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Parx Casino has scheduled Feb. 3 as the official opening of its new mini-casino in Shippensburg, with a soft opening days in advance of that to admit the first guests to gamble, eat, and drink. The Parx website has begun advertising that first Friday in February as the date for the celebratory opening. PennLive.com reported that the venue in…

After a fun game of billiards, it can be hard to decide what to do next. Thankfully, there are plenty of great casino games stars casino in PA have available that can help keep the fun going all night long! From classic card games like poker and blackjack to modern favorites like slots and roulette, there's something for everyone when it comes to…

Pennsylvania's iGaming operators continue to find a bountiful harvest from their fall numbers, as November's online casino revenue set another record and sports betting revenue climbed while the sports handle nearly matched October's historic high. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board released the monthly revenue report for November Monday. While…

Pennsylvania's online casino market will be expanding, though there's no indication of how soon that will come. The state's Gaming Control Board approved an interactive gaming operator license Wednesday for WynnBET, which has a major national presence but does not operate currently in Pennsylvania. The license covers online slots and table…

Every online casino slots game, in its own way, is (duh) just a little bit addictive. Each time you tap the "spin" thingee on your phone, you're like a rat getting some sugar water. Or something like that. You know what I'm talking about. This doesn't make online slots inherently bad; I mean, I can count about 100 things that give me pleasure that…

Sports bettors in Pennsylvania wagered more than ever before in October and online casino operators garnered more revenue than in any prior month, according to financial data released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The sports betting volume reached $797.1 million, besting the prior high of $793.7 million set in January.…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board voted Wednesday to ban from the state's casinos eight more adults who abandoned their kids to gamble - as the regulator had done 147 times previously - but it took an additional step to address the problem more directly than it ever has. At its monthly meeting, the agency announced the launch of a "Don't Gamble…

March was a great month for the Keystone State's gaming industry, as the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has touted, but just how great depends on one's perspective. Yes, the record $462.7 million generated by all forms of gaming easily represented a new benchmark, including a monthly high for what operators earned from online casinos ($118.1…

Plenty of lottery players will be transfixed late Monday on the outcome of the $1 billion Powerball drawing, but one lucky Centre County resident using Pennsylvania's online lottery now has less reason to care as much. That's because the unidentified individual recently won a record $1.6 million in the online game PA Big Winner Spectacular,…

While Pennsylvania's gaming industry has been boosted most in recent years by the addition of online casinos and sports betting, its 2021-22 fiscal year results released last week also show brick-and-mortar casino revenue to have reached its highest point ever. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's report for the July 2021-June 2022 period showed…

The racetrack-casino formerly known as Mohegan Sun Pocono and even Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs before that is now going with a pithier name: Mohegan Pennsylvania. The change was announced Monday by Mohegan, the Connecticut-based tribal gaming entity that itself shortened its name earlier this year from Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment. "Many of our…

Each year, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board provides the public with a report regarding the gaming industry in the state. Usually, this report only consists of financial details and give insight into how each operator fared. This time around, the report discusses how more online casinos are coming to the state with up to 10 new options…

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The strong August gaming revenue picture in Pennsylvania, with its 4.2% increase from the year before to $425.4 million in total commercial industry earnings, disguised a potentially ominous month for the state's brick-and-mortar casinos. The revenue data released last week by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed that for the second…

in a world that is constantly on the move, it's important to find ways to relax and unwind. Mobile games are the perfect way to do just that, offering up fun and immersive gameplay experiences that can help us relax for a little while. This article will look at some great mobile games for relaxation. A puzzle game with gorgeous graphics and an…

If you're a football fan in Pennsylvania, then you're in luck. There are plenty of online casinos that cater to your love of the sport. Here are five of the best online casinos in PA that will satisfy your needs:1. Unibet Casino2. DraftKings Casino3. SugarHouse Casino4. Parx Casino 5. BetRivers Casino How to Find the Best Online Casino for Football…

East Coast Gaming Conference officials have issued a revised schedule for the Sept. 21-23 industry event at the Hard Rock in Atlantic City. Gone from the list of panels was one called "Gaming Revenues Going Up In Smoke?" that was to debate the issue of banning smoking from all nine Atlantic City casinos. Panelists were to include Parx Casino…

