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SugarHouse Casino made its annual contribution to the Penn Treaty Special Services District today, as part of its ongoing commitment to giving back to the community.

Fine of $58,000 levied against SugarHouse HSP Gaming, LP, over incorrect slot machine settings.

Penn National Gaming today formally withdrew its proposal for a $480 million Hollywood Casino Philadelphia.

Proven Leader and Rising Star Awards announced as the Great Women of Gaming Awards are revealed.

“Props & Hops,” a variation of Craps, was created and developed entirely by two SugarHouse Casino team members—Mark Grochala and Tom McCann.

The Las Vegas-based gaming company issued the statement after a planphilly.com report Friday suggested Wynn Resorts Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn was not finished with Philadelphia, despite his company’s license-application withdrawal.

Largest of the fines, $200,000, was levied against the Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, L.P., operator of the Valley Force Casino Resort in Montgomery County.

Philadelphia’s casinos continue to seek ways to grow market share by draining business from Atlantic City and fending off competition from elsewhere in the state and from emerging gaming markets in New York and Maryland.

The approved modifications include changes to the parking garage, an expansion of the current gaming floor space, and the addition of new space for events.

Six different groups and partnerships, including Wynn Resorts Ltd., Penn National Gaming, Isle of Capri Casinos and Cordish Cos., have applied with state gaming regulators for the right to own Philadelphia’s last casino license.

The chairman of Wynn Resorts Ltd. proposes to build a 150,000-square-foot casino with 900 slot machines and 100 table games and a 300-room hotel on about 60 acres of waterfront property, a company spokesman confirmed Thursday.

Casino earns second consecutive recognition in annual Business Journal ranking.

Two developers - Philadelphia's Bart Blatstein and New York's R. Donahue Peebles - already have announced their competing intentions to operate a casino in Philadelphia.

A state Supreme Court judgement has ruled that Foxwoods cannot hold onto its Philadelphia casino license.

Each worker at Philadelphia's SugarHouse Casino received a $200 bonus and a Mega Millions lottery ticket today.

Sugarhouse Casino employees are happy in their jobs.

Pennsylvania passed Atlantic City to become the No. 2 gaming market in the U.S. behind Nevada after the state generated more than $3 billion in revenues last year.

Investors behind the South Philadelphia Foxwoods Casino project have filed an appeal to the high court over the revocation of its gaming license.

Unanimous vote to renew the Category 2 casino operator's license of HSP Gaming, LP, operator of the SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia.

SugarHouse Casino commemorated its first year milestone today with an anniversary program.