PRESS RELEASE

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it has received 25 application submissions for licenses to operate gaming facilities in the Commonwealth.

“This is an historic day for gaming in Pennsylvania,” said Chairman Tad Decker. “My fellow Board members and I look forward to the complex and important work that lies ahead in awarding licenses for Pennsylvania’s 14 gaming facilities.”

Potential operators were required to submit applications by a postmark deadline of Dec. 28, 2005. The Gaming Control Board has received more than 600 boxes of materials as part of those submissions.

The applicants are listed below by category of license sought:

Category 1 (seven licenses available; six applications received)

1. Applicant Name: Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc.

Proposed Location: Bensalem, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Pamela Ann Young
                    Watche A. Manoukian
                    Kooringal Holdings Curacao N.V.
                    Kooringal Holdings B.V.
                    Greenwood Racing, Inc.
                    Robert W. Green
                    Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc.
                    Andrew James Green
                    Steven R. Press
                    Francis Edward McDonnell
                    William E. Hogwood
                    Rock Limited
                    William S. Higson
                    James Lane
                    International Turf Investment Co. Inc
                    Terrence A. Everett
                    Richard J. Kendle
                    Herbert G. Baerwitz
                    Greenwood G&E Holding, Inc.
                    Anthony D. Ricci, Jr
                    Harold G. Handel
                    Gary Edward Prestage
                    Arthur John Dixon

Total Applications 23

2. Applicant Name: Chester Downs and Marina, LLC

Proposed Location: Chester, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Stephen Fraiser Bollenbach
                    Chris Komanowski
                    John W. Baker
                    Katrina R Lane
                    Aubyn Elaine Thomas
                    George Dombroski
                    Melissa Mae Price
                    Kathleen Anne McLaughlin-Harris
                    Harrah's Chester Downs Management Company,LLC
                    Randi Elaine Ingram
                    Anthony Devoice McDuffie
                    Heath Blair Daughtrey
                    Stephen Harrison Brammel
                    Juan Carlos Tolosa
                    Helen Anne Allman
                    Timothy Joseph Wilmott
                    Wendy Lynn Kasche
                    Robert Bradley Martin
                    David Lester Richter
                    Michael Huang Chen
                    Sain Elisabeth Laffin
                    Steven Geary Pinchuk
                    Eileen Alannah Moore
                    Linda Ruth Adair
                    Anthony Francis Santo
                    Brett Christopher Kline
                    Anthony Michael Sanfilippo
                    Jeffery Neal Pollack
                    Robert Francis Kelly
                    Philip James Brezenski
                    Christopher Judson Williams
                    Boake Anthony Sells
                    Marybel Batjer
                    Joseph Arthur Lashinger Jr.
                    Harrah's Operating Company, Inc.
                    Adriana Cynthia Zirpoli
                    George Kendrick Miller Jr.
                    Thomas Michael Jenkin
                    William Lee Buffalo
                    Gregory James Miller
                    Gary William Loveman
                    Harrah's Entertainment, Inc.
                    Harrah's Chester Downs Investment Company, LLC
                    Charles Lafayette Atwood
                    Gerald Allan Einsohn
                    Kevin Don Flynn
                    William Barron Hilton
                    Vincent DePaul Donlevie
                    Gary Glenn Michael
                    David Philip Kowal
                    Viviana Strahl Dickieson
                    Ann Marie Metzger
                    Richard Arthur Chandonnet
                    Charles A. Paelinck
                    Chester Downs and Marina, LLC
                    Eileen Patricia Cassini
                    Kirk Dennis England
                    Gerald Reed Tuthill
                    Robert Michael Hebeler
                    Lance J. Ewing
                    Anthony Lamont Gladney
                    James Thomas Evans, III
                    Caroline Ann Vidmar
                    Mary Margaret Nation
                    Katherine Marie Wade-Yacoubian
                    Michael Sidney Nasby
                    Lisa Naylor Droke
                    Nizar Emile Jabara
                    Anthony Joseph Pearl
                    Jeffery James Shovlin
                    David James Satz
                    Fred Jerome Keeton
                    Clayton Kimball Rice
                    Stephen Joseph Schaefgen
                    Susan Lyon Hailey
                    Brian Joseph Yost

Total Applications 76

3. Applicant Name: MTR Gaming Group, Inc.

Proposed Location: Erie, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Speakeasy Gaming of Las Vegas, Inc.
                    John William Bittner
                    Edson Robert Arneault
                    Speakeasy Gaming of Fremont, Inc.
                    Mountaineer Park, Inc.
                    Presque Isle Downs, Inc.
                    Patrick Joseph Arneault
                    John Bernard Wolford
                    Robert Allen Blatt
                    David Robert Hughes
                    Scioto Downs, Inc.
                    Rose Mary Williams
                    MTR Gaming Group, Inc.

