Pennsylvania News - Page 96

Local businessman Louis DeNaples has filed an application for a gaming license for a new $360 million redevelopment of the former Mt. Airy Lodge ski resort in Paradise Township, Pennsylvania.

News Brief: A Louisiana man alleges in a federal lawsuit that an Allegheny County couple breached a contract for the potential development of an American Indian casino in Fayette County.

News Brief: Penn's Landing Corp., which at another secret meeting last week allowed a possible casino deal, says it is above open-government rules.

News Brief: Three midstate men are partners in a venture to build a $300 million casino in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

News Brief: Dr. Joseph Mattioli has withdrawn an application to build a $300 million slot machine parlor and entertainment complex at his Pocono Raceway track, a popular NASCAR ven

News Brief: The Gettysburg Adams County Chamber of Commerce continued its arms-length stance following a meeting last week with Gettysburg Gaming Resort and Spa investors.

News Brief: Casino investors estimate a slots casino in Straban Township, Pennsylvania, will attract 3.2 million visits a year and generate 3,052 new, full-time jobs in Adams County.

News Brief: Pennsylvania gambling regulators received their first slot machines on Tuesday and plan to use them to train staff for a variety of investigation and auditing duties.

Trump Entertainment Resorts has formed a new partnership with a team of local investors led by Pat Croce to pursue one of two Philadelphia Category 2 Gaming Licenses.

News Brief: U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has states that he is against a casino near the Gettysburg battlefield.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board issued regulations this month which mean anyone who owns a license for a slot machine casino in the state will be able to hold an interest of as much as one-third in any or all of the other 13 casinos in the state.

News Brief: Two men were ordered by a Pennsylvania judge to forfeit more than $700,000 in illegal proceeds earned through high-stakes card games and a sports betting operation.

News Brief: The Bethlehem township Board of Commissioners voted Monday night to approve a modified expenditure for a gambling questionnaire. The survey would allow planners to gauge public opinion to help formulate regulations.

News Brief: When Pennsylvania approved slots parlors, one might have thought a city as hot as Philadelphia would have high-end gaming firms lining up for a shot at a license here. Not so, it seems.

News Brief: Two gambling giants came out swinging Tuesday in their battle to win the lone gambling license expected to be awarded next year to the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania.

Carlisle man faces charges of forgery and theft by deception in connection with a failed attempt to use a fake Powerball ticket to claim an $853,492 prize.

News Brief: Matzel Development is planning to buy a resort complex in the Pocono Mountains and apply for a Pennsylvania state gaming license.

News Brief: Aztar Corp. is planning for a $325 million casino on a former manufacturing site here that will open initially with 3,000 slot machines, a 250-room hotel and about a dozen restaurants and lounges.

A public opinion poll commissioned by the Civil War Preservation Trust reveals that Pennsylvania voters oppose plans for a 42-acre casino complex near the historic Gettysburg Battlefield.

Governor Edward G. Rendell has issued a statement on the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission's decision regarding Valley View Downs and Bedford Downs.