Articles by: Derek Blake

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s recent decision to award Bally’s and their parent company, SC Gaming, the contract for a Category 4 mini-casino in College Township could land the regulatory group in the crosshairs of Pennsylvania’s highest court.

Arriving at a cost of over $25 million, Bankroll, a long-awaited luxury entertainment venue catering to sports bettors, opens its doors in Philadelphia on March 3rd.

Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment, the parent company of Parx Casino and their online casino app, betPARX, announced a partnership with EveryMatrix, one of the top gaming content producers in the United States.

MGM Resorts International released MGM Riches, their first customized slot machine experience, in multiple states including Pennsylvania, via their BetMGM app. The game can be played via BetMGM and inside multiple MGM Resorts gaming locations in the United States.

Both gentleman say that the casino began using a time clock that would register only 7 hours and 45 minutes when they clocked out after a shift lasting over eight hours. The casino then forced their employees to work uncompensated for other duties including card and dice inventories, jackpot payments, and training sessions.

After decades of planning and months of speculation, Parx Casino finally announced their plans to construct a 300-room, 13-story hotel addition to their Bensalem location. Once the project is complete, the hotel will carry a 14,000-square feet convention center, two restaurants, including a rooftop venue that will seat up to 300 guests of the casino.

Two teams from Pennsylvania are making plans for March Madness as the Pittsburgh Panthers and Penn State Nittany Lions men’s basketball team enter play this weekend in the annual NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament.

To clarify and remove any possible confusion for Pennsylvania bettors, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board told the state’s sports books they can no longer use the term “free bet” in their marketing.

After losses by Penn State and Pittsburgh over the first weekend of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, the Keystone State’s sportsbooks have turned their attention to setting the odds for the remaining field to win the entire tournament and which teams are favored to reach the Final Four.

Reps Dina Titus, a Democrat from Nevada, and Guy Reschenthaler, a Republican from Pennsylvania, reintroduced legislation to repeal the federal handle tax. Although the less-than one percent tax doesn’t appear to take much from sportsbooks, the two representatives from states with legal sports betting believes the tax unfairly prevent growth in the gaming industry.