HARRISBURG, PA: The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit today reversed an earlier decision of the district court and dismissed all counts against the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board alleged by Keystone Development Redevelopment Partners, LLC, Donald Trump's losing applicant in 2006 for a Category 2 casino license in Philadelphia.

This is the second court ruling on the 2006 decision of the Board. The licensing decision to award and deny licenses in Philadelphia had previously been upheld by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in 2007.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today questioned the motivation of State Treasurer Rob McCord’s resistance to sign two documents signed by all other Board members prior to attending the PGCB Executive Sessions.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today placed three individuals on its involuntary Casino Exclusion List, an action that prohibits these individuals from entering or patronizing any casino in the Commonwealth.

With the additions, 10 individuals are now on the Exclusion List.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined Mount Airy #1 LLC, operator of Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County, $70,000 for underage gambling violations.

The Board unanimously approved a consent agreement negotiated by the Office of Enforcement Counsel for two 2010 underage gaming violations at the Monroe County casino involving 15 and 16-year-old juveniles.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that a vote to award the final Category 3 Resort license will not be on the agenda for its Thursday, January 6th public meeting.

HARRISBURG, PA: The amount of gross revenue generated in December 2010 through the play of slot machines at Commonwealth casinos rose 12.72% over the previous year, according to figures released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

The play of slot machines at the ten operating casinos produced $174,772,637 in gross revenue in December 2010 compared to $155,048,230 in December 2009. Tax collections by the Commonwealth on that amount last month was $95,665,380, a per-day average of $3.08 million in tax revenue.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today posted on its web site the revenue figures for November table games play at the ten operating casinos.

Table games produced $38,520,402 gross revenue in November resulting in $6,163,264 in tax revenue after applying the 16% tax rate (14% to the Commonwealth’s General Fund and 2% to the local host county and municipality). That compares to $40,893,425 in gross revenue and $6,542,948 in tax revenue during October 2010, a decrease of 6.16%.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today placed three individuals on its involuntary Casino Exclusion List, an action that prohibits these individuals from entering or patronizing any casino in the Commonwealth.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today fined Downs Racing. L.P., operator of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, a total of $47,000 for three occurrences where persons under the age of 21 played slot machines.

The civil penalty was unanimously approved by the Board at its public meeting Thursday in Harrisburg as part of consent agreement between the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel and Downs Racing.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that the start time for its meeting on Thursday, December 16, 2010 will be 9:00 am rather than the previously announced 10:00 am start.

The meeting venue remains at the Pennsylvania State Museum Auditorium in Harrisburg.