Valley Forge Casino Resort News - Page 2

Robert Braubitz brings with him extensive experience, coming from a position as the Director of Finance and Strategy at a major gaming resort in Maryland.

For the month, Pennsylvania's online and retail sportsbooks collected $560.3 million in bets, according to official data. That was up 326.6% from $131.3 million in shutdown-marred March 2020.

Ron Bailey brings a wealth of knowledge in the gaming industry, having been an executive with Boyd Gaming for nearly 10 years.

Pennsylvania’s online and retail sportsbooks collected $509.5 million in bets in February. That was up 54.5% from $329.8 million in February 2020, but off from the record $615.3 million in bets in January.

PGCB reported that revenue from Internet Casino Type Gaming of more than $80.4 million was the highest amount to date eclipsing the previous high set in December 2020 by 11% when revenue was $71,609,260.

A total of 18 Boyd Gaming destinations participated in Wreaths of Hope in Nevada, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri and Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania’s online and retail sportsbooks reached $491.9 million in November, according to official data released Thursday. November’s wagers were up 35.7% from $316.5 million in November 2019.

Under the order by Governor Tom Wolf today, 12 casinos operating in the Commonwealth will cease all gaming activities and patron entry by tomorrow.

Pennsylvania's online and retail sportsbooks celebrated the second anniversary of the launch of legal sports betting in the state with its first $500 million month.

Online casino games and poker generated $50.1 million in gross operator revenue, or $1.7 million per day. Online table games and slots produced $46.8 million in revenue on $1.7 billion wagered.

Later today, 26 June, Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, will reopen to the public. Par-A-Dice Hotel Casino in East Peoria, Illinois, is scheduled to resume operations on Wednesday, 1 July.

The Boyd Gaming property in Pennsylvania will "encourage" guests to wear masks and seating at slots, table games and restaurants has been reconfigured to adhere to social distancing recommendations.

The handle for Pennsylvania’s retail and online sportsbooks shrunk in March to its smallest monthly total since August 2019, while online casinos and poker exploded to a new record.

Boyd Gaming Corporation today provided an update on its previously announced property closures in the states of Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today instructed the six Pennsylvania casinos that are open as of today to begin closing procedures.

Trade show cancellations are pouring in, sportsbooks that would have been jam packed next week for March Madness will now be empty, and with a travel ban to the U.S. in place, visitation numbers will plummet.

As of today, the Pennsylvania property is closed to the public and is expected to remain closed until 27 March.

Celebrating the industry's first birthday in November, sportsbooks across the state set a new handle record surpassing $1 billion in lifetime wagers.

Pennsylvania's sportsbooks hit a new high in October by accepting $241.2 million in bets, up 24% from September's $194.5 million handle.

Yesterday at the Indiana sportsbook, former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Ken Anderson placed a $100 wager on the Bengals against San Francisco 49ers in the home opener this coming week.