Pennsylvania News - Page 101

News Brief: Donald Trump is shopping for a potential slots-parlor location at the former Budd Co. plant in the Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.

News Brief: The Highlands became the first in the Valley to accept slot-machine revenue, a move that's expected to lower property taxes.

News Brief: Police have charged a Paradise man with supplying illegal gambling machines to five businesses in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: An Erie County government committee is taking a dim view of any revenue-sharing agreement, saying its research concludes that existing gaming law, which directs the bulk of gaming revenue to county government, will remain in effect.

News Brief: After months spent gearing up to launch a new gambling industry, Pennsylvania officials on Thursday briefly turned their attention toward the personal tragedies they know will occur to some who use the system.

News Brief: Straban township solicitor Walton Davis recommends any concerns about a slots casino in Adams County should be directed to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: Breeders are coming to Pennsylvania this year to foal their mares, betting in two years their colts and fillies will be first down the stretch to collect some of the $100 million in slots-inflated purses at state tracks.

News Brief: Chance Enterprises, a new partnership, hopes to win one of two licenses for a standalone casino at sites other than Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh Citizens Gaming Advisory Panel had many questions defied easy answers in their first meeting yesterday.

The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court has turned down our request to delay the deadline for the opt-in or opt-out provision of the Commonwealth's new gaming law.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has opened a public comment period on draft regulations covering the manufacturers and suppliers of gaming equipment and general administration.

News Brief: Pennsylvania’s entry into the lucrative gaming industry has prompted surrounding states to ponder the potential for lost profits.

News Brief: At least three dozen enterprises have expressed interest in landing one of the 14 gambling licenses to be awarded by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: For the second time in four months, an investigation has begun into the purchase of land in Pennsylvania that could eventually become the site for a slot machine casino.

One Pennsylvania Powerball winning ticket matched all five white balls and the red Powerball, winning $18.7 million.

News Brief: Some officials in Gateway and Charleroi school districts are having second thoughts about whether they did the right thing in agreeing to participate in a new property-tax reduction program funded by slot machine revenue.

News Brief: Ameristar, a Las Vegas-based operator of riverboat and land casinos has emerged as another contender for a Philadelphia slots license.

GTECH Corporation has been selected to supply a central control computer system that will monitor slots gaming in Pennsylvania.

Authors of the state's slot-machine gambling law slipped it past an uninformed Legislature, opponents wrote in Supreme Court briefs filed Friday, while the legislation's defenders contended it was constitutional and subject to plenty of debate.

News Brief: As Pennsylvania's slot-machine gambling era begins, a course like that could be offered soon at a college near you.