also obtained a two-month extension<\/a> from the PGCB.<\/p>\nParx Casino outside Philadelphia took the second satellite auction with a $40.1 million bid. The company is considering locations in the Carlisle area.<\/p>\n
Penn National secured a second satellite license when it paid $10.5 million for an area in Lancaster County.<\/p>\n
Online Access Coming<\/b><\/h2>\n
Pennsylvanians won’t soon need to travel to a brick-and-mortar casino to play their favorite slot or table game. The PGCB revealed this week that nine of the 13 licensed gambling operators have applied for online rights at a cost of $10 million each.<\/p>\n
All five Philadelphia casinos, as well as Mount Airy, Sands Bethlehem, Hollywood, and Rivers in Pittsburgh want in on internet gambling.<\/p>\n
Once the applications are approved, the operators will be permitted to offer online customers interactive slots, table games, and poker.<\/p>\n
Sports betting, however, remains nonexistent. William Hill US executive Dan Shapiro explained that the $10 million fee, plus the exorbitant 36 percent tax on sports betting revenues, is keeping companies away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Mount Air #1 LLC, the parent company to its namesake casino resort in Pennsylvania’s Pocono Mountains, has received a two-month extension from state gaming regulators to finalize the location of its satellite casino. In February, Mount Airy was the high bidder at the third so-called “mini-casino” auction. The company offered $21,188,888.88 to secure the third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":84364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,13,18,13592],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Mount Airy Satellite Casino Extension Request Approved<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n