HARRISBURG, PA: January slot machine revenue from Pennsylvania casinos saw a slight drop from the previous year due to the harsh winter weather that affected travel.

The amount of gross revenue generated in January 2011 through the play of slot machines at Commonwealth casinos decreased 3.73% over the previous year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: The two-thousandth self-exclusion request was received during January for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s voluntary Self-Exclusion Program.

Director of the PGCB’s Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling Liz Lanza announced the milestone when she updated the Board at their public meeting today on her bureau’s efforts to help individuals seeking help in controlling their gambling problem.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Commonwealth Court issued an Order today in the action brought by Treasurer Robert McCord against the PA Gaming Control Board, in which the Court ordered that the Treasurer must sign documents governing and guiding his conduct if he wants to participate in Board proceedings.

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania grants the relief that the Board has been demanding all along: requiring the Treasurer and his designees to sign and abide by the identical code and documents which apply to the seven voting members of the Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: Revenue figures for table games play in December 2010, posted today on the Gaming Control Board’s web site, show continued growth in Pennsylvania’s new table game sector of the Commonwealth’s legalized casino industry.

HARRISBURG, PA: The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today reversed an earlier decision of the district court and dismissed all counts against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board alleged by Keystone Development Redevelopment Partners, LLC, Donald Trump's losing applicant in 2006 for a Category 2 casino license in Philadelphia.

This is the second court ruling on the 2006 decision of the Board. The licensing decision to award and deny licenses in Philadelphia had previously been upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2007.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today questioned the motivation of State Treasurer Rob McCord’s resistance to sign two documents signed by all other Board members prior to attending the PGCB Executive Sessions.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today placed three individuals on its involuntary Casino Exclusion List, an action that prohibits these individuals from entering or patronizing any casino in the Commonwealth.

With the additions, 10 individuals are now on the Exclusion List.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined Mount Airy #1 LLC, operator of Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County, $70,000 for underage gambling violations.

The Board unanimously approved a consent agreement negotiated by the Office of Enforcement Counsel for two 2010 underage gaming violations at the Monroe County casino involving 15 and 16-year-old juveniles.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that a vote to award the final Category 3 Resort license will not be on the agenda for its Thursday, January 6th public meeting.

HARRISBURG, PA: The amount of gross revenue generated in December 2010 through the play of slot machines at Commonwealth casinos rose 12.72% over the previous year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The play of slot machines at the ten operating casinos produced $174,772,637 in gross revenue in December 2010 compared to $155,048,230 in December 2009. Tax collections by the Commonwealth on that amount last month was $95,665,380, a per-day average of $3.08 million in tax revenue.