New Grant Requests Approved

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has approved more slot machine grant requests. The PGCB has approved three more grant requests to the tune of $387,442 which will be used in the fight against illegal slot machines.

The PGCB issues these grants so that local law enforcement agencies can fund various programs that they use to find those that are operating illegal slot machines and shut them down. This was the fifth set of approvals that the Board has given.

The Board has a $5 million annual grant program that cities can apply for to crack down on illegal slot machines. The program was developed by the Legislature as a part of the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act.

For each of these illegal slot machines that they find, they are bringing in millions to the state that would have otherwise gone into private pockets. The program has been running for less than a year, and the money comes from licensed slot machine venues.

There have already been 19 other grants approved by the Board, which are used for identification, deterrence and prevention. They can be used for education and training events or programs that will help them crack down on these illegal slot machine parlors.

However, the state wants to be very clear that those small private clubs that offer games of chance have no worries when it comes to a crackdown. The slot machines that they are trying to eliminate are the illegal slot machine dens.

 

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