HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced when particular operator licensing applicants from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh will continue licensing hearings begun in November. All hearings will be held in the State Museum Auditorium, located at the corner of Third and North streets in Harrisburg.

A total of four hearings, two each from Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, remained open so that the Board would receive additional testimony from the applicants.

HARRISBURG: Due to significant public interest, The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has moved its December 20, 2006 Board Meeting from the State Museum Auditorium to the larger Forum Building located at 5th and Walnut Streets in Harrisburg. The meeting is still scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m.

The Board will vote on both stand-alone slot machine operator licenses and permanent status for operator licenses at Commonwealth horse racing facilities.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced the agenda and order for its December 19, 2006 public meeting to permit oral arguments by applicants for Category 2 slots operator's licenses.

Oral arguments are final remarks by applicants before the Board. Each applicant will be provided a maximum of 15 minutes to present oral arguments, but may also choose to waive their right to present.

CHESTER, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s Director of Racetrack Gaming, Melinda Tucker, is the recipient of the inaugural Mary Lib Miller Award for outstanding contribution to the Commonwealth’s harness racing industry.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously agreed to continue the suspension of the license of Mt. Airy #1, LLC owner Louis A. DeNaples and to appoint both a trustee and accountant to oversee the continued operation of Mount Airy Casino Resort.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has launched a new web site designed to provide the public with more and easier access to information.

HARRISBURG: Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Executive Director Anne Neeb today issued an emergency suspension of the Principle License of Louis A. DeNaples, sole owner of the Mount Airy Casino Resort.

At an afternoon press conference, Neeb issued the following statement:

HARRISBURG: A unique display on Pennsylvania-bred horse racing legend Smarty Jones, and scheduled appearances by jockey Vladimir Diaz, a star of the ESPN movie “Ruffian” and Michael Jester, owner of Penn Ridge Farm where 1998 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner Real Quiet will stand for the 2008 breeding season, are among the highlights of Pennsylvania’s first Race Track Gaming Expo.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved three grant requests totaling $505,523 to local law enforcement agencies to fund programs designed to thwart the operation of illegal slot machines in the Commonwealth.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved the proposed change of ownership/control of Harrah’s Entertainment, owner of Chester Downs and Marina, LLC in Delaware County, to Hamlet Holdings, LLC.