If you're anything like me, you absolutely love volcanoes. And bikini-clad volcano goddesses. And fireballs. And fruit. I mean seriously: When you think of "best day ever," you're not picturing yourself sitting underneath an active volcano spewing fireballs while being fed watermelon by the volcano goddesses? No? That's just me? Well, fine then.…

The Pennsylvania Lottery sold nearly $15 billion in scratch-off tickets from October 2017 to March 2022, but it says the number would have been another $650 million higher if not for the growth in competitive "skill game" gambling machines at lottery retailers and elsewhere. The lottery's primary vendor, Scientific Games, recently conducted an…

It's commonly accepted that iGaming - with its capability for high-speed play and 24/7 accessibility - can pose higher risk of problem gambling than traditional walk-in visits to casinos. But some Pennsylvania gamblers trying to minimize such risks are learning it's hard to exclude themselves from online play without also giving up the visits…

As the resumption of activity by lawmakers in the Trenton statehouse in September nears, the fate of one of the state's most popular reform proposals remains in limbo. The effort to extend a statewide indoor smoking ban to include all nine Atlantic City casinos has widespread support among legislators across the political aisle - especially in…

A timeline recently posted by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board suggests it will be November or later before it rules on a pending license for a mini-casino near State College. A hearing officer's scheduling order, dated July 12, notes that any party petitioning to intervene in the license application from Philadelphia investor Ira Lubert,…

As one Pennsylvania casino poker room has been drawing attention for reaching a record U.S. jackpot level, another has quietly disclosed its permanent closure. In a this month, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course revealed an update concerning its poker room, which never reopened after a March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown. "We wanted to provide…

For Pennsylvania-based players looking for a premium online lottery experience, the PA Lottery deserves their attention - specifically for its famous Powerball draw game. The following review will provide players with information regarding the PA Lottery and its Powerball game, including how to participate, how to check the PA Lottery Powerball…

The $113.3 million in revenue reported by Pennsylvania's 18 iCasinos in May was not a record - they collected nearly $5 million more in March - but it highlighted the stability now common for this integral part of the state's gaming industry. While the May revenue was nearly identical to the $113.1 million reported in April, it marked the sixth…

Wind Creek Bethlehem is the latest Pennsylvania casino to win state approval to reduce the number of slot machines on its gaming floor as part of adaptation to the post-COVID era. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday granted the large casino's request to pare down its number of authorized machines from 2973 to 2318. The net reduction…

It's not customary for poker players to travel hundreds of miles to Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino to play $1-$3 Texas hold'em cash games, but its 30-table poker room has lately been receiving calls from as far away as Canada from people wanting to be sure the trip is worth their while. The reason: a million-dollar "bad beat" jackpot that has the…

It starts with finding the right way to play. There are so many options available today, but BetMGM PA's casino app is second to none. It features a wide variety of games, as well as a substantial welcome bonus package. Once you've chosen your online casino, what can you do to enhance the whole experience? Here are some ideas. You can improve your…

It is common for online casinos to incentivize new customers, including promotions like the $10 bonus that Hollywoodcasino.com is willing to automatically deposit into new players' accounts simply for signing up. But what if you were offered $25 in free play, as that Penn National Gaming online site was willing to give away soon after its launch in…

Casino licensing renewal hearings before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board are not prone to creating a lot of surprising news, amid the declarations of their positive economic benefits and community contributions from both the operators and their supporters. At a hearing this week, though, Rivers Casino Philadelphia officials mentioned the…

Casino lobbyists played a key role in drafting a 2019 bill that would have made unregulated "games of skill" explicitly illegal in Pennsylvania, according an in-depth report by Spotlight PA this week. The bill never received consideration, though discussion about the skill games issue continues into the current legislative session in…

Pennsylvania's gaming regulations require online gambling sites to provide tools for customers to control their time or spending so as not to get carried away, but is there indication those are being used? And if more and more people are doing so, is that a good sign? Yes and yes, says Elizabeth Lanza, director of compulsive and problem gambling…

The recent push to ban casino smoking has garnered than Pennsylvania, but a lawmaker who has long pressed the issue used a Rivers Casino Pittsburgh license renewal hearing to resurrect it. State Rep. Dan Frankel of Pittsburgh told members of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday that he and a fellow Democrat, Senate Minority Leader Jay…

Four Pennsylvania casinos since June have won regulatory approval to reduce their number of slot machines, and now Wind Creek Bethlehem is pursuing the biggest reduction yet. A filing submitted by the casino last Thursday to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board seeks authorization to reduce its slot complement by 655, from 2973 to 2318. The…

Whether the cause is cannibalization, online competition, or COVID concerns, the 2021 revenue numbers for Pennsylvania's casino industry illustrate the challenges that brick-and-mortar properties have had returning to their former levels. The year-end figures released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board summarizing the gaming industry…

Nestled away in the small touristy town of Mt. Pocono, Mount Airy Casino, one of Pennsylvania's smallest casinos, scored a mammoth victory when it landed The Stars Group as its online gambling partner. And that relationship is about to pay off in big ways, as PokerStars was the first to launch it's industry leading online poker and casino products…

Six state senators reintroduced a bill on the first day of the new legislative session Wednesday that would ban smoking at the nine Atlantic City casinos. Despite extensive backing for the proposal among lawmakers and several statements by Gov. Phil Murphy that he would sign such a bill, it was not among 100 that received a vote on Monday's final…

Four months after opening Pennsylvania's second mini-casino, Penn National Gaming is preparing to open its third on Wednesday. Hollywood Casino Morgantown will open to the public at noon three days before Christmas in Berks County, less than a half hour's drive from the national company's headquarters in the Reading suburb of Wyomissing. The…

Countless bills are moving in Trenton this month under a typical "lame duck" session of the New Jersey Legislature as the new group of lawmakers gets ready to convene in January. But one bill, S1878, which would eliminate the Atlantic City casino industry's exemption from an indoor smoking ban, has yet to be advanced by state Senate President…

The Cordish Companies spent $850 million in recent years to build and open two casinos in Pennsylvania, and now it is selling them and its Maryland casino off through a $1.81 billion transaction with Gaming and Leisure Properties Inc. It is unlikely customers of the Live! Philadelphia or Live! Pittsburgh properties will notice anything different,…

Pennsylvania's 16 casino, one of the five mini-casinos that will operate as a result of 2017 gaming expansion legislation, is to open in Berks County Dec. 22 as Hollywood Casino Morgantown. Penn National Gaming announced in a press release Monday morning its intention to open at noon on the Wednesday three days before Christmas, subject to…

Nothing appears likely to happen in the Pennsylvania Legislature regarding skill games legislation this year, but a couple of lawmakers are trying to stimulate discussion for an effort next year. Sen. Gene Yaw and Rep. Jeff Wheeland held a press conference at the state Capitol last week to announce their plans to introduce legislation that would…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday fined three casinos for violations of regulations, gave a green light for opening of a mini-casino in Berks County and an OTB race and sportsbook in Chester County, approved two casinos' plans to reduce their number of slot machines, and heard one casino outline an intensified program to prevent…

Pennsylvania has fewer live poker games in its casinos than it did before COVID-19 hit, but it appears poised to add another room. Live! Pittsburgh has announced that it plans to add a seven-table poker room at the Westmoreland Mall mini-casino, pending Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approval. A press release stated the room is expected to open…

PlayUp, an Australian-based iGaming operator that has begun entering various states in the U.S., plans to launch an online casino site in Pennsylvania next year. The company issued a press release Wednesday indicating that it has secured market access to the state through a deal with Caesars Entertainment Corp. and its Harrah's Philadelphia casino,…

David Cordish, the legendary 81-year-old CEO of the century-old Maryland-based family gaming business The Cordish Companies, suggested at the East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City Tuesday that he knew he was about to break with the usual industry sentiment. But Cordish went ahead with his continuing skepticism about the potential for online…

Pennsylvania's unusual integration of mini-casinos into its broad gaming offerings showed continued promise in September in the first full month with two of the smaller venues operating. With $9 million in retail slots and table games revenue, the state's first mini-casino, Live! Pittsburgh in Westmoreland County, continued its pace toward being a…

State regulators have imposed a $10000 fine on Parx Casino for a September 2020 incident when an 18-year-old accessed the gaming floor and played slot machines for less than a half-hour. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the fine Wednesday under a consent agreement with Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, which owns the Bucks County…

Penn National Gaming is renaming the Meadows Racetrack & Casino to align it with the Hollywood Casino brand already used at its two other Pennsylvania properties and for another one expected to open this year. The nationally known gaming company that is headquartered in Pennsylvania announced that the Washington County property will officially…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday approved additional slot machine reductions in the state - this time for Mount Airy Casino Resort - while raising concerns about how the proliferation of unregulated "skill games" may be hurting casinos. Mount Airy won approval to reduce its authorized complement of slots by 130, from 1817 to 1687.…

