HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced a 10-day public comment period on a concept introduced by Chairman Tad Decker that would divide the state into two regions for the purpose of issuing gaming-supplier licenses mandated by Act 71 of 2004 and would include other common distribution practices.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved the hiring of lawyers Nanette Horner, Michael Schwoyer and Lisa McClain for the staff of its Chief Counsel’s office.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, charged by statute with overseeing the development of slots gaming in the Commonwealth and subsequently regulating the multi-billion dollar industry, today unanimously selected David J. Kwait as its first Director of Investigations and Enforcement, the top law-enforcement position in the agency.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, charged by statute with overseeing the development of slots gaming in the Commonwealth and subsequently regulating the multi-billion dollar industry, today unanimously selected Anne Lacour Neeb as the agency’s first executive director. Neeb is currently executive director of the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, which oversees all gaming activities in that state.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday July 21, 2005, in Public Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. The North Office Building is at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and North Street. People without Capitol credentials should use the North Street entrance to pass through security.

Limited reserved seating will be available for the media, and a mult-box connection will be provided. Agendas will be available at the meeting.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, charged by statute with overseeing the development of slots gaming in the Commonwealth and subsequently regulating the multi-billion dollar industry, today made three appointments to key staff positions, according to Tad Decker, Chairman of the Board.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, charged by statute with overseeing the development of slots gaming in the Commonwealth and subsequently regulating the multi-billion dollar industry, today unanimously approved general regulations governing licensing standards for gaming-facility operators, specific standards for operators of facilities at horse racetracks and requirements for gaming-addiction treatment and prevention programs.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public meeting at noon on Thursday Aug. 4, 2005, in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. The North Office Building is at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and North Street. People without Capitol credentials should enter the building from North Street for security clearance.

Limited seating is reserved for the media, and a mult-box connection will be provided.
Agendas will be available at the meeting.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today launched a month-long public-comment period on draft regulations governing Category 2 and Category 3 gaming facilities and the Board’s Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement.

“Act 71 gives the Board the ‘power and duty’ to adopt the regulations necessary to bring expanded gaming to Pennsylvania and ensure its integrity,” said Board Chairman Tad Decker. “With each set of regulations we develop, we move a step closer to the day when expanded gaming can begin in the Commonwealth.”

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it will hold the first of two Gaming Diversity Forums designed to promote the inclusion of women- and minority-owned businesses in the Commonwealth’s emerging gaming industry in the Fox Gites Room of the Liacouras Center on the Temple University campus in Philadelphia on Thursday Sept. 29, 2005.