After first denying there was a problem with the way the state licenses its slots parlor owners, Earll (R-Erie) now says she's willing to hold hearings in light of the four perjury charges filed against slots parlor owner Louis DeNaples ...

First off, the now-indicted slots parlor owner was praised by a Roman Catholic bishop on Friday for helping fund the University of Scranton's new $35 million student center, which is named for DeNaples' parents. ...

Although the 2004 law legalizing slot machine gambling banned direct campaign contributions from anyone with gambling interests, it did not bar them from hiring lobbyists who can wine and dine lawmakers and make indirect political ...

There's slots of bills pending to change Pennsylvania's fledgling gambling industry, including one that would There are plenty of bills pending in Pennsylvania's Legislature that would have reformed the state's slot machine gambling law ...

Regulators handed out Pennsylvania's first five slots parlor licenses today - and the first fines for illegal political contributions - while efforts to reform the slots law finally passed the state Senate, but not the House. ...

Will the extra pressure Pennsylvania's 61000 slot machines are putting on nearby states to expand gambling In less than a week, Pennsylvania regulators will give six racetracks across the state licenses to run slot machine parlors. ...

The race is on between the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board handing out slots parlor licenses and It's hard to express any surprise that Pennsylvania gambling regulators have given a green light to a slots parlor application for ...

Watche "Bob" Manoukian, a Lebanese businessman considered one of the wealthiest men in the United Kingdom, would own the planned slots parlor at Philadelphia Park, the Bucks County race track he already owns, the Associated Press ...

So you see, any last-minute attempts to plug holes in the slots law before licenses are handed out is going to be a bit like the little Dutch boy plugging the leaky dike with his thumb.

That's because the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reversed its decision and will reveal who will own 14 potential slots parlors/casinos and what stake in the winnings each person stands to get. Bizarrely, this information will even ...

And in a bizarre move, the regulators claim the 2004 state law that legalized slots gambling prohibits them from releasing that information, which could prove key in determining whether the public is being hosed. ...

The battle for a stand-alone slot machine license - and the quarters that it Competition for one of two stand-alone slot machine parlor licenses has gotten so heated that folks in Gettysburg and the Poconos have begun trash-talking each ...

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is more interested in protecting the privacy of slots parlor applicants If a state agency was embroiled in political scandal even before it was formed, it might be called to fully account publicly. ...

Stripping Philadelphia of the right to zone where a slots parlor go and requiring it to give $5 million of its annual local share of slots winning to the city's school district. (I can't say I agree with that one.) ...

Vince Fumo really say he would favor repealing the state slots law I received an e-mail today from CasinoFreePA coordinator Dianne Berlin, telling me that state Sen. Vince Fumo would be more than willing to repeal the flawed law that ...

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Thursday slapped fines totaling $30,000 on the parent company that runs Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack for violations of state gambling laws.

HARRISBURG — Representatives of Centaur Gaming spoke Thursday before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to reiterate Centaur’s intention to build a harness racing track and slot-machine casino in Lawrence County.

Casino makes improvements to prevent future problems

HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today assessed Harrah's Chester Downs and Marina LLC (Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack) two fines totaling $30,000 for permitting an underage individual to play a slot machine and for having areas of the gaming floor unmonitored by casino security staff.

>Senate Majority Whip Jane Orie, a McCandless Republican, introduced a bill that would place a one-year prohibition on working for casinos after leaving the board.

The November referendum on whether to allow slot machine gambling in Maryland is producing some unlikely buddying up among Howard County's elected officials.

PLAINS TWP. – Gamblers wagered more than $44 million last week at the new Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino, according to state gaming board data, but the total was just $2.3 million higher than last year when there were half as many slot machines.

HARRISBURG — Time is short for action in the fall legislative session, but new proposals continue to emerge to revamp state oversight of slots casinos.

A group of state Senate and House members who represent neighborhoods near the proposed SugarHouse casino pledged yesterday to go to federal court to overturn a decision that lets the casino build on submerged riverfront land.

Q. Has the opening of the slots parlors, such as the one at Presque Isle Downs near Erie, affected the Pennsylvania Lottery sales? A. Lottery revenues fund programs such as prescription assistance for the elderly, the property tax/rent rebate and senior centers.