HARRISBURG, PA:  The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released its 8^th 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 achieve the Commonwealth’s goal of enhanced representation of diverse groups in the gaming industry. 

Highlights from the Report are described in the bullet-points below:

HARRISBURG, PA:  Gross revenue from gambling at table games in Pennsylvania casinos during August was nearly 5% higher than last year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: The gross revenue from the play of slot machines in August of this year fell by $7 million from August 2014 revenue, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The monthly slot revenue report, posted on the Board’s web site www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, shows that August gross revenue from slot machine play was $203,026,163, an amount 3.32% lower than the $210,006,849 in revenue generated in August 2014.

HARRISBURG, PA:   The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved fines totaling $72,500 against three casino operators for various violations.

The fines were the result of the approvals of consent agreements between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and:

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 1 casino operator’s license of Presque Isle Downs, Inc. operator of Presque Isle Casino & Racetrack in Summit Township, Erie  County.

The seven member Board determined that Presque Isle Downs, Inc. had fulfilled the obligations under its previous casino operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed for a three-year period.

HARRISBURG, PA:  Pennsylvania revenue figures from the play of table games during July were released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and show a 13.2% increase in revenue over July 2014.

Harrisburg, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has noticed a recent 10, 20 and 30 fold increase in hits to its Press Releases on the website.  Beginning approximately June 3rd and continuing even today, computer systems identified as Bloomberg Financial domain IPs continued to read and re-read PGCB's most recent three press releases EVERY FEW MINUTES, causing their statistiical reports on the number of visitors to view each press release to skyrocket and become hopelessly inaccurate.

HARRISBURG, PA:   The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved a consent agreement resulting in a fine of $25,000 against Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., operator of the Parx Casino in Bucks County.

HARRISBURG, PA:  The gross revenue from the play of slot machines rose by nearly 5% in the first full month of the 2015-2016 Fiscal Year, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA:  The $3.1 billion of gross revenue generated during the recently completed 2014/2015 State Fiscal Year from the combined play of slot machines and table games was more than 2% over the previous Fiscal Year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.