Total Applications 13

4. Applicant Name: Washington Trotting Association, Inc.

Proposed Location: Meadowlands, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Mary Lyn Seymour
                    Louis Edward Lataif
                    Ronald Leon Charles
                    MEC Racing Management
                    Drew Martin Shubeck
                    Jerry Duncan Campbell
                    Mi Developments Inc.
                    Donald Miller Amos
                    Michael Edward Jeannot
                    Magna Entertainment Corp
                    Frank Stronach
                    William Thomas Hodgson
                    Gino Roncelli
                    Mountain Laurel Racing, Inc.
                    Frank DeMarco
                    John Thomas Marshall
                    Washington Trotting Association, Inc.
                    John Robert Barnett
                    Blake Scott Tohana
                    William John Menear
                    Argeo Paul Cellucci
                    David Gerard Wiegmann

Total Applications 22

5. Applicant Name: Downs Racing, L.P.

Proposed Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Sharon Arlene Aronovitz
                    Robert John Soper
                    Andrew Michael Hoffman
                    Michael Joseph Ciaccio
                    Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority
                    Brian Patrick Reynolds
                    Jeffrey Eric Hartmann
                    Paul Irvine Brody
                    Peter James Roberti
                    Harry Charles Coldreck III
                    Conrad William Sobkowiak
                    Laurette Jessica Pitts
                    Roland James Harris
                    Leo Michael Chupaska
                    William Quidgeon Jr
                    Bruce Stanley Bozsum
                    Kevin William Brady
                    William Thomas Candow Jr
                    Michael Stanton Bean
                    Mark F. Brown
                    Guy Arthur Llewellyn III
                    Allison Dawn Johnson
                    Downs Racing, L. P.
                    Edmondo Granci
                    Ralph James Gessner Jr
                    Marilynn Roberge Malerba
                    Mohegan Commercial Ventures PA, LLC
                    William Joseph Velardo
                    Roberta Jean Harris
                    Kawel Bruce Laubach
                    Mitchell Grossinger Etess
                    Mark Winthrop Hamilton

Total Applications 32

6. Applicant Name: Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association

Proposed Location: Grantville, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    The Carlino Family Trust
                    John Vincent Finamore
                    William Joseph Clifford
                    John Gary Luderitz
                    Robert Stephne Ippolito
                    Leonard Michael DeAngelo
                    Jordan Bennet Savich
                    Peter Michael Carlino
                    William James Haynes
                    Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association
                    John Michael Jacquemin
                    Harold Cramer
                    Penn National Gaming, Inc.
                    David Alan Handler
                    Kevin Giulio DeSanctis
                    Robert Paley Levy
                    Barbara Zacchco Shattuck
                    Timothy A. Ebling
                    Akre Capital Management, LLC

Total Applications 19

Category 2 (five licenses available, including two in Philadelphia, one in Pittsburgh; 17 applications received)

1. Applicant Name: Tropicana Pennsylvania, LLC

Proposed Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Nelson William Armstrong Jr.
                    Meridith Paul Sipek
                    Tropicana Pennsylvania, LLC
                    Robert Michael Haddock
                    Aztar Indiana Gaming Corporation
                    Aztar Missouri Gaming Corporation
                    Neil Anthony Ciarfalia
                    Aztar Riverboat Holding Company, LLC
                    Aztar Corporation
                    Joe Clinton Cole
                    John Bernard Bohle
                    Gordon Mackay Burns
                    Frank J Brady
                    Linda Chambers Faiss
                    John Andrew Spencer

Total Applications 15

2. Applicant Name: Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC

Proposed Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

                    Associated Applicants
                    Miriam Ochshorn Adelson
                    BethWorks Now, LLC
                    Richard S. Fischbein
                    Las Vegas Sands, LLC
                    Bethworks GGQ, LLC
                    Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC
                    James D Kuhn
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