Five Slot Machine Licenses Awarded in PA

Pennsylvania’s Gaming Control Board announced Wednesday the winners of the slot machine casino licenses. With two going to Philadelphia – it will now be the largest slot machine gambling city in America. They also rejected Donald Trump’s bid for a slot machine license, and told the people at Gettysburg that there would be no slot machines there. Out of thirteen groups of giants, five slot machine licenses were awarded.

Neil G. Bluhm from Chicago and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe from Connecticut were the slot machine winners in Philadelphia – with Don Barden from Detroit winning the bid for the Pittsburgh slot machine casino license. "We're thrilled and delighted, we're very excited and we're going to build a great project," Bluhm said. "We want to do something really special here."

Donald Trump tried for Philly and lost, as did the Isle of Capri Casinos. Isle had promised to build a new stadium for the Penguins had it gotten the slot machine license so many were surprised that they did not win. Another group vying for the slot machine license wanted to put it near Gettysburg –which people found sacrilegious in nature. They were rejected as well.

The board awarded 11 permanent slot machine licenses, which allows each winner to bring in 5,000 slot machines. Six of the slot machine licenses went to horse racing tracks. Two of those tracks have already opened their slot machine parlors – the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and Philadelphia Park.

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