On The First Day Of Philly’s New Live! Casino, Its Impact On SE PA Market Is A Big Question
Officials from Live! Philadelphia and others in the state’s gaming industry suggest there’s room to grow and keep PA residents close to home.
→Officials from Live! Philadelphia and others in the state’s gaming industry suggest there’s room to grow and keep PA residents close to home.
→Just four fines were issued against the casino industry for violating regulations last year, down from a high of 47 in 2017.
→Location-wise, Live!, which opens to rewards members next week and to the general public on Feb. 11, will be the envy of all its competitors.
→The new casino-hotel is to operate initially on a controlled basis amid the pandemic, but it has big long-term ambitions.
→Eleven of the state’s 13 casinos were back in operation Monday, but they don’t know when things will really be back to normal.
→Private investor Ira Lubert to partner with Bally’s in bringing another small casino to vicinity of Penn State by 2022.
→The second widespread closure of the year for the state’s casino industry has cumulatively cost nearly $140 million.
→Overall, it was the Pennsylvania gaming industry’s worst year for revenue in a decade, but if could have been much worse.
→Gov. Wolf makes the 13 casinos part of a broad order limiting indoor activities due to the rise in COVID cases.
→A state revenue report for November coming next week will hint at the impact the first of five mini-casinos in Pennsylvania will have.
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