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The casino operators behind proposals in Allentown and Bethlehem have turned up the heat in their public relations campaigns and mailed thousands of glossy fliers that give resid

News Brief: Designs by developers of five different proposed casinos here received criticism by a panel of architects and urban planners during “Slots and the City: A Public Design Forum.”

News Brief: The township of Bensalem is prepping for the 4.4 million customers expected to gamble each year on Philadelphia Park's 3,000 new slot machines.

News Brief: Columbia Sussex Corp., a Kentucky company that is buying Aztar Corp. abandoned a plan to buy a riverboat casino in Missouri because company officials feared they would fail a background check.

News Brief: Opponents of a proposed casino in Bethlehem dominated a Monday hearing before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, saying the project would increase traffic and crime

News Brief: Former kingpin of Western Pennsylvania's largest video poker empire sent back to prison after handling $3 million in bets.

News Brief: Donald Trump has unveiled plans to build a $300 million Trump Tower in Philadelphia has been tied to his Pennsylvania casino license bid.

ews Brief: Daily attendance at The Meadows harness-racing track could grow 10 times larger after its prospective buyers add 3,000 slot machines and build a 250,000-square-foot entertainment complex, backers said Wednesday.

News Brief: Six of the nine Lehigh County commissioners have publicly avowed their support for a proposed casino in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: A casino is coming to Pittsburgh, but some Hill District residents aren't too keen about having it in their neighborhood.

News Brief: Paradise Township supervisors have granted conditional use permits to the developers of the proposed Mount Airy Lodge.

ews Brief: Delaware North Cos. has been added to the mix of possible casino operators in Pennsylvania.

News Brief: People had a chance to comment on the proposed casino to be established at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort & Spa in Farmington during a public input hearing Tuesday, and a

News Brief: A small but impassioned group of resort patrons who say that if a casino comes to Seven Springs Mountain Resort in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, they'll ski elsewhere.

News Brief: The odds of a casino coming to the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos or both got better this week as opposition to a proposed $650 million slots parlor, hotel and convention center in Limerick Township intensified.

News Brief: Officials from Boyd Gaming Corp. say they are disappointed by Tuesday"s news that the Limerick supervisors do not want a casino within their township"s borders.

International News Brief: In a clash of titans Mount Airy Lodge owner Louis Denaples and Pocono Manor owner Greg Matzel pitched their competing casino projects to the Pennsylvania

News Brief: Plans to build a casino at Mount Airy Lodge in the Poconos cleared another regulatory hurdle two days before the state Gaming Control Board holds a hearing on its plans and that of a competitor seeking a license.

News Brief: House Republican leader Sam Smith, of Punxsutawney, said yesterday he didn't like the idea of transferring about $240 million from the state lottery fund to provide provide property tax and rent rebates this year for senior citizens.

News Brief: When Don Barden came to Pittsburgh last week, he seemed like a long shot in his bid to secure the city's casino license. By the time he left, he had served notice that he wouldn't be treated as an afterthought.