Pa Casino License
Targeting Centre County
- The Pennsylvania Gaming License is one of the most coveted licenses for online casinos around the world. In October 2017, the Pennsylvania state legislature approved a bill that allows online casino gambling. The state is working hard to bring new gaming experiences to players, and there is significant room for growth in Pennsylvania.
- The baseline for PA online casino licenses. There are a total of 39 online gambling licenses available for different segments of the online poker and casino industry in the state. Conventional wisdom says not all of these will be snagged up for a variety of reasons. That leaves a variety of questions.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board offered parties the chance to bid for a mini-casino license once more after the previous auction in 2019 did not attract any bidders. The license for a satellite gaming outlet costs at least $7.5m; the bidding process for a Category 4 casino license took place on Wednesday. Sargent's Court Reporting Service, Inc. (814) 536-8908 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA GAMING CONTROL BOARD. IN RE: STADIUM CASINO RE, LLC - CATEGORY 2 LICENSE. Pennsylvania Casino Guide Pennsylvania legalized online gambling as of the summer of 2019, making it the fourth state to join the party after New Jersey, Delaware, and Nevada. The Keystone state comes just second to Nevada with the largest gambling market in the United States.
Philadelphia investor Ira M. Lubert has won the auction for a mini-casino license in Pennsylvania. The sealed bid of slightly more than $10m was the winner, with only a single Category 4 license up for grabs. There was another bidder, but the details of the party and their preferred casino site were not made public.
30-mile radius of the Unionville borough of Centre County
Lubert is planning to develop the satellite casino in a 30-mile radius of the Unionville borough of Centre County, with no specific site yet selected. The $10m fee needs to be fully paid by 4pm on Friday and there needs to be a formal license application submitted within six months.
There is still no guarantee that Lubert will obtain a license, as a formal application process still needs to be followed. This includes analysis of design plans and traffic studies, as well as a public hearing before a license is officially issued.
Lubert was eligible to submit a bid as he is a principal investor in two of the state’s casinos, the Rivers Casino Pittsburgh and the Valley Forge Casino Resort.
Trying again
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board offered parties the chance to bid for a mini-casino license once more after the previous auction in 2019 did not attract any bidders. The license for a satellite gaming outlet costs at least $7.5m; the bidding process for a Category 4 casino license took place on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed into law some new rules regarding the auction in May, allowing parties outside of the current operators of the 13 commercial casinos in the state to bid for the mini-casino licenses. This rule change allows any principal investors in the state’s 13 casinos to now also bid for a mini-casino license.
No satellite casinos open
Ten Category 4 licenses were authorized as part of the 2017 gambling expansion legislation. Also included was the legalization of online gambling, video gaming terminals, and sports betting. Satellite casinos will be able to have as many as 750 slot machines and up 40 table games.
generating over $100m worth of license fees for the state
Five licenses were snapped up in a 2008 auction, generating over $100m worth of license fees for the state. There were zero bids, however, at the auction in 2019. No Category 4 casinos have opened yet and Mount Airy Casino Resort was stripped of its license last year because it was not able to secure sufficient financing. It was Mount Airy’s vacated license that was up for grabs in this latest auction.
The Live! Casino Pittsburgh facility that is owned by the Cordish Companies is set to open by the end of the year. Penn National Gaming holds two satellite casino licenses; its developments in York and Berks counties are on hold because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A Parx satellite casino in Shippensburg is on the hunt for a new site after the initial location had sinkholes, though the company has not received its formal license yet.
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