HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 5, 2018 to gather evidence, including public comment, on the renewal of the operator’s license for Sands Bethworks, LLC, operator of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem located in Northampton County.

The hearing will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Bethlehem Town Hall, 10 E. Church Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., which operates the Parx Casino in Bucks County, gained the award in the fourth auction in a process that establishes the order in which the winning bidders select a location for a Category 4 casino.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Executive Director Kevin O’Toole announced this afternoon that the location of the bid submitted today by Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC for a Category 4 casino location intruded upon the reserved area of a previously secured Category 4 location held by Mount Airy #1, LLC.

HARRISBURG, PA: Gross revenue from gambling at table games in Pennsylvania casinos during January 2018 was down 2.2% compared to January of last year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved a fine of $7,500 against Downs Racing, LP, operator of Mohegan Sun Pocono in Luzerne County, for a Self-Exclusion List violation.

The fine was the result of a Board approval at its public meeting of a consent agreement between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and Downs Racing LP.

HARRISBURG, PA:   The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today held the third in a series of auctions in a process that establishes the order in which the winning bidders select a location for a Category 4 casino.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Wednesday, February 7, 2018 public meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and Category 4 Casino Auction has been postponed due to the expected hazardous weather conditions in the Harrisburg area.

The meeting and auction have been rescheduled for Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 10:00 A.M in the PGCB’s Public Hearing Room located on the second floor of the Strawberry Square Complex, Harrisburg. 

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced it will begin accepting license applications on April 2, 2018 for Manufacturers and Suppliers relative to both Interactive Gaming (iGaming) and Truck Stop Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs).  It should be noted that Manufacturers who are currently licensed by the Gaming Control Board may submit an Abbreviated Application for a Video Gaming Manufacturer License.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board posted on its web site today the monthly report for total revenue generated from the play of slot machines at casinos during January 2018.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board placed on its web site today information and the first applications to permit qualified truck stops to operate Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs).

A link to the applications has been placed on the homepage of the PGCB’s web site, gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.