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Showing posts with label Host Community Fees. Show all posts
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Friday, January 6, 2017

Pennsylvania's Addiction to Gambling, Sands Bethlehem







... if the casino did act as a good corporate citizen he cannot justify using the limited resources of his office to prosecute petty crimes against the casino, ...


26, Sands Casino officials say they'll wait to see what legislators do. ... limited resources to prosecute pettycrimes in which the casino is the victim, ...


Some casinos decided to pay host fees for 2017 while state lawmakers ... It was a difficult decision that paved the way for the Sands Casino Resort, ...


Saying a professional gambler's technique of gaining an advantage over a casino was “tainted from the beginning,” a federal judge ordered poker pro ...


The state gets 54 percent of slot machine revenue, one of the highest tax ... Centers says Meadows plans several additions to its gambling lineup.


A Baylor University study found that gambling addiction carries hefty social costs, including loss of worker productivity, unemployment costs, ...


The casino tax issue emerged with lawmakers having yet to pass legislation to expand legalized gambling to plug a $100 million revenue hole in the ...


The district attorney's office "expends enormous resources" prosecuting crimes where the SandsCasino is the victim, Morganelli said. The casino i


Sands Casino officials fire back at criticism that it won't pledge a $10 million gambling host fee that other casinos are agreeing to give.


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Monday, January 2, 2017

Pennsylvania Host Community Fees



Mayor William Peduto's administration and Rivers Casino officials have ... to replace casino revenuesrejected by the state Supreme Court this year.





The city of Bethlehem gets about $8 million a year in host fees from slot-machine revenues. Smaller shares of casino revenues are awarded each year ...


File: Carol Balog of Pottstown plays the slot machines at the Valley Forge ... A spokesman said SugarHouse will continue paying 4 percent of slots ...

Online gaming was grouped with a plan to fix a casino tax issue and also allow more slot machines in the state. The online gaming bill wasn't ...





The Northampton District Attorney has threatened to stop investigating crimes at the Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem, if the casino does not pay ...


Morganelli's threat emphasizes the need for casinos to help with the criminal and social problems associated with legalized gambling. The city of ...


The state takes 54 percent of all casino slot machine revenue lost by gamblers, and 16 percent of all table game revenue. Slot-generated state ...



The city of Pittsburgh announced in early October that it had requested the Rivers Casino to voluntarily remit $10 million in gambling taxes.


State legislators should learn from the first decade of casino gambling — successes and failures — before authorizing any expansion. (Associated ...


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