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ews Brief: No Casino Gettysburg, the grassroots group that influenced the Pennsylvania Gaming Board's decision to reject a proposed casino for Adams County, is disbanding.

Officials from The Meadows Racetrack & Casino will participate in the NAACP Diversity Job Fair on Thursday, Feb. 22 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh.

ews Brief: Gambling law enforcement needs to be separate from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the state’s Attorney General said today.

The Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania will expand their call referral network to provide 24-hour-a-day, seven-days-a-week, year-round services from specially trained gambling counselors.

News Brief: After days of unwelcome national media attention, Philadelphia Park Casino Saturday night paid the disputed $102,000 that a Feasterville slots player said he had coming to him.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court could be hearing arguments from western Pennsylvania"s competing racetrack developers by May.

News Brief: A retired carpenter has filed a complaint against Philadelphia Park Casino for voiding his $102,000 slot winnings.

News Brief: Philadelphia City Councilman Frank DiCicco introduced a package of legislation yesterday aimed at thwarting construction of two riverfront slot-machine casinos.

News Brief: The opening-week buzz over the area's latest gambling center drew customers by the hundreds Tuesday to the first full day of operations at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack.

Racinos executives will participate in a special presentation at the 3rd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress & Racing Forum, March 12-13 at the Whitaker Center and Harrisburg Hilton.

News Brief: Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack in Chester, Pa., expects to a draw 10,000 people a day and generate at least $10 million in revenue a year, while providing 900 jo

News Brief: Jeff Coy has been named to another two-year term on Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board.

ews Brief: Just two months after opening its doors, gamblers have pumped more than $250 million into the slot machines at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

News Brief: Harrah's says that it plans to open its Chester, Pennsylvania, casino in the middle of next week.

News Brief: Regulating Pennsylvania’s casino industry will cost $52.6 million in the fiscal year that starts July 1, an expense that slots operators initially expected to share 14 ways but only two casinos are now operating.

News Brief: Northampton County Executive John Stoffa is creating a committee to study the possible effects of a Bethlehem casino on the county's human services, prison and court systems.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board announced today that it is canceling its Tuesday, January 9, 2007 meeting.

Casino executives, regulators, analysts, investors, attorneys and other professionals will meet at the third annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress & Racing Forum at the Whitaker Center and Harrisburg Hilton.

Other than Las Vegas Sands Corp., Nevada casino operators were shut out in their attempts to win a license to operate a slot machine-only casino in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today unanimously approved 11 applications for permanent slot-machine gaming operator licenses.