HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court today affirmed the licensing decision made in 2009 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to award Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, L.P. a Category 3 slot machine license.

The Valley Forge Convention Center has 488 hotel rooms on 850,000 square feet of property and is located at 1160 First Avenue in King of Prussia. Valley Forge estimates that it will produce $74 million in annualized gross terminal revenue from slot machine play by its fifth year of operation.

HARRISBURG: The Gaming Control Board and State Police are reminding visitors to Pennsylvania casinos to immediately turn in lost cash, vouchers, chips or unplayed slot machine credits, or face the possibility of criminal theft charges.

PGCB Chairman Greg Fajt says there is no such thing in Commonwealth casinos as "finders-keepers" when it comes to finding lost money or credits.

"Every square inch of a casino is monitored by cameras and recorded making these venues the worst place in the Commonwealth to try and commit a crime," Fajt says.

HARRISBURG: The state departments of Health, Revenue and Agriculture – along with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board – are working together to highlight "Problem Gambling Awareness Week," March 6-12, to ensure that Pennsylvanians with gambling addiction problems know that help is available.

HARRISBURG, PA: February slot machine revenue jumped markedly from a weather-scarred January. The average tax generation per day rose 23% from $3.13 million per day in January, when harsh winter weather affected the ability of patrons to visit Pennsylvania casinos, to $3.86 million per day in February.

February’s slot machine revenue was 17.6% higher this year over the winter weather impacted month of February in 2010.

HARRISBURG, PA: Table games play withstood a harsh January to generate revenue of over $43 million, an amount that ranks second in overall monthly table games revenue since the tables games were introduced into Pennsylvania casinos last year.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved consent agreements for underage gambling violations by two casinos resulting in a total of $135,000 in fines.

HARRISBURG, PA: January slot machine revenue from Pennsylvania casinos saw a slight drop from the previous year due to the harsh winter weather that affected travel.

The amount of gross revenue generated in January 2011 through the play of slot machines at Commonwealth casinos decreased 3.73% over the previous year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: The two-thousandth self-exclusion request was received during January for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s voluntary Self-Exclusion Program.

Director of the PGCB’s Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling Liz Lanza announced the milestone when she updated the Board at their public meeting today on her bureau’s efforts to help individuals seeking help in controlling their gambling problem.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Commonwealth Court issued an Order today in the action brought by Treasurer Robert McCord against the PA Gaming Control Board, in which the Court ordered that the Treasurer must sign documents governing and guiding his conduct if he wants to participate in Board proceedings.

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania grants the relief that the Board has been demanding all along: requiring the Treasurer and his designees to sign and abide by the identical code and documents which apply to the seven voting members of the Gaming Control Board.

HARRISBURG, PA: Revenue figures for table games play in December 2010, posted today on the Gaming Control Board’s web site, show continued growth in Pennsylvania’s new table game sector of the Commonwealth’s legalized casino industry.