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Pennsylvania Conference Slams Slots

14 October 2005

News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp. was a top sponsor of this week's gathering of community planners in the city, but you wouldn't have guessed that at Wednesday's session on slots in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Slots Bill Hits Another Obstacle

11 October 2005

News Brief: Pennsylvania's road to slots and lower school property taxes has hit another impasse.

Pennsylvania Casino Forum Not Big Draw

7 October 2005

News Brief: Few people voiced strong feelings Thursday evening about a slots parlor coming to the city during the first of six public forums on gambling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Official Touts Slot Plan

4 October 2005

Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue Gregory C. Fajt said limited slots gaming approved last year would generate $1 billion for statewide property tax cuts beginning in 2007.

Lawsuit Won't Derail Pennsylvania Slots

29 September 2005

News Brief: The Rendell administration is confident that a lawsuit filed earlier this week by the state police union over gambling-related background checks won't derail the startup of Pennsylvania's slot machine industry.

Pittsburgh Planners Try to Limit Slots

29 September 2005

News Brief: City planners are trying to curb the sprawl of the proposed slot machine casino in Pittsburgh.

Pennsylvania to Discuss Slot Talk

28 September 2005

News Brief: The latest buzz about gambling in Pennsylvania is what kind of language the slot machines will speak.

Pittsburgh Officials Introduce Casino Guidelines

28 September 2005

News Brief: Pittsburgh planning commission introduced guidelines about what businesses can open around casinos and casino design.

Pennsylvania Troopers File To Do Own Background Checks

27 September 2005

News Brief: The state troopers’ union filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania Supreme Court, seeking to have the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board give troopers the work doing background checks rather than outsource it to private companies.

Pittsburgh Casino to be Sophisticated

23 September 2005

News Brief: Pittsburgh's slot-machine casino should be housed in a ‘sophisticated,’ environmentally friendly building that draws tourists but does not harm its neighbors, the Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force said Thursday.

Pocono Downs Similar to Original Casino

21 September 2005

News Brief: The permanent casino at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will be about the size of the Casino of the Earth, the original and one of two gaming areas at the Connecticut facility.

Strip District Reconsidered for Slot Casino

20 September 2005

News Brief: Once out, the Strip District is back in as a possible site for a Pittsburgh slot machine casino, at least in the proposed zoning.

Candidates Oppose Subsidy for Gaming Site Improvements

20 September 2005

Republican Dale McBrier and Democrat Mark DiVecchio don't agree on much in their race to be Erie County's new executive, but they agree there should be no public subsidy for improvements to the proposed site of a new racetrack and casino.

BethWorks Supporters, Opponents Prepare for Second Showdown

19 September 2005

News Brief: Slot supporters and opponents get ready for a second showdown over a bill that would allow a casino-centered entertainment complex in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Casino Developers Address Security Questions

16 September 2005

News Brief: The BethWorks Now project head answered questions concerning casino security and other issues.

Bethlehem Pro-Casino Campaigners Get Personal

14 September 2005

News Brief: If the mass advertising campaign, the volunteers going door-to-door and the $50,000 Musikfest sponsorship weren't enough, investors on Tuesday added a personal touch to their effort to bring gambling to Bethlehem.

Philadelphia Casino Dream Halted

1 September 2005

News Brief: Pat Croce's dream of turning the old Adam's Mark Hotel on City Avenue into a casino came to an end today after Target Corp. told Pittsburgh city leaders it would not sell the land.

Company Fights Pittsburgh Casino Proposal

31 August 2005

News Brief: Equitable Resources Inc., which opened its new headquarters on the North Shore in June, plans to fight a Pittsburgh proposal to zone the land between Heinz Field and PNC Park to allow a slot machine casino.

Judge to Review Motions Before Making Them Public

29 August 2005

A judge decided against sealing all pretrial motions in the public corruption case involving Mayor Rick Filippi, and will instead review such papers for 48 hours before deciding which ones can remain public.

Seven Springs Resort Wants Slots

26 August 2005

News Brief: Scott Bender, president of Seven Springs Resort, has confirmed that an application will be submitted to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board seeking a license for up to 500 slot machines.

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