Wilkes-Barre Gets Slot Machines

Roughly 1,500 people were invited into the casino yesterday to try out the new slot machines in Wilkes-Barre. It was officially a Pennsylvania first as the casino officials turned on the state’s first legal slot machines at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

The slot machines will not be officially open to the public until Tuesday, but the temporary run will let the casino know what changes need to be made, and what they can expect from their customers.

According to the state’s Gaming Control Board, the test ran smoothly and the slot machines had already paid out jackpots to some people. The slot machines at the Mohegan Sun are the first of 14 casinos that are expected to be up and running over the next two years.

The state has legalized up to 61,000 slot machines to be brought in across the state which could make Pennsylvania one of the nation’s biggest states for slot machines. Currently the three biggies are Las Vegas, Atlantic City, and Illinois, but that could all change.

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