HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved the petition of Woodlands Fayette, LLC., operator of the yet-to-be opened Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin in Fayette County, to conduct table games.

Today’s decision followed a public hearing held in Wharton Township on February 7, 2013 that permitted testimony from Woodlands Fayette on their table games plan along with input from the public. 

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that gross revenue from gambling at table games in the Commonwealth’s casinos was $59,378,324, a 12% increase over January 2012 when revenue totaled $52,980,494.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today on its web site that total revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during January was down just over 1% compared to the amount generated a year ago.

According to the report, this January’s gross revenue at the eleven operating casinos from slot machine play was $188,244,599 compared to $190,517,561 of gross revenue in January 2012, a decrease of 1.19%. 

HARRISBURG, PA: Total gross revenue from the play of slot machines and table games at Pennsylvania’s 11 casinos during calendar year 2012 was 4.4% higher than revenue generated in 2011, according to figures released today by the Gaming Control Board.

Combined gross revenue from casino gaming was $3,158,317,863 in 2012 which produced tax revenue in the amount of $1,441,789,220.

HARRISBURG, PA:  The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it would hold a public hearing on Thursday, February 7, 2013 to gather evidence in the form of public comment, on the petition submitted by Woodlands Fayette, LLC, in Fayette County requesting authorization to conduct table games at Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin.

Woodlands Fayette, LLC was awarded a Category 3 Slot Operator License in April, 2011 and anticipates opening Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin later this year and offering both slot machine and table games gambling.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that gross revenue from slot machine gaming for the 2012 calendar year of January through December was $2,470,935,317, or 2.7% higher than in calendar year 2011 when gross revenue totaled $2,405,867,897. 

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it has requested that all applicants for the available Category 2 casino license in Philadelphia present their proposals in a public forum on February 12, 2013 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

This event will begin at 9:00 a.m. and will enable each of the six applicants for the casino license to present their proposals to the public in advance of the Board’s public input hearings on the projects.

HARRISBURG, PA:  Revenue from table games play at Pennsylvania casinos was $55.9 million in November 2012, according to a report released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.  That represents an overall increase of 3.4% in gross revenue generated from the play of table games during November of this year compared to November of 2011.

HARRISBURG, PA: HSP Gaming, LP, operator of the SugarHouse Casino, agreed to fines totaling $15,000 for three incidents in which patrons gambled at the Philadelphia facility even though they were banned from entering and gambling in Commonwealth casinos.

The fines were the result of approvals today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board of consent agreements between the PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and the casino license holder.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today on its web site that total revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during November rose slightly compared to the amount generated a year ago.