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| 09 April 2010
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board today announced that three applications were
filed during the special 90 day period established by the Pennsylvania
Legislature in January to receive additional applications for the
remaining Category 3 license. A Category 3 license authorizes an
established hotel resort to operate up to 600 slot machines and up to
50 table games. Applications were to be postmarked no later than April
7, 2010.
The following submitted applications:
Mason-Dixon Resorts, LP
Eisenhower Hotel, Conference Center and Resort, 2634 Emmitsburg Road,
Gettysburg, PA
Cumberland Township, Adams County
Woodlands Fayette, LLC
Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, 1001 Lafayette Drive, Farmington, PA
Wharton Township, Fayette County
Penn Harris Gaming, LP
Holiday Inn Harrisburg West, 5401 Carlisle Pike, Mechanicsburg, PA
Hampden Township, Cumberland County
Prior to the legislatively established 90 period the board had
received two other applications:
Bushkill Group, Inc.
Fernwood Hotel and Resort, East Stroudsburg, PA
Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe County
Wyo Gaming, LP
Crown Plaza Reading, Wyomissing, PA
Wyomissing Borough, Berks County
According to Susan Hensel, Director of the Bureau of Licensing, Gaming
Control Board staff will now conduct a preliminary review of the new
applications to determine if they include the applicable forms along
with the additional information and documentation required by the
Gaming Act or Board's regulations. In addition, all required fees and
a bond or letter of credit is required to be included with the
application.
"If an application submission fails to include one or more of these
preliminary items, the applicant will be notified that the application
has not been accepted for filing and will be given an opportunity to
cure the deficiencies," Hensel says. "If the applicant fails to cure
the deficiencies in the time period provided, the submission will be
returned to the applicant."
Hensel adds that if the application is accepted for filing, the Bureau
of Licensing conducts a more detailed completeness review of the
application package.
"The completeness review is designed to ensure that every question in
each application is answered and that all required information and
documentation is provided," she says.
After this more detailed review, the Bureau of Licensing would notify
the applicant of any deficiencies and once again provide the applicant
an opportunity to cure the deficiencies.
This process is ongoing, and not limited in any time frame, until all
required information and documentation is obtained by the Bureau of
Licensing. Once an application is determined to be complete, the
Bureau of Licensing transmits the application to the Bureau of
Investigations and Enforcement for investigation.
In addition, Hensel concludes that a determination must also be made
on the applicant's eligibility for a Category 3 license. In order to
be eligible, the resort hotel must have no fewer than 275 guest rooms
under common ownership, be more than 15 linear miles from any other
Pennsylvania-licensed slot machine casino, and already offer
substantial year-round recreational guest amenities on their premises.
In addition, the Act, and accompanying regulations established by the
Board, restricts who can enter the gaming area of a Category 3 casino.
Those permitted to utilize the gaming facility include registered
overnight guests and patrons utilizing one or more of the resort-
offered amenities, including individuals holding a Board-approved and
valid seasonal or year-round membership to use those amenities.
The first of the two Category 3 licenses was awarded to Valley Forge
Resort Casino on April 8, 2009. The Valley Forge Resort Casino has
indicated it will set an opening date pending the outcome of an appeal
of the Board's licensing decision by Category 1 operator Philadelphia
Park Casino in Bensalem.
Thus far, 12 licenses have been awarded, with nine now operational. Of
those 12 facilities, six are located at horse racing facilities
(Category 1 licenses), five are located at stand alone casinos
(Category 2 licenses) and 1 is a resort casino (Category 3 license).
About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 with the
passage of Act 71, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming
Act. Pennsylvania's first new state agency in nearly 40 years, the
Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state's
casino industry. To date, with nine of a maximum fourteen casinos in
operation, legalized gaming in the Commonwealth has created over 8,000
new living wage jobs, revenue that has provided property tax reduction
in each of the past two years for all homeowners, and funds that have
reinvigorated Pennsylvania's horse racing industry. A wealth of
information about the Gaming Control Board and Pennsylvania's gaming
industry can be found at www.pgcb.state.pa.us. At this web site,
videos and information on the operation of the PGCB, problem gambling
efforts and assistance, future meeting schedules and past meeting
transcripts, and a link to request a speaker are among the many items
available.
CONTACT: Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey (717) 346-8321
SOURCE Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
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