HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today agreed to open the application process for potential suppliers of gaming equipment. The Board will accept supplier applications from Dec. 20, 2005, through Feb. 28, 2006.

The policy approved today allows the Board to begin with the licensing process for suppliers without addressing the issue of whether to license them statewide or by region. No supplier licenses will be issued until the question of statewide or regional licensure is resolved.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has named Dan Stambaugh, a veteran staffer in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, as a legislative liaison.

“Part of our job is keeping open lines of communications between the Board and the Legislature, and Dan’s long-time service on Capitol Hill will facilitate that kind of dialogue,” said Tad Decker, Chairman of the Board. “He will be a tremendous addition to our staff.”

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today published application forms for people and companies interested in becoming licensed suppliers of gaming equipment in Pennsylvania. The forms, as well as instructions for submitting them, are available on the Board’s Web site, www.pgcb.state.pa.us, under “Licensure.”

Under Act 71 of 2004, operators of gaming facilities in Pennsylvania must purchase gaming equipment from licensed suppliers.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold public meetings on the first and third Thursdays of every month in 2006, except January. All meetings will begin at 10 a.m. and will take place in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building, Commonwealth Avenue and North Street, Harrisburg.
In January, the Board will meet on Thursday Jan. 19 at 10 a.m. in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold a public meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 5, 2006, in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building, Commonwealth Avenue and North Street, Harrisburg. The purpose of this meeting is to consider personnel items only.

WHAT:     Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board meeting (personnel items only)

WHEN:     10 a.m., Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006

WHERE:     Hearing Room #1, North Office Building
Commonwealth Avenue and North Street, Harrisburg

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that it has received 25 application submissions for licenses to operate gaming facilities in the Commonwealth.

“This is an historic day for gaming in Pennsylvania,” said Chairman Tad Decker. “My fellow Board members and I look forward to the complex and important work that lies ahead in awarding licenses for Pennsylvania’s 14 gaming facilities.”

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Jan. 19, 2006, meeting will begin at 11 a.m., not 10 a.m., as originally announced.

The meeting will still be held in Hearing Room #1 of the North Office Building in the Capitol Complex in Harrisburg. The North Office Building is at the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and North Street.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released an updated preliminary list of the entities and individuals who have submitted applications for licensure as part of the 25 applications submitted to the Board for licenses to operate gaming facilities in the Commonwealth.

The Board will continue to release updated lists of submissions as more information becomes available.

The applicants are listed below by category of license sought:

Category 1 (seven licenses available; six applications received)

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced a comprehensive schedule of public-input hearings on gaming facilities proposed for the Commonwealth. The Board will conduct 13 days of hearings at nine locations across Pennsylvania in April and May of 2006.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today entered orders finding that three entities seeking licenses to operate gaming facilities in the Commonwealth had made submissions to the Board that were statutorily ineligible for consideration for licensure.

The Board gave the entities – Trum Construction Co., Pennsylvania Gaming Group LLP and North Shore Gaming LP – an opportunity to show that the submissions were eligible and to ask the Board for reconsideration.