Pennsylvania will be getting an iCasino connected to the Maxim media brand, although the timing is iffy at this point. Carousel Group, which operates the MaximBet online casino and sportsbook sites under a partnership with Maxim (a brand most famous for helping bring the "lad mag" trend to the U.S.), announced Tuesday that it will be able to enter…

It was the Pennsylvania online lottery, not the state's licensed casino apps, that recently awarded a massive $207000 prize to one really lucky player. According to the PA Lottery, an unidentified gambler from Erie County raked in the massive prize from the Jungle Tumble Jackpots game last week. Jungle Tumble Jackpots, which launched in February,…

Two months after Harrah's Philadelphia won state approval to remove 563 slot machines from its gaming floor, Penn National Gaming wants to get rid of more than 500 combined at its two biggest Pennsylvania casinos. Penn National, which just opened its Hollywood Casino York mini-casino Aug. 12, filed applications with the Pennsylvania Gaming Control…

A year ago, Pennsylvania's gaming industry was holding its head above water through online gaming growth that offset gamblers' aversion to brick-and-mortar casino visits in the midst of a pandemic. Last month was a different story. The July figures released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed casino visitors lost a record $309.8 million…

Pennsylvanians reduced their sports betting in July and wagered about the same on iGaming as the prior month, but they flocked to casinos at a level even higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. Those were the contrasting takeaways from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's release Wednesday of its monthly revenue report accounting for…

Penn National Gaming has begun using three Pennsylvania casinos to promote its new "three C's" conversion to cash-less, card-less, and contact-less gaming, which it touts as a key advance to attract a new generation of gamblers. I've long had my own three C's when it comes to any new technology: confused, confounded, and change-averse. There's a…

Pennsylvania's second mini-casino is set to open Thursday in York County. Leave your cash at home. The Hollywood Casino York is set to open formally at noon on Thursday after successfully undergoing testing last week, Kevin F. O'Toole, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board executive director, told the board on Wednesday. The casino, owned by Penn…

Three years ago, Penn National Gaming filed a federal lawsuit trying to block Pennsylvania from creating the mini-casinos that were authorized in 2017 gaming expansion legislation. How times have changed: Three days from now, PNG will open its first mini-casino - one in York County that it anticipates will complement rather than cannibalize its…

Pennsylvania's 17 online casinos are on pace to win more than $1 billion collectively from digital-oriented gamblers this year, but it's hard to tell which sites are getting the biggest share of action. Unlike mobile sports betting, for which the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's monthly revenue reports identify each of the 13 operators, multiple…

Eight months into Pennsylvania's mini-casino era with a second one to open in two weeks, there's at least one strong proponent of that particular aspect of the state's broad gambling expansion law of 2017. "I think it's been great for Pennsylvania," Sean Sullivan told Penn Bets in an interview this week. Granted, Sullivan may be a bit biased. He is…

Gambling-related worldwide revenue is predicted to increase from $64.13 billion in 2020 to $72.02 billion in 2021, with a CAGR of 12.3 percent. The company's return to regular operations and the effects of COVID-19 are largely responsible for the increase. Many of the stimulus checks received have been spent on gambling activities such as online…

Pennsylvania's second mini-casino will open to the public at a mall in York County at noon on Aug. 12, Penn National Gaming announced Monday morning. Hollywood Casino York will have 500 slot machines and 24 table games plus a race and sportsbook in former Sears space at the York Galleria Mall in Springettsbury Township. It will be the state's 15th…

It took many months since the launch of iCasinos in Pennsylvania, but live dealer games are now available. A Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman reported Wednesday that Rush Street Interactive's BetRivers and PlaySugarHouse sites, as well as the DraftKings casino site attached to Hollywood Casino, are in a two-day test period open to the…

It was business as usual on a Tuesday lunch hour at the Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway, with a bit of an attendance boost due to a 50% off promotion at The Big Kitchen food court for rewards club members age 50 and up - which is most of the venue's clientele anyway. The harness track's 15-year-old racino - which boasts slots, but no…

Smokers are now free to light up in Pennsylvania casinos, but they will have no such luck - at least for now - if they cross the state line to visit Atlantic City properties. With the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board having just ended the ban, Gov. Phil Murphy was asked at his press conference on Monday if there was any word on New Jersey soon…

