HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today began 5-day public-comment periods on four sets of draft regulations: Emergency Board Orders; Labor Organizations; Employee Status Reports; and Omnibus Regulation Changes.

Comments must be postmarked by June 20, 2006, to be considered. The draft regulations are available on the Board’s Web site, www.pgcb.state.pa.us. Click on “Regulations” and “Draft Regulations” to view these drafts.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold Licensing Hearings on the six applications it received for conditional Category 1 gaming licenses in Harrisburg on Aug. 7-9, 2006, Chairman Tad Decker said today.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced the schedule of Licensing Hearings on the six applications it received for conditional Category 1 gaming licenses.

The hearings, which will be open to the public, will take place in Harrisburg on Aug. 7-9, 2006, in the Auditorium of the State Museum Building, 3rd and North streets. The order of hearings was randomly chosen.

The times and dates of the hearings are:

Monday Aug. 7

    * 2 p.m. - Washington Trotting Association, Inc. (Meadowlands)

Tuesday Aug. 8

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today voted unanimously to approve regulations governing suppliers of slot machines and associated equipment in the Commonwealth. Under these regulations, suppliers will operate on a statewide basis.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today voted unanimously to approve licenses for three companies that filed applications to be manufacturers of slot machines and associated equipment in the Commonwealth. Separately, the Board voted unanimously to approve licenses for 12 companies that filed applications to be suppliers of slot machines and associated equipment.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public meeting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2006, in the Auditorium of the State Museum Building, at the corner of Third and North streets, in Harrisburg. The public and the media are invited to attend. This public meeting will take place after the conclusion of licensing hearings on conditional Category 1 gaming applicants already scheduled for Aug. 9.

The public meeting originally scheduled for Thursday Aug. 3, 2006, has been canceled.

WHAT: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board meeting

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold Licensing Hearings on the two applications it received for Category 3 gaming licenses in Harrisburg on Thursday Aug. 24, 2006, Chairman Tad Decker said today

The hearings, which will be open to the public, will take place in the Auditorium of the State Museum Building, 3rd and North streets, Decker said

HARRISBURG: Global Gaming Business magazine (www.ggbmagazine.com), in its July 2006 issue, highlights the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's public-input hearings on proposed gaming facilities, held across the Commonwealth in April and May.

"Pennsylvania Partners with the Public" explores the 18 days of hearings on the 22 gaming applications to gather input from individuals, community organizations, local elected officials and the applicants themselves.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today voted unanimously to approve licenses for four companies that filed applications to be suppliers of slot machines and associated equipment in the Commonwealth.

All licenses are subject to a series of conditions set by the Board to ensure that the requirements of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, and Board rules and regulations are met.
“Approving these licenses is another major step forward for gaming in Pennsylvania,” said Tad Decker, chairman of the Board.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced an updated schedule of public meetings for remainder of 2006. All meetings will take place in Harrisburg.

The next public meeting of the Board will begin at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, August 23, 2006. It will take place in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building in Harrisburg.

The dates, times and locations for these meetings, which are also available at the PGCB web site, are as follows: