Pennsylvania Lottery Alters Marketing of New iLottery Games
Following complaints and demands forwarded by Pennsylvania’s 13 casinos through their lawyer, the state lottery’s online lottery games will no longer be marketed as “casino-style” or “slot-style.” The decision was made by the Keystone State’s Department of Revenue which oversees the lottery after the 13 casinos called for the suspension of the iLottery because of direct and illegal intrusion into the online games that they (the...
Pennsylvania’s Casinos Seek Suspension of iLottery Games
Pennsylvania 13 casinos are up in arms against the state’s new iLottery games on grounds that the iLottery online games violated state law and will intrude in their online gambling sites that are yet to be launched. As such, the Keystone State’s casinos have been seeking the suspension of the iLottery games by the Wolf administration – they have gone further to threaten to take action through the court if the administration fails to...
Penn National to Acquire Margaritaville Resort Casino
Penn National is continuing its expansion plans with a new acquisition – the casino operator has most recently decided to roll the dice and bank on the value of Boston City-based Margaritaville Resort Casino. Though an official press release delivered last Tuesday (June 19), the Penn National team revealed that the company had entered into a definitive agreement with Margaritaville Resort Casino to acquire its operations for about...
Sands Bethlehem’s Table Games Revenue Declines for 3rd Month
As far as table games in Pennsylvania go, Sands Casino Bethlehem has always been the king. However, recent revenue statistics are beginning to shake the casino’s stranglehold over the throne, something that is beginning to become more and more noticeable especially because the decline has been for three straight months. To begin with, in May 2018, the casino generated $19.6 million in table games revenue – while this was the highest...
Hellam Township Residents Speak Out Against Mini- Casino
The possibility of a mini-casino going live in York County is still dependent on the choice that will be made by Penn National. There has, however, been a ton of controversy surrounding what the residents of the Hellam Township consider to be surreal. “No one wins except for a casino when a casino goes in,” a concerned citizen of Hellam Township said. The issue first came up in mid-May in a board of supervisors meeting where most of...
PGCB Renews Sands Resort Casino Bethlehem’s License
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB), this week, renewed Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem’s operating license for another five years. The Sands Berthworks, LLC-operated and Northampton County-based casino was found to have been in compliance with all of its obligations under the previously approved license and thus is qualified for a license renewal. The license renewal decision was arrived at by the seven members of the PGCB and...
