A hearing on the revised proposal for a SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia will be moved from Harrisburg, Pa., to Philadelphia. The hearing will still be May 6, though details of where in Philadelphia and what time will be set later this week, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said. HSP Gaming LP, developer of the SugarHouse Casino, seeks modifications to its original design...

The Hague - Dutch State Secretary of Kingdom Relations Ank Bijleveld-Schouten will urge St. Maarten’s Executive Council to establish a Gaming Control Board (GCB). The State Secretary said this in a letter to the Second Chamber on Tuesday. Members of Parliament’s Permanent Committee of Antillean and Aruban Affairs NAAZ had sought clarity on the ownership of casinos on St. Maarten.

Nevada's casino regulators are forming a team of securities experts, auditors and staffers to handle possible bankruptcies and debt restructurings in the gambling industry. State Gaming Control Board Chairman Dennis Neilander said in a letter to Nevada's industry licensees that the team's activity could disrupt some of the board's usual routine...

With new casinos on their way in Pennsylvania, the state Gaming Control Board wanted to make it very clear that underage gambling will not be tolerated. That could be a reason they fined Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment Inc. the USD 24,000 this past week. The fine comes on the heels of two instances where state police found the underage gamblers. The first involved a 20 year old who was playing slots for more than an hour.

The state Gaming Control Board has recommended licensing approval for what would become the southernmost resort in the Las Vegas Valley. The board unanimously approved licensing for the USD 700 million M Resort at Las Vegas Boulevard South and St. Rose Parkway in Henderson. The recommendation will be considered Jan. 22 by the Nevada Gaming Commission. M chief executive Anthony Marnell III said the resort would open March 1.

Greektown Casino is expected to run out of cash in December, hampering its ability to continue operating or to finish building its new hotel, which is slated to open in February, according to documents filed by the Michigan Gaming Control Board. The board that oversees Detroit’s three casinos filed documents in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Friday asking that a judge deny the casino’s request for a 60-day extension to file a plan to exit bankruptcy.

Harrisburg - A former top-ranking state gambling regulator who left his job three months ago is now a lawyer and registered lobbyist for Mohegan Sun at Poconos Downs in Plains Township and Philadelphia Park casino in Bensalem. Attorney Kevin C. Hayes of Scranton served as director of the Office of Gaming Operations for the state Gaming Control Board until May 29, when he resigned.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania - Construction is expected to restart within days on a troubled Pittsburgh casino project after state officials approved a rescue by new investors. The rescue plan on the partially built USD 780 million casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore received the approval Thursday from the seven-member Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The unanimous vote came after the gaming board's staff gave the deal a green light during a four-hour hearing.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will meet Thursday to hear an update on the latest financing plan for Majestic Star Casino developer Don Barden. The hearing was scheduled because Barden's latest financing plan has been wrapped up, and it has changed since the last time the board examined it, said board spokesman Richard McGarvey. "We had to make sure we had enough information before we could schedule a hearing," McGarvey said.

Pittsburgh casino developer Don Barden told the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday that efforts to complete USD 780 million in financing for his planned Majestic Star Casino are moving forward, a spokesman said. Barden's spokesman, Bob Oltmanns, said the Detroit businessman "addressed all of the board members' questions. They seemed to be satisfied." Oltmanns said he did not want to give a timetable for when financing arrangements would be complete...

Pittsburgh (AP) - The developer of a Pittsburgh slots casino has been summoned before the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The board wants Don Barden to answer questions Wednesday about securing financing for his casino. Barden's spokesman Bob Oltmanns says the Detroit businessman was in Harrisburg on Monday seeking more time to present details of his USD 780 million financing plan.

It's a Thursday night at Hollywood Casino at Penn National - a day when gamblers will wager nearly USD 5 million on the glitzy new slot machines - and a payout machine breaks down. As a technician wheels a repair cart onto the floor and opens up the machine, Trevor Hassenbein watches from an eye in the ceiling. He's an enforcement agent with the state Gaming Control Board, and he's looking over the shoulders of Penn National's four-person surveillance team...