Pennsylvania News - Page 107

News Brief: A newly enacted law that will bring slot machines to Pennsylvania is meant to insulate regulators both from partisan politics and the gaming industry itself, but some experts are concerned about some of the elements.

News Brief: The first of seven members of the Pennsylvania’s new Gaming Control Board was named today by House Speaker John Perzel.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh City Council gave final approval to a bill yesterday barring the city's elected and appointed officials from owning an interest in gambling businesses.

News Brief: Citizens packed a public meeting to voice their anger over the provision in the recently enacted slot machine legislation allowing Pennsylvania state lawmakers to hold a 1 percent stake in gambling companies.

he Pennsylvania Lottery will sponsor a ‘Go for the Green’ bonus Daily Number promotion from July 19 through July 31, 2004.

News Brief: Under a bill signed into law Monday by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, individual lawmakers are permitted to own up to 1 percent of each of the 14 slot-machine parlors planned in the state.

News Brief: At an interactive forum tomorrow at Riverfront Park, Rep. Jeff Coleman, R-60th, plans to address the issue of gambling expansion.

News Brief: Pittsburgh Steelers running back Jerome Bettis said today he is a limited partner in the company that has proposed a horse racing track, slots casino and residential development in Hays, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Under the new gaming bill the Pennsylvania legislature passed, Philadelphia Park and three other racetracks are eligible for 18-month conditional licenses.

News Brief: A bill to legalize and tax as many as 61,000 slot machines in Pennsylvania has received approval in the state Senate.

News Brief: Pennsylvania slots revenue could still be used for a new hockey arena as requested by the Pittsburgh Penguins if the city-county sports authority board decides to do so.

News Brief: As Pennsylvania lawmakers approach a decision on the legalization of slot machine gambling, several neighboring states already are toting potential losses, while others are sizing up possible gains.

News Brief: African-American members of the state legislature say initial meetings with gambling industry officials on Monday went well.

News Brief: If lawmakers approve slots gambling this week, as appears increasingly likely, there eventually could be 61,000 slot machines at 14 gambling halls in Pennsylvania.

News Brief: Pennsylvania lawmakers who want to legalize slot machine gambling are stacking the odds in their favor with a proposal to create a gambling control board loyal to them.

News Brief: Under a proposal being considered, Pennsylvania would borrow against future gambling revenue to enable property taxpayers to get rebates much sooner and to provide money for Pittsburgh and Philadelphia projects.

News Brief: As lawmakers work toward an agreement that would legalize slot machines in Pennsylvania, gambling opponents gathered at the state Capitol yesterday in an attempt to stop the momentum building for the bill.

News Brief: Governor Ed Rendell has asked Pennsylvania lawmakers to vote on slots before the summer recess begins June 30.

News Brief: A key figure in the push to expand legalized gambling in Pennsylvania says he's upbeat about the chances that a gambling bill can be passed before the legislature's summer recess later this month.

News Brief: A proposal by Pennsylvania state Senator Vince Fumo currently circulating at the state Capitol in Harrisburg would prevent companies, including Penn National Gaming, from having financial control of more than one slots facility.