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Pittsburgh Penguins May Partner with Gambling Company

24 June 2005

News Brief: The owners of the Pittsburgh Penguins have been talking to gambling companies about forming a partnership to bolster their bid for the city's only slot machine casino license, majority owner Mario Lemieux said Thursday.

Pennsylvania Court Upholds Gaming Act

23 June 2005

News Brief: Rejecting a constitutional challenge that threatened to undo what is expected to become a $3 billion industry, Pennsylvania's highest court Wednesday upheld the Gaming Act, the state's 11-month-old slot-machine gambling law.

Pennsylvania Official Supports Ruling

23 June 2005

Governor Edward G. Rendell's Chief of Staff responds to the PA Supreme Court ruling in Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Developers Will Integrate Pennsylvania Town's Heritage into Plans

15 June 2005

News Brief: Las Vegas Sands Corp would seek to integrate Bethlehem’s historically significant Steel buildings and awe-evoking equipment into the site's design, according to President William P. Weidner.

Pennsylvania Gaming Law Unveiled

14 June 2005

Senator Majority Whip Jeffrey E. Piccola has unveiled Senate Bill 765, legislation that would close a loophole in the state's gaming law.

Battle Lines Drawn Over Gettysburg Casino Plans

13 June 2005

News Brief: The casino proposed for Gettysburg is one of a number of pitched battles being fought between developers and preservationists over Civil War sites heavy with history.

Pennsylvania Senator Wants Tougher Gambling Regulations

10 June 2005

News Brief: Senator Vincent J. Fumo wants to toughen Pennsylvania gambling regulations to protect problem gamblers.

Pennsylvania Gaming Congress Dates Announced

10 June 2005

The 2nd annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress will be held March 6-7, 2006, in the expanded facilities of the Whitaker Center and connected Harrisburg Hilton, conference organizers announced today.

Senator Cut from Pennsylvania Deal

7 June 2005

News Brief: A Las Vegas casino company yesterday cut state Senator Mike Stack III and his family out of its proposal to build a slots parlor on the Delaware River in Fishtown, Pennsylvania.

Harrah's Introduces 'The Chester Challenge'

7 June 2005

Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. introduced ‘The Harrah's Chester Challenge,’ a community initiative designed to support the acquisition of jobs skills and training that will enable Chester residents to fully benefit from the new jobs that will be created as a result of Pennsylvania's gaming legislation.

Pennsylvania County Seeks Public Input

6 June 2005

News Brief: Northampton County Council will hold a public hearing on proposals to establish slot machine casinos on Bethlehem's South Side and elsewhere in the county.

Pennsylvania Board Cool to Proposal

3 June 2005

News Brief: A proposal to divide Pennsylvania into five regions to give more companies a shot at supplying slot machines to casinos is creating some discord within the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

Philadelphia Park Owner Meets with Board

2 June 2005

News Brief: On Wednesday, Bensalem Gambling Advisory Board members met publicly to discuss the slots casino construction plans and their meeting with Philadelphia Park owner Robert Green.

Slots Plan Suffers a Blow

1 June 2005

Pennsylvania's ambitious plan to use gambling revenues to reduce homeowners' property taxes by nearly $1 billion appeared on the brink of collapse Tuesday after only one-fifth of the state's 500 school boards voted to participate.

Pennsylvania Opposition Group Continues Fight

31 May 2005

News Brief: As long as it takes. That's how long a citizens' group plans to oppose a slots casino in Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Gettysburg Casino Investors to Break Silence

31 May 2005

News Brief: Chance Enterprises has not provided much feedback to opposition forming against its proposal to build a slots casino in Straban Township. But it will soon, said spokesman John Brabender.

Most Pennsylvania School Districts Turn Down Slot Money

31 May 2005

News Brief: As the clock struck midnight Monday, just one in five Pennsylvania school districts was lining up for a share of the state's slots pie, and lawmakers appeared unlikely to force them to sign on.

Pennsylvania Develops Problem Gambling Programs

31 May 2005

News Brief: With slot-machine gaming coming to Pennsylvania, the state is developing programs to help those with gambling addictions.

Governor Rendell Pushes Casino-Donor Rules

31 May 2005

News Brief: Pennsylvania Governor Rendell was in Las Vegas raising funds from gambling companies for the Democratic Governors' Association.

Trump Still Interested in Philadelphia Slot Parlor

26 May 2005

News Brief: Donald Trump yesterday said he was still interested in a slot- machine-parlor license in Philadelphia, but he backed away from his recent flirtation with the former Budd Co. site in Nicetown.

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