HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that public hearings to determine the eligibility and suitability of the four applicants vying for a remaining Category 3 license to operate a casino at a resort hotel will be held in Harrisburg November 16 and 17, 2010.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania casino industry, now with 10 operating facilities after the opening of SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia, saw an overall revenue increase of 7.8% in September 2010 compared to September 2009.

The Gaming Control Board reported today that slot machines produced gross revenue of $186,365,015 in September of this year and $102,220,135 in tax revenue. That compares to $172,854,995 in gross revenue and $95,068,077 in tax revenue during September 2009. Slot machine revenue is taxed at 55%.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has released its 2009/2010 Annual Report. The 28-page document is available in electronic format and can be downloaded by visiting the Gaming Control Board’s web site, www.pgcb.state.pa.us, and choosing the special Annual Report link on the home page.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released its third diversity report of the Commonwealth’s gaming industry.

The report, required under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, is available for download on the Board’s web site home page, www.pgcb.state.pa.us.

The 2009-10 Diversity Report provides statewide and individual casino statistics:

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

The report for August 2010, available at www.pgcb.state.pa.us, represents the first full month of revenue since implementation of table games occurred in July and offers revenue information for each of the casinos. It also includes a breakdown for non-banking, banking, and electronic tables, revenue and taxes generated, and the number of table games by facility:

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court issued an opinion on Thursday which rejected claims by one of the losing applicants for a Philadelphia casino license that it had a right to intervene in Gaming Control Board proceedings relating to the Foxwoods casino project in that city.

In rejecting claims by Keystone Redevelopment Partners, led by investor Donald Trump and Trump Entertainment, Commonwealth Court thereby affirmatively recognized that the Gaming Control Board has the broad discretion over the licensing of casinos.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Thursday approved three grant requests totaling $315,760 to law enforcement agencies to fund programs designed to thwart illegal gambling in the Commonwealth.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined a New Jersey-based slot machine manufacturer for the late submission of necessary documents related to its license renewal.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously voted to renew the Category 1 casino operator’s license of Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., operator of the Parx Casino in Bucks County.

The seven member Board determined that Greenwood Gaming had fulfilled the obligations under its initial casino operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed. The new license is good for a three year period.

HARRISBURG, PA: The revenue generated by Pennsylvania’s nine casinos was 5.19% more in August 2010 compared to total revenue in August of last year.

The Gaming Control Board reported today that slot machines produced gross revenue of $196,635,849 in August of this year and $108,121,631 in tax revenue. That compares to $186,936,232 in gross revenue and $102,789,443 in tax revenue during August 2009. Slot machine revenue is taxed at 55%.