HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it has notified casino license holders that they can begin submission of petitions requesting approval to conduct sports wagering.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved a consent agreement between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC, operator of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Dauphin County, resulting in a $10,000 fine for permitting an underage individual to gain access to the gaming floor and gamble.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 Casino Operator’s License of Sands Bethworks, LLC, operator of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem located in Northampton County.

The seven-member Board determined that Sands Bethworks, LLC had fulfilled the obligations under its previously-approved casino operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed for a five-year period.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boardannounced today that  it has received applications from four additional companies to operate Fantasy Sports Contests in addition to the six previously received.

HARRISBURG, PA: Figures released and posted today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on its web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, display tables games revenue for April 2018 at $74,667,615, a decrease of approximately 6.2% over April of last year when revenue was $79,596,706.

Harrisburg, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines today totaling $20,000 against two casinos for various violations.

The fines were the result of Board approvals at its public meeting of consent agreements between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and:

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

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Boardannounced today that oversight on the play of Fantasy Sports Contests in the Commonwealth began over the weekend, the first official roll-out of new forms of gaming made legal through gaming expansion legislation.

PGCB Executive Director Kevin O’Toole says that the agency has received Fantasy Sports Operator applications from:

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that a determination on holding an “additional auction round” for Category 4 casinos will be announced at a later date after today’s auction concluded with no bids being received.

HARRISBURG, PA: Combined gaming revenue for the 12 Pennsylvania casinos exceeded $300 million for the first time, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.