HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved a number of table games regulations, including those that define the rules of some of the more popular games that will be offered later this year at Commonwealth casinos.

The adoption comes less than three weeks after passage of Act 1 of 2010 that authorized table games at existing Pennsylvania casinos. 

HARRISBURG, PA: Last week’s passage of Senate Bill 711, which approved table games for Pennsylvania casinos, also opened a 90-day period in which the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is authorized to accept applications from qualified resort hotels to be considered for a Category 3 slot machine operator’s license.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 1 slot machine operator’s license of Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, operators of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.

The seven member Board determined that Mountainview had fulfilled the obligations under its slot operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed.

HARRISBURG: Gaming Control Board Chairman Gregory C. Fajt said today that the passage of legislation that permits tables games at existing slot machine casinos in the Commonwealth signals a start to a complex and thorough process by the agency.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it would hold a hearing on Wednesday, February 3rd to gather evidence, including public comment, on the renewal of the Category 2 slot machine operator’s license of Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC, operators of the Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem.

The hearing will begin at 10:00 am at the Town Hall, 10 E. Church Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG, PA: Even with a five-day closure of Pennsylvania’s largest slots revenue producer, figures released today by the Gaming Control Board show growth in revenue among all key measurements at the Commonwealth’s casinos.

With the opening of two more casinos during 2009, nine slot machine facilities now operate in Pennsylvania. Together, those casinos generated a combined $155,048,230 in gross revenue this December, a 28.14% increase over revenue generated by legalized gaming in December of 2008.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved a consent agreement that assesses an Australian slot machine manufacturer a fine of $13,200 for failing to file a timely renewal application for its manufacturer license.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved two consent agreements for separate violations that fines Washington Trotting Association, Inc., operators of The Meadows Racetrack and Casino, a total of $10,000.

The fines, for $5,000 each, were the results of two incidents, both occurring in August 2009, at the Washington County casino. One was for permitting an underage patron to gamble while the other was for allowing an individual on the statewide Self-Exclusion List to obtain a player’s club card.

HARRISBURG: Kenneth I. Trujillo was sworn in as the newest member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board during its regular meeting held Wednesday in Harrisburg.

Named to the Board by Governor Edward G. Rendell on November 25, 2009 to replace original Board member Sanford Rivers, Trujillo took his oath of office from Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge M. Teresa Sarmina.

HARRISBURG, PA: Pennsylvania’s nine slot machine casinos generated a combined $166,293,583 in gross revenue this November, a 26.73% increase over revenue generated by legalized gaming in November of 2008.