HARRISBURG: Because of overwhelming public interest in gaming facilities proposed for the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has added a day of hearings on the applications, Anne LaCour Neeb, Executive Director of the PGCB, said today.

The new date, Tuesday May 23, 2006, is in addition to the previously announced April 28, 2006, hearings on the three proposals.

HARRISBURG: Because of overwhelming public interest in a gaming facility proposed for Adams County, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has added two days of public-input hearings on the application, Anne LaCour Neeb, Executive Director of the PGCB, said today.

These hearings – on Friday April 7, 2006, and Wednesday May 17, 2006 – will be in addition to the April 5, 2006, hearing previously scheduled on this proposal.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has postponed the regular public meeting of the Board scheduled for April 6, 2006.

The next regularly scheduled public meeting of the Board will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday April 20, 2006. It will take place at the Omni William Penn Hotel, William Penn Place, Pittsburgh.

HARRISBURG: Because of overwhelming public interest in gaming facilities proposed for the Philadelphia area, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will add a fourth day of hearings on the applications, Anne LaCour Neeb, Executive Director of the PGCB, said today.

The new date, which will be announced when details are complete, is in addition to the previously announced hearing dates of April 10-12, 2006.

HARRISBURG: Because of overwhelming public interest in gaming facilities proposed for the Lehigh Valley, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has added a third day of hearings on the applications, Anne LaCour Neeb, Executive Director of the PGCB, said today.

The new date, Monday May 22, 2006, is in addition to the previously announced April 28, 2006, and May 23, 2006, hearings on the three proposals.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced details of its fourth day of public-input hearings on proposed gaming facilities in the Philadelphia area.

The additional hearings, which will cover applications for two gaming facilities at Philadelphia-area racetracks, will take place on Friday May 12, 2006, at the Bossone Building Auditorium on the campus of Drexel University in Philadelphia. The Bossone Building is on Market Street between 31st and 32nd streets. The hearings will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has postponed the regular public meeting of the Board scheduled for April 20, 2006.

The next regularly scheduled public meeting of the Board is at 10 a.m. on Thursday May 4, 2006. It will take place in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building, Commonwealth Avenue and Third Street, Harrisburg.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced a new location for the Wednesday May 3, 2006, public-input hearing on a proposed gaming facility that would be located at the Seven Springs Resort in Somerset County.

The new location is the Quality Inn & Conference Center at 215 Ramada Road, Somerset, near the Somerset Exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced several changes to its 2006 schedule of public meetings:

HARRISBURG: Ray Angeli was sworn in today as a member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board during the Board's regular meeting in Harrisburg.

"It's an honor and a privilege to once again serve the people of Pennsylvania,"said Angeli, who served as Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs during the administration of Governor Robert P. Casey Sr. "I look forward to the work that the Board and I will be doing in the coming months to bring gaming to the Commonwealth."