Pennsylvania State Lottery Sets Annual Revenue Record
The 2017-2018 fiscal year turned out to be another jackpot-hitting year for the Pennsylvania Lottery, having set new records for both prize pay-outs and ticket sales. Maintaining a top spot among the United States’ highest grossing gaming entities, the Pennsylvania Lottery sold more than $4.2 billion in tickets, the highest since the $41 billion that it brought in previously during the 2015-2016 fiscal year. According to the lottery’s...
Mount Airy to Build Mini-Casino in Beaver County Next Year
Pennsylvania’s Beaver County might have just hit the jackpot. Monroe County-based Mount Airy Casino has recently purchased over 100 acres of land near the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 376 where it is reportedly going to build a mini-casino and entertainment complex in Big Beaver. Mount Airy Pittsburgh, the casino, is expected to go live in late 2019 bringing with it hundreds of jobs and potentially millions in gambling tax...
MGM Partners with Boyd Gaming, Eyes Pa. Gambling Market
MGM Resorts International has been previously unsuccessful in its quest to enter into the Pennsylvania gambling industry. About a year ago, MGM Resort’s deal to buy Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem fell apart after then owner, Las Vegas Sands, found another suitor. However, MGM did not let go of its desires to be part of the gambling market in the state Now, the operator’s efforts have finally borne some fruit thanks to a recent...
Pennsylvania Sports Betting Hawk-Dove Game Continues
None of Pennsylvania’s properties that are eligible for sports betting licenses have forwarded their applications to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), the state regulator. Just like many other holdouts, the reason is a financial dispute between the stakeholders. The rollout of the Keystone State’s sports betting industry remains almost stagnant despite the fact that the law that permitted sports wagering in the case that...
PokerStars to Introduce New Revolutionary Online Poker Game
In what is arguably its most innovative format yet, renowned global online operator, PokerStars, is planning to follow up their most recent offerings – Split Hold’em, Showtime and the yet-to-be-launched Fusion – with an innovative new game that will let players “unfold” their hold cards and get back in the hand. Unfold, the innovative new game will be the latest addition to PokerStars’ robust and impressive line of novelty game...
Six More Pa. Casinos Apply for iGaming Licenses
Online gambling in Pennsylvania was legalized in Pennsylvania in October 2017 and since there have been a number of great developments that have all been made to ensure that the state’s online gaming industry thrives. One of these developments has been the online gaming licensing process that is being overseen by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). The initial licensing period has been filled with a lot of uncertainty mostly...
