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Pennsylvania Casinos Worry About Still More Competition

It has been six years since the Pennsylvania Legislature vastly expanded legalized gambling in the state, and a Senate committee heard pros and cons Monday about adding further to the options. Representatives of the video gaming terminal industry urged the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee to build upon the limited…

Law ・ 03 October 2023

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WynnBET In The Wings To Launch Online Casino In Pennsylvania

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…

Law ・ 15 December 2022

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Macau casino gaming revenue hits all-time low in July collecting only $49M amid Covid restrictions

According to the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau, Macau's gaming revenue has hit an all-time low; their worst month ever since records began in 2009. Data shows gross gaming revenue fell 95% to 398 million patacas ($49 million) in July, 98% lower than pre-pandemic levels. Macau's casinos reopened on July 23, after a nearly two-week…

Covid ・ 24 September 2022

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Macau casinos reopen at 50% staff levels after two-week shutdown, but recovery prospects remain bleak

Macau casinos reopened Saturday after a nearly two-week shutdown mandated in an effort to stop the spread of Covid-19. However, without tourists, business was slow for the gaming venues, and analysts have estimated the closures could cost the casinos $1 billion. In response, the government said it intends to distribute $1.24 billion to those…

Covid ・ 25 July 2022

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Another Push For Casino Smoking Ban Resurrected By Lawmaker

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…

Law ・ 17 March 2022

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Casino Rama Eager to Restart Work

After the announcement from the Province of Ontario of ease of health and safety protocols, casinos from the province are bracing for reopening. This week, the management of Casino Rama informed that the venue is ready and eager to restart work next Monday, January 31, 2022. This is also the day the province lifts some of the restrictions. On…

Travel ・ 27 January 2022

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Casino Rama Confident for January Reopening

Gateway Casinos and Entertainment has recently issued a statement about its Casino Rama in Ontario. The company expressed its optimism that it will be able to renew operations at the gaming hotspot by the end of this month and again welcome back its patrons in a safe environment. However, it remains to be seen whether the two-week lockdown will be…

Incidents ・ 14 January 2022

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Penn National Adds To Its Casino Dominance In The State On Wednesday

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…

Sports ・ 20 December 2021

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Penn National's Newest Mini-Casino Slated For Dec. 22 Opening In Berks

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…

Sports ・ 23 November 2021

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Mini-Casinos Appear To Be Thriving, With Three More To Come

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…

Law ・ 27 October 2021

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New York’s Rivers Casino to Finally Reopen Poker Room

Rivers Casino in Schenectady, New York has decided to reopen its poker room for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. open from 10am to 2am starting Wednesday Closed for more than 17 months, the room represents the last part of the gambling venue yet to become operational following lockdowns in March 2020. It will open from 10am to…

Poker ・ 31 August 2021

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Hollywood Casino York GRAND OPENING in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania's gambling landscape grew a bit on Thursday after Penn National Gaming (Nasdaq: PENN) celebrated the grand opening of its $120 million Hollywood Casino York. The state's newest casino is located in Springettsbury Township at the western end of the Galleria Mall in a space formerly occupied by a Sears department store.

Sports ・ 13 August 2021

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‘Mini-casino’ set to open in former Sears outlet in York, Pa.

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…

Law ・ 12 August 2021

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Penn National Slates Aug. 12 Opening For Hollywood Casino York

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…

Law ・ 12 July 2021

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Casino Rama rolling the dice, preparing to reopen July 29

While details are scant, officials say Casino Rama will reopen to 50% capacity; Timeline for return of concerts and other amenities remains unclear Casino Rama is expected to reopen, finally, on July 29. Gateway Casinos and Entertainment announced it is reopening most of its properties on July 16, but it will take a little longer for Rama to open…

Gaming Authorities ・ 16 July 2021

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Casinos' Return To Pre-Pandemic Levels Will Have To Wait Another Month

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…

Covid ・ 21 June 2021

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PA Casinos May Already Have Matched Pre-Pandemic Retail Revenue

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…

Covid ・ 15 June 2021

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Casinos, Bingo Halls, Night Clubs, and Restaurants Could Restarts on 1st July in British Columbia

Health officials in British Columbia announced on Tuesday that the province would unveil its reopening plan. The province health officials said that some of the COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted as early as July. British Columbia Lottery Corporation closed all casinos, community gaming centers, and bingo halls on 16th March 2020 due to the…

Bingo ・ 26 May 2021

The Press Of Atlantic City

US casinos match best quarter ever; post-COVID hopes rise

ATLANTIC CITY - America's commercial casinos matched their best quarter ever in the first three months of this year, as customers continued returning amid the COVID-19 pandemic and internet and sports betting money helped boost revenue numbers. Figures released Tuesday by the American Gaming Association, the casino industry's national trade group,…

Covid ・ 11 May 2021

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Revenues at Plainville's casino rise in spite of capacity limits

PLAINVILLE - Gambling revenues at the state's three casinos - including Plainridge Park slot parlor - rose in December despite more restrictive limits on patrons and a curfew on operations. Gross gaming revenue for the month for the local venue was just under $9.2 million, compared to $7.6 million the month before - the worst full month of…

Finance ・ 17 July 2021

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Casinos operated by the Navajo Nation have been hit with layoffs due to the pandemic.

Going on 10 months now, casinos in the United States have been negatively affected by the coronavirus. Just like other businesses, casinos have seen a lack of traffic due to the onset of COVID-19 in their area. The virus is so contagious that people are required or at least encouraged to wear masks while out in public and some services, like dining…

Covid ・ 19 January 2021

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Illinois 3rd state to close its casinos for a 2nd time

A third state has ordered its casinos closed again as a measure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzger's "Tier 3 Resurgence Mitigation Plan" announced Tuesday will suspend all Illinois gaming at 11:01 p.m., Thursday. There was no indication how long the closures would last. On its website, the Illinois Gaming Board…

Covid ・ 06 July 2021

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Masks required, fewer games, buffet closed: Idaho casino offers glimpse of gambling's future

The video gaming machines were whirring, buzzing and chiming at the Coeur d'Alene Casino Resort Hotel on a recent afternoon - familiar sounds amid an otherwise stark new reality. Since the Worley, Idaho, casino reopened April 27, after being closed for more than a month because of the COVID-19 pandemic, its operations have looked very…

Gaming Authorities ・ 04 February 2021

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Some Shreveport-Bossier City casinos to reopen May 18

The casinos say they will adhere to guidelines provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). SHREVEPORT, La. - Some Shreveport-Bossier City casinos say they will reopen their doors to the public on Monday, May 18. HORSESHOE CASINO AND HOTEL According to the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel, they will resume gaming operations at 8…

Covid ・ 07 May 2021