HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has become the first Commonwealth agency to offer video of public meetings via the Internet.

Beginning today, videos of the 6 public board meetings or hearings dating back to May 13, 2010 are available on the PGCB’s web site, www.pgcb.state.pa.us, with meetings added soon after they occur.  Visitors can access the archived videos meeting page from a link on the PGCB web site home page, or from the calendar on its Board Meetings tab.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced that the August 31, 2010 public input hearing for Category 3 resort casino applicant Mason-Dixon Resorts, LP will be held at the Comfort Suites at 945 Baltimore Pike in Cumberland Township, Adams County. The hearing will begin at 10:00 am.

HARRISBURG: Reports outlining the impact that the four applicants for the remaining Category 3 resort casino license would have in their local area, along with a plan to meet diversity goals in their hiring, are now available for viewing and download on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s web site.

The information can be accessed by choosing the “Local Impact and Diversity Reports” link under Hearings on the Board’s home page at www.pgcb.state.pa.us.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced the schedule of public input hearings for four applicants vying for the remaining Category 3 license that would permit the operation of up to 600 slot machines and a maximum of 50 table games at a resort hotel.

Public input hearings provide a forum for individuals to voice their support or opposition to a proposed casino in their community, and permit those persons with an interest in the applicant’s proposal to learn more about the:

HARRISBURG, PA: On the brink of adding table games, Pennsylvania’s nine operating casinos generated $98,222,005 in tax revenue from slot machine play during June of this year, an 8.17% increase compared to June, 2009.

At the June 30th close of Pennsylvania’s 2009/10 fiscal year, tax revenue from slot machines totaled $1,190,592,416, an increase of 23.42% from the 2008/09 fiscal year in which tax collections were $964,701,535.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined Sands Bethworks Gaming, LLC, operator of the Sands Resort Casino Bethlehem for permitting underage patrons to gain entrance to the gaming floor and either gamble on slot machines, consume alcohol, or both.

HARRISBURG, PA:  The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today released a schedule for testing and implementation that will result in the first public availability of table game gambling in Commonwealth slots casinos as early as July 8th.

HARRISBURG, PA: The play of slot machines in Pennsylvania returned $12,391,146 more in tax revenue during May of this year compared to the same month in 2009, an increase of 12.63%.

According to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the nine slot machine facilities operating during May of this year collectively generated $200,944,627 in gross revenue, compared to $178,415,270 in May of 2009. When the 55% tax rate is applied to the May 2010 gross revenue, tax collections were $110,519,545, an average of $3.57 million per day.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved petitions to conduct table games at the casinos located in the Commonwealth’s two large cities.

Today’s unanimous vote means all 10 petitions to conduct table games at Pennsylvania casinos now have been approved. Approved by the Board following conclusion of the public hearing process were:

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved the petition of Chester Downs and Marina, LLC, operator of Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack, to conduct table games.