Pennsylvania News - Page 89

News Brief: Pennsylvania's top gambling regulator will not be charged with a crime despite being accused by Louisiana officials with falsifying records and collecting pay for hours she didn't work at a previous job there.

News Brief: The South Side Local Development Co. thrown its support behind the bid by Forest City Enterprises to build a casino at Station Square.

South Side Local Development Company and developer Forest City Enterprises have formed a partnership that includes the formation of a Station Square Steering Committee.

News Brief: Operators of The Meadows race track, expecting to be awarded a casino license in the fall, have hired LPCiminelli as construction manager for the planned $450 million Meadows Racetrack & Casino project.

Mount Airy Resort & Casino officially broke ground today on a $360 million gaming and resort complex in the heart of the Poconos.

News Brief: The Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority is likely to decide in the next several weeks whether to proceed with its Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs slot machine casino project.

ews Brief: Two applicants for Pittsburgh's lone casino license joined Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. in committing in writing to contribute to building a new arena for the Penguins, Allegheny County chief executive Dan Onorato said Thursday.

News Brief: An Adams County Judge ordered the chairman of Straban Township"s Zoning Hearing Board to remove herself from further hearings on the casino application filed by Cross

Keystone Redevelopment Partners has signed an option agreement for the purchase of 12 acres of land in Philadelphia for a proposed casino.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will hold Licensing Hearings on the two applications it received for Category 3 gaming licenses in Harrisburg.

Maria S. Valencia of Upper Darby, Delaware County, is the first to claim a $1 million top prize from the Pennsylvania Lottery's July 4 Millionaire Raffle game.

News Brief: With the sale of the Penguins drawing closer, the city and Allegheny County want more than just talk from two casino bidders that have pledged to help fund a new arena, likely a key to keeping the team in town.

ews Brief: The uncertain future of the slot-machine casino that Penn National Gaming Inc. will build at its Grantville racetrack became a little less uncertain this week.

News Brief: Chester residents flocked to a job fair last week for the slot-machine parlor and racetrack under construction on the riverfront, but its operator, Harrah's Entertainment Inc., remains guarded about how many residents it will hire.

News Brief: In an expression of solidarity with their former chairman, four members of the five-person Straban Township Planning Commission have removed themselves from any decision-making related to a casino proposed in the township.

Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell today signed Special Session House Bill 39 which will deliver $1 billion annually to all Pennsylvania homeowners.

Officials respond to news that Rep. Michael Veon has now acknowledged that he is attempting to amend the gaming law to strip a casino license from the last harness race track to be awarded in the Pennsylvania.

News Brief: The arrival of casinos in Pittsburgh may be good for the local seniors since gambling gets them out of the house and keeps their minds sharp, according to social scientists said.

HumonGUS Bucks, a new $5 Pennsylvania Lottery instant game, offers a second-chance drawing that will award three winners an opportunity to attend a tv shoot with Gus, the second-most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania.

ews Brief: Representatives of the three bidders vying for Pittsburgh's lone casino-operating license said they would not be dissuaded by the possibility of as much as a year's delay in awarding the license.