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Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board awarded the last of
the slot machine licenses last month. These are the breakdowns but are
subject to change if any of the appeals go through. Naturally, some of the
applicants who did not win the slot machines licenses feel the Board should
reconsider. See below for the specific details on each of the awarded slots
licenses.
Bethlehem: Slots license awarded to: Sands Bethworks Casino.
Opening: Planned for mid-2008
Number of slot machines: 3,000 slot machines
Location: Previously Bethlehem Steep Corp.
Investors: Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Other casinos: Operates other slot machines casinos
in Macau, Singapore, and Las Vegas
Pocono Mountains: Slots license awarded to: Mount Airy Resort and
Casino
Opening: Planned for late 2007
Number of slot machines: 2,500 slot machines
Location: Mount Pocono, at the previous location of the
Mount Airy Lodge
Investors: Louis DeNaples (Notably, he is the only investor
in the slot machines casino)
Pittsburgh: Slots license awarded to: Majestic Star Casino
Opening: Planned for March, 2008
Number of slot machines: Unknown number of slot machines
Location: Pittsburgh’s North Shore
Investors: Don H. Barden (Notably, he is the only listed
investor in the slot machines casino.
Philadelphia: Slots license awarded to: Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia
Opening: Planned for late 2008
Number of slot machines: 3,000 slot machines
Location: Bank of the Delaware River
Investors: The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation—they run
the Foxwoods Casino Resort located in
Connecticut
Philadelphia: Slots license awarded to: SugarHouse Casino
Opening: Planned for April, 2008
Number of slot machines: 1,500 slot machines to be increased
to 3,000 slots within nine months
Investors: Neil Bluhm
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