The full application fee is required. Once an application is submitted to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the fee associated with the application must be submitted.

A Key employee license is portable, a temporary credential is not. If a licensed key employee is offered a position by another licensed gaming entity, his or her key employee license can be used so long as the Gaming Control Board is notified of the hiring by the Licensed Entity. If the key employee is in a pending status at the time of separation and seeks employment at another licensed entity, the employee will need to submit a new Multi-Jurisdictional Personal History Disclosure and Pennsylvania Supplement Form through the new employer.

All license types are required to submit their renewal applications 6 months prior to the date of the expiration of their license.

An individual?s application can take various lengths of time from receipt to Board action as numerous factors can affect the process.

Casino facilities, manufacturers, suppliers, manufacturer designees, gaming service providers

After you receive a final decision from the Board and if you disagree with the Board?s decision, you have the right to file an appeal with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 1512(a)(1) provides that you have thirty (30) days from the date of the Board?s decision to file your appeal with the Court.

The Board?s Clerk will forward your Exceptions, any response to your Exceptions from OEC, the Hearing Officer?s Report and Recommendation and the full evidentiary record of the hearing to the Board for its review. The Board will then issue its final order after consideration of your Exceptions, the Hearing Officer?s Report and Recommendation and the full record. You will receive a copy of the Board?s final decision by first class mail.

If you disagree with the Hearing Officer?s Report and Recommendation you have fifteen (15) days from the date of the Report and Recommendation to file Exceptions with the Clerk to the Board. Your exceptions must be in writing, state clearly what it is that you object to and include the parts of the record where the basis of the objections can be found. You should also include any supporting legal arguments. A sample exceptions form can be found on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board?s website at (gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov).

Within approximately three (3) to four (4) weeks you will receive a Report and Recommendation from the Hearing Officer, by first class mail, which will outline the Hearing Officer?s decision and the reasons for the decision.

OEC counsel may request to meet with you before the beginning of the hearing. If you resolve the issues related to your application before your hearing, the attorney from OEC will put together with you a Proposed Settlement Agreement and ask you to sign it and a Waiver of Right to a Hearing Form.