HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 1 casino operator’s license of Washington Trotting Association, Inc., operator of The Meadows Racetrack & Casino in Washington County.

The seven member Board determined that Washington Trotting Association had fulfilled the obligations under its initial casino operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed. The new license is good for a three-year period.

HARRISBURG, PA: The play of table games during July in Pennsylvania casinos set a new high in revenue and taxes produced during a single month.

According to figures released and posted on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s website, www.pgcb.pa.gov, gross revenue produced by table games play at the 10 casinos was $56,183,506.  The previous high month was March 2011 when gross revenue from table games was $54,606,617.

HARRISBURG, PA: The amount of revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos was the single highest monthly period of revenue since legalized gaming was introduced into the Commonwealth in 2006.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that July gross revenue at the 10 operating casinos was $218,300,465 from slot machine play. The previous high month for revenue was March 2011 with gross revenue of $214,926,433.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today levied fines totaling $355,000 that involved 19 instances of underage gaming, and six regulatory violations involving slot machines or software that had yet to be approved.

The fines were the result of consent agreements between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and four gaming license holders , including three casino operators:

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 the Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie County.

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

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that tax revenue from the play at table games at 10 casinos during the recently completed state fiscal year totaled $81,417,437.

It was the first fiscal year annual reporting of table games revenue after this form of legalized gaming was launched at nine casinos from July 8-18, 2010. SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia later added table games when it opened in September 2010.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it has moved the start time for the Wednesday, July 20, 2011 board meeting to 9:30 a.m.

The meeting, which had previously been scheduled for a 10:00 a.m. start, will be held at the PUC–Keystone Building, Hearing Room One located at 400 North Street, Harrisburg.

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HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that tax revenue produced from the play of slot machines during the 12-month period ending June 30, 2011 totaled $1,283,992,674, an increase of 7.8% from the same period in 2009-10 when tax revenue was $1,190,592,416. 

To date, since the opening of the first slot machine casino at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes-Barre in November of 2006, taxes just from slot machine play have totaled nearly $4.5 billion. 

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today posted on its web site the revenue figures for May table games play at the ten operating casinos.

Table games produced $51,401,083 in gross revenue in May generating $8,282,211 in tax revenue. Pennsylvania has a 16% tax rate on gross table games revenue with 14% going to the Commonwealth’s General Fund and 2% to the local host county and municipality.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today levied a $26,000 fine against Harrah’s Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, operator of Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack, for allowing an underage patron to gamble at their facility.

The fine was the result of a consent agreement between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and the Delaware County casino, and was imposed for a violation of sections of the Gaming Act that prohibit individuals under the age of 21 to gain access to the gaming floor and gamble.