Over a year after the deal was announced, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has finally approved the sale of the $1.3 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem to an affiliate of an Indian Tribe. The transaction which was announced on Wednesday, May 29 by Wind Creek Hospitality which is affiliated to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians […]
It has been a long time coming but Pennsylvanian sports betting fans are now going to be able to place bets online. This news came on Tuesday, May 28 when the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board gave Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino the green light to launch its online sports betting offering making is the very first casino […]
Pennsylvania’s sports betting industry is yet to officially go live but already, the sports betting operators are already working on the implementation of a few vital components that are reminiscent of online poker operations. This is through the use of sports betting kiosks which offer the sports bettors the ability to access sports betting services […]
Last week, news emerged that MGM Resorts International had entered talks with Wynn Resorts over the possible acquisition of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor. Latest news reveals that MGM has opted to break off the talks to buy the Greater Boston casino property citing a number of concerns that were voiced by the casino […]
In March 2019, the Keystone State established a new market record thus setting some rather high expectations for the months that would follow. Unfortunately, things took a rather unanticipated turn in April when the state posted falling gambling revenue. The Slump in Slot Machine and Table Game Revenue According to figures released by the Pennsylvania […]
During a Wednesday, May 15 hearing, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) finally approved the sports betting license application that was filed by Mohegan Sun Pocono. The casino filed its petition for all forms of sports betting permitted by the state’s government in March and there was very little doubt that the state regulator would […]
Philadelphia has long been very friendly to sportsbooks – six of the Keystone State’s sports betting facilities are located either inside or outside the city’s area. A seventh sportsbook is now headed for the area courtesy of the Stadium Casino-operated Live! Casino & Hotel. Even though Stadium Casino, LLC is yet to apply for the […]
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has recently posted the monthly revenue report for the state’s online slot gaming industry and things are not looking so good. In the report, the gaming control board revealed that last month’s gross revenue from the slot machines at the state’s 12 licensed casino operators was $200,359,403 which is […]
The Keystone State’s 12 licensed casino operators have recently set a brand-new all-time high record for gambling winnings in a single month. According to the revenue figures that were released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board last Monday, the casinos managed to rake in whopping $309.1 million from slot machines and table games – the […]
Finally! The Keystone State’s online gaming and online poker industries are set to officially kick off operations in July. This has been confirmed by a letter from Kevin O’Toole, the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) which was addressed the state’s 13 licensed casino operators and stated that interactive gaming will be […]