Pennsylvania News - Page 98

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

News Brief: Pittsburgh's slots parlor should be ‘bold, contemporary, innovative’ and perhaps environmentally friendly, Anne Swager, co-chair of the Pittsburgh Citizen's Gaming Advisory Panel, said Monday.

News Brief: Former Philadelphia 76ers president and co-owner Pat Croce is putting together a team of star athletes and entertainers to build a casino at the former Adam's Mark Hotel, although he has not reached a deal on the property, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Philadelphia Mayor John Street's gambling panel released a 372-page interim report Tuesday that may have shed light on potential sites for gambling halls.

News Brief: The Pittsburgh Gaming Task Force isn't ready to require a slot machine casino operator to put up money for a new arena or any other economic development project.

News Brief: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board confirmed Thursday that a state Supreme Court decision upholding the state’s gambling law eliminated a 60-day comment period reserved for municipalities slated to host slot machine operations.

News Brief: Plans are moving forward for development of a hotel and casino complex at the former Mount Airy Lodge in Paradise Township even though it is unclear whether or when the facility will receive a slot-machine parlor license.