Clicky

Industry Archives - Page 10 of 24 - PennsylvaniaCasinos.com News : PennsylvaniaCasinos.com News

Industry

PGCB Denies Mount Airy Proposal for Big Beaver Mini-Casino

Mount Airy Casino has been eyeing the prospects of bringing a mini-casino to Beaver County. This was the second attempt at introducing gambling to both Beaver and Lawrence counties but just like the first attempt, it has failed miserably. On Thursday, November 20, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) denied Mount Airy Casino’s proposal to […]

PGCB Levies $120,000 in Fines for Gambling Failures

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has recently issued a whopping $120,000 in fines as part of its regulatory efforts. These fines were issued against two of the Keystone State’s licensed gambling operators who had let their guard down and allowed for some regulatory failures to occur at their facilities. Before issuing the fines, the gaming […]

Cost of Pa.’s Search for A Lottery Partner Rises to $1.3M

For quite some time now, the Keystone State’s lottery has been searching for a partner that will serve both its games and gaming systems over the next decade. This search for partners has been both wildly controvertible and also quite costly. The cost can somehow be justified since it is reportedly going to pay at […]

Pennsylvania Posts Record Sports Betting Revenue in September

The return of football in September contributed to yet another great milestone for the Keystone State’s sports betting market which is barely a year old. According to a revenue report that was released by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, retail and online sportsbooks in the state handled wagers totaling to a whopping $194.5 million. That […]

Parx Casino Online Sportsbook Now Available in New Jersey

Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment’s Parx Casino is without a doubt one of the most successful gaming operations in the Keystone State. The casino’s popularity has only continued to rocket with the launch of online gambling and it seems it has now grown big enough to comfortably branch out to other states. Sports bettors in New […]

Pennsylvania Casinos Bring in $3.29 Billion in Fiscal Year

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has recently published its annual revenue reported for 2018/19. As seen in the report, the previous fiscal year saw the nascent but rapidly growing gambling sector contribute significantly to the state’s economy. To put this into perspective, the gambling industry employed a whopping 16,000, delivering total annual expenditure of […]

Parx Casino Overpaid Taxes by $1.1 Million

It is not often that we hear about companies or individuals overpaying taxes. Well, this is exactly what happened with Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment. The gambling operator has been one of the companies that have made sizeable contributions to the Keystone State’s development but, as it turns out, not all of it was intentional. The […]

Kindred’s Unibet-Branded Sportsbook Debuts in Pennsylvania

Unibet, the flagship brand of European-based gambling company Kindred Group has recently extended its footprint in the United States by launching a sportsbook in the Keystone State. Pennsylvania is the second state that the gaming operator has set up shop in – earlier this month, it began its United States expansion bid in New Jersey. […]

Pa. Lottery’s Xpress Sports Considering Changing Game Options

It goes without saying that gambling in the Keystone State is doing quite well. The Lottery is one of the sectors that is still shining which is not very surprising especially considering the fact that it has existed longer than most other forms of gambling in the state. Even so, it continues to post record […]

Apple Extends Deadline for Non-Native Gambling App Ban

In June, Apple announced some huge changes to the App Store guidelines pertaining to the kind of gambling apps that are allowed to be published. According to the new policy, the gambling app publishers will no longer be allowed to repackage websites with HTML5 technology and publish them as apps on the store. When the […]