and gambling at all Pennsylvania casinos. Additio...
06-15-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Approved Three Fines Totaling $32,500
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) today approved three consent agreements presented by the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel leading to fines for each of the below listed entities.
The consent agreements approved to...
05-23-2022
Period to Receive Witten Comments on Proposed Centre County Casino Project Closes on June 12th
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Board) announced today that the period of public comment on the proposed Category 4 casino in College Township in Center County by SC Gaming Op Co., LLC will close on Sunday June 12, 2022 at 5:00...
05-18-2022
Wind Creek Presents Mitigation Plan to PA Gaming Control Board on Children Left Unattended at Their Casino
HARRISBURG, PA: Representatives of Wind Creek Casino Bethlehem today outlined to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Board) at its public meeting a mitigation plan to enhance the facility’s efforts to deter and detect instances in which a pa...
05-18-2022
PA Gaming Control Board Approved Three Fines Totaling $35,500
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) today approved three consent agreements between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel including two with casinos and one with a provider of gaming services.
The consent agreements app...