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) heard an unusual request from a casino last week: Please let us reduce our number of slot machines. And after hearing the rationale from Harrah's Philadelphia for removing 563 machines from the gaming floor - that it would create better spacing without any expectation of reduced revenue - the board…

Pennsylvania's land-based casinos again failed to match their pre-pandemic level of slots and table games activity in May. In fact, they backslid from the prior month. While the monthly report released Thursday by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed a record high level of $413.2 million generated in May by all forms of legal gaming, the…

When May revenue figures for Pennsylvania's casinos are released this week, they will reveal whether the state's long-running gaming venues have finally returned to their pre-COVID level of patronage. Pennsylvania's gaming industry already accomplished the feat in one sense in April, which saw a record $404.1 million in revenue collected from all…

Pennsylvanians have been able to purchase lottery games at retailers throughout the state for over four decades, but they now have the ability to do so from the comfort of their own homes as well. Last fall, lawmakers passed a landmark gambling package which, apart from legalizing online casinos and a spate of satellite gambling venues, also…

Alcohol restrictions in Pennsylvania's casinos are about to be eased, soon enabling cocktail waitresses to circulate like normal with beer, wine, and other drinks for gamblers once more. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday afternoon that with the recent drop in the number of COVID-19 cases in the state, alcohol-serving establishments like the casinos,…

The rebound of the casino industry from 2020's sad, dark nadir appears to be in full swing in the spring of 2021, with Pennsylvania's properties no exception. National operators, including those with casinos in Pennsylvania, have reported seeing a resurgence of gaming revenue and overall patronage in April-May to accelerate positive trends they…

Developers of the Centre County mini-casino planned at Nittany Mall are counting on more than $100 million in annual revenue from the gaming operation after investing $79.5 million upfront. Those financial figures are included in a formal application submitted March 1 to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board by SC Gaming OpCo LLC. That company is…

The hiatus lasted 361 days. From March 11, 2020 - when the 76ers topped the Detroit Pistons on the night Rudy Gobert tested positive for COVID-19 - until this past Sunday, March 7, the Wells Fargo Center hosted zero games open to spectators. Last week Philadelphia Health Commissioner Dr. Thomas Farley announced an easing of restrictions on events…

Gamblers visiting four southeastern Pennsylvania casinos already leave behind well more than a billion dollars a year ordinarily at slots, blackjack, and other games, and the big question starting Tuesday afternoon is how they'll take to a fifth option - especially now in the COVID era. The Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia opens at 4 p.m. as the…

Imagine catching a Bryce Harper home run from your hotel room. Not with your hands, mind you. The hotel isn't quite that quite that big a slugger. But "catching," as in "watching," will be quite possible indeed from the Live! Casino Philadelphia rooms that face south when the Phillies are next playing home games at Citizens Bank Park. There's a…

BetMGM officials said last week to expect their online casino to launch in Pennsylvania "within the coming weeks," and they weren't kidding - it starts Tuesday. Representatives of BetMGM and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board confirmed Monday that a three-day soft launch of the operator's online slots and table games is planned from Tuesday…

MGM International is one of the most recognizable names in entertainment and gambling, operating throughout the world since the 1920s. It has properties throughout the world, with the flagship on MGM Grand on the Las Vegas Strip and representation on the east coast via the Borgata Casino in Atlantic City, and National Harbor in Maryland, among…

One of the discoveries for Pennsylvania casinos upon reopening in June and July was how much more revenue each slot machine could generate on a daily basis with fewer in use. The daily slot win per unit is one of the metrics that casinos use to assess overall performance, and that number has soared as a result of occupancy restrictions and social…

Pennsylvania online slots players now have more games to pick from. Late last week, Rush Street Interactive partnered with Scientific Games to debut four new games - 88 Fortunes, Spartacus™, Starmania®, and Mad Mad Monkey® - on its BetRivers and Play SugarHouse online casino sites. According to a Rush Street, 88 Fortunes is the company's most…

July took on the appearance of a strong rebound month for Pennsylvania's casino industry, with brick-and-mortar properties claiming perhaps three-quarters of their normal revenue and the state gaining an 11 iGaming site. Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Executive Director Kevin O'Toole gave a brief presentation during the board's monthly meeting,…