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.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that slot machine revenue in May was $ 205.5 million, the fourth highest month for slot revenue recorded in Pennsylvania since the opening of casinos in 2006. May 2011 was topped only by March 2011 with $214.9 million, April 2011 with $211.4 million and July 2010 with $211.1 million.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released the fourth annual Pari-Mutuel Wagering Benchmark Report which shows a clear positive trend on the impact of slot machine play on the Commonwealth's horse racing industry.

The report draws comparisons on the status of pari-mutuel wagering over the five years since slot machine gaming began including its impact on the various indicators of pari-mutuel health for the years 2006-2010.

Highlights of the report include:

HARRISBURG: The Chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today said a report released by the 31st Investigating Statewide Grand Jury critical of the early practices of the Board is simply a rehash of “old news” at a significant cost to taxpayers.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today publicly released on its web site the order and adjudication that contain the reasons for its decision to grant a Category 3 slot machine license Woodlands Fayette, LLC, operators of the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Wharton Township, Fayette County.

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

Table games produced $52,886,879 in gross revenue in April generating $8,465,611 in tax revenue. Pennsylvania has a 16% tax rate on gross table game 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 announced a hearing will be held on Thursday, June 16, 2011 to gather evidence, including public comment, on the renewal of the slot machine operators’ license for the SugarHouse Casino.

The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. on that date in Room 119 A/B of the Pennsylvania Convention Center located at 1101 Arch Street in Philadelphia.

HARRISBURG, PA:  In just three years, Pennsylvania ascended to number one in the amount of tax revenues generated by commercial casinos that offer legalized slot machines and table games.

Now, after the fourth full year of offering gaming at commercial casinos, Pennsylvania not only remained number one, but further increased the amount of tax revenue collected, according to an annual report released by the leading gaming association in the United States.