Louis B. Ruediger | Tribune-Review
Santoshi Darjee, of Pittsburgh, works at cleaning and disinfecting around the slot machines this summer at River Casino on Pittsburgh’s North Shore.
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Pennsylvania casinos saw total revenues decrease by $759 million in 2020, a year plagued by the coronavirus pandemic that forced the properties to shutter for several months.
According to a new report from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, $2.65 billion was generated last year from the state’s 13 casinos through slot machines, table games, sports wagering, online gambling, video gaming terminals and fantasy contests. In 2019, casinos in the state generated about $3.4 billion in revenue, or about 22% more than last year.
Here s what to expect when Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia opens
Vineland Daily Journal
PHILADELPHIA - The sounds of construction waged on Thursday as Joe Billhimer stood just inside the 10th Street entrance of Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia.
Through the doors, less than a block away, sat Citizens Bank Park home of the Philadelphia Phillies. This entrance will facilitate a lot of the fans, said Billhimer, an executive vice president with Live! Philadelphia s ownership group The Cordish Companies. Citizen Bank Park is right there, obviously the Linc (Lincoln Financial Field) is right behind it, and Wells Fargo Center right across the way.
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Several Pennsylvania gaming properties and one in Atlantic City wound up getting fake bills last year, leading to the recent arrest of three suspects, with another person still on the loose.
Pennsylvania’s Wind Creek Bethlehem pictured above. It was the scene of the alleged passing of counterfeit bills in 2019. (Image: Wind Creek)
In total, $16,000 worth of 150 fake bills were passed at Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem now called Wind Creek Bethlehem as well as Parx Casino, Valley Forge Casino Resort, Harrah’s casinos, and SugarHouse Casino now Rivers Casino Philadelphia, reported
Lehigh Valley Live.com, a local online news site.