Financing Problems Scuttle Mount Airy Mini-Casino In Beaver County
Mount Airy will forfeit $5.3 mm to the state after determining that its planned mini-casino in Big Beaver is not financially viable.
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Gary Rotstein
Gary is a longtime journalist, having spent three decades covering gambling, state government, and other issues for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, in addition to stints as managing editor of the Bedford (Pa.) Gazette and as a reporter for United Press International and the Middletown (Conn.) Press.
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