Pennsylvania News - Page 74

News Brief: Officials reported competition from slot parlors in Pennsylvania and New York caused Atlantic City to suffer a revenue decline.

The 4th annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress is expanding its popular racing forum to include the entire Mid- Atlantic region .

News Brief: Casino officials say Detroit businessman Don Barden's Pittsburgh Majestic Star casino is expected to open on May 1, 2009.

News Brief: Even as pressure grows on Louis DeNaples from a grand jury investigating perjury allegations, the Mount Airy owner's machine keeps rolling along.

News Brief: With lifelong friend and confidant the Rev. Joseph F. Sica facing a felony charge of perjury, the stakes have never been higher for junk man turned casino businessman, Louis DeNaples.

News Brief: Atlantic City casinos are tweaking their game plans based on the gaming threats coming from Pennsylvania and, potentially, the Catskills.

News Brief: A Catholic priest and longtime confidant of casino owner Louis A. DeNaples was charged yesterday with perjury, accused of lying to a grand jury about his relationship with a mob boss.

News Brief: When the Pennsylvania Legislature legalized slots gambling, talk immediately turned to where the extra revenue would go.

News brief: Mount Airy Casino Resort has almost doubled the non-smoking space on its massive casino floor.

Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack recently hosted over twenty guests from Northern Chester County’s Horse 4-H Club for a tour of the facilities.

News Brief: The Gaming Oversight Committee of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives will conduct a hearing on Thursday at Mount Airy examining the operation and the economic and social impact of Mount Airy Casino Resort on the surrounding communities.

News Brief: Nearly one full year after the license was awarded, construction of Pittsburgh's only slot machine casino finally will get rolling.

News Brief: Donald Schutz won the jackpot at Presque Isle Downs & Casino, the biggest jackpot since the casino opened Feb. 28.

News Brief: Pennsylvania slots are no longer just a threat here, but are wreaking havoc on the Atlantic City Boardwalk casinos.

News Brief: Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia and the city of Philadelphia today unveiled a pact.

News Brief: PhiladelphiaPark Casino reopened at noon yesterday after being shut since Thursday night because of a damaged water main.

News Brief: Allegheny County law enforcement agencies received grants totalling nearly $600,000 Thursday to combat illegal slot machines, the State Gaming Control Board announced.

Mount Airy Casino Resort is offering special opening room rates in December.

News Brief: Revelers celebrated Thanksgiving week not only with feasts and shopping sprees, but at the slot machines of Mount Airy Casino Resort.

News Brief: Opponents of Philadelphia's budding casino projects scored their first court success yesterday with a state Supreme Court ruling that likely further delays Foxwoods Casino's plans to build in South Philadelphia.