Pennsylvania News - Page 102

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.

Thomas A. Decker, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, responds to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Feb. 12 article "Slot-Machine Distributor Is Named".

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hired five employees at its third meeting Tuesday and announced that six of its members will each specialize in separate aspects of their operations.

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today presented a ceremonial check for over $14.7 million to three women who were winners of a recent Powerball Lottery jackpot.

News Brief: The conflict is accelerating between two developers jockeying to create a glitzy racetrack and gambling palace in Western Pennsylvania.

The 119th Groundhog Day is just around the corner, but Spring is not, according to online bookmaker Intertops.com.

Casino operators, state legislators, regulators and Wall Street analysts will share their expertise at Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005.

Penn National Gaming, Inc. has completed the previously announced sale of The Downs Racing and its subsidiaries to the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority for approximately $280 million.

One lucky player in Pennsylvania matched all 6 numbers Saturday and walked away with the $26.4 million jackpot.

News Brief: Caesars Entertainment has paid $64.7 million for a site along the Delaware River that it hopes to turn into a slots parlor, the company confirmed yesterday.

News Brief: Since Lawrence County racetrack developer Carmen Shick has changed his major financial backer, the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission will need a few more weeks before deciding who gets the state's final harness racing license.

The Pennsylvania Lottery today announced that WLT Trust and its beneficiaries are the winners of the Dec. 8, 2004 Powerball(R) jackpot worth a $171.4 million annuity or $93.4 million cash.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Chairman Thomas A. Decker and American Gaming Association President Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. are among the speakers who will participate in Pennsylvania Gaming Congress 2005.