In what is quickly becoming a potential new gaming Mecca, former World Champion Chris Moneymaker will be the host of a large tournament in the new poker room of a Pennsylvania casino. Moneymaker, the 2003 World Series of Poker Championship Event winner, will be at the Presque Isle Downs and Casino on October 15, hosting [...]
Pennsylvania gaming authorities revoked the gaming license of a Foxwoods casino project in Philadelphia late last week, leaving lawmakers distressed over a potential blow to the city’s financial plan. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, fed up after countless delays on the project, voted 6-1 to revoke a million license for the South Philadelphia casino, which [...]
A poker dealer at the Rivers Casino in Pennsylvania was recently charged with stealing poker chips from pots. Police said 25 year-old Michael Eisenberg was caught on the Casino’s surveillance cameras stealing 1 from pots during one of his shifts. Casino security was originally tipped off that something was amiss when Eisenberg’s tips suddenly increased [...]
This week saw two major changes to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Circuit. First, its parent company, Harrah’s Entertainment, has been officially re-branded as Caesars Entertainment. Second, two brand new tour stops have been added to the Circuit schedule. From February 17th to March 1st, the WSOP Circuit will invade the Palm Beach Kennel [...]
How much revenue are casinos making from their poker tables? Well here is one instance where poker seems to be a bigger money maker for a casino than Slot Machines! The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board recently granted the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania permission to add 11 table games to their floor bringing the total [...]
The tax rate for Pennsylvania casinos is fifty-five percent, which may be the reason why in the last fiscal year, Pennsylvania casinos generated more tax revenue than Nevada casinos. US Casino News : United States Casinos Related posts Poker Prop Betting May Be Coming to Nevada Casinos (0) World Series of Poker Circuit Adds Florida, [...]
The state of Pennsylvania took another step on Sunday towards becoming the casino gambling capital of the East Coast. Three more casinos unveiled their new table games over the weekend. US Casino News : United States Casinos Related posts World Series of Poker Circuit Adds Florida, Pennsylvania Stops (0) West Virginia Gambling Revenue Down For [...]
After months of debates, the Pennsylvania state legislature passed a bill that officially legalizes table games, including poker, in the state’s 14 licensed casinos. This decision came just before a deadline, that was imposed by Ed Rendell, the state’s governor. Rendell threatened that if the legislature will not reach a verdict, he would have to [...]
