Pennsylvania grants more licences
Fourth gaming licence granted to Las Vegas Sands Casino operator.
US.- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has announced the fourth winner from the bidding process that aims to allow mini-casinos in the state. This week the owner of Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem obtained permission to operate a mini-casino on the other side of Pennsylvania… “potentially making it the state’s sixth casino within a short drive from the Ohio border.”
Las Vegas Sands Corp. had proposed a project with a bid of nearly US$9.9 million to build the casino within 15 miles of a location chosen in Hempfield Township in northwestern Pennsylvania’s Mercer County.
In a bid to gather further funds to boost the state’s economy, the government of Pennsylvania revealed that they have started the auctions of casino licences. As reported by the official press, gaming and legal authorities are prepared to auction 10 mini-casinos licences.
Pennsylvania’s gambling expansion continues to develop and hundreds of towns have already shown their interest in hosting one of the ten mini-casinos. That’s certainly the case for six municipalities in Franklin County, which – like many others – have not shied away from the chance to have their own: Chambersburg, Orrstown and the townships of Greene, Washington, St. Thomas and Lurgan.
