{"id":19,"date":"2018-07-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/nine-pennsylvania-casinos-apply-for-online-poker-licenses\/"},"modified":"2018-07-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T00:00:00","slug":"nine-pennsylvania-casinos-apply-for-online-poker-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc.ng\/index.php\/nine-pennsylvania-casinos-apply-for-online-poker-licenses\/","title":{"rendered":"NINE PENNSYLVANIA CASINOS APPLY FOR ONLINE POKER LICENSES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #444444;\">In Pennsylvania, the twelve land-based casinos (there are currently eleven, but one will open later this year) get first dibs on licenses. The application fee alone for each is US$4 million. For those who applied for all three by July 16th, though, the cost was US$10 million combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #444444;\">The following casinos filed petitions for all three licenses by the July 16th deadline:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #444444;\">\u2013 Parx Casino<br \/>\n            \u2013 Mount Airy Casino Resort<br \/>\n            \u2013 Live! Hotel and Casino (opening later in 2018)<br \/>\n            \u2013 Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem<br \/>\n            \u2013 Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course<br \/>\n            \u2013 Valley Forge Casino Resort<br \/>\n            \u2013 Harrah\u2019s Philadelphia Casino &amp; Racetrack<br \/>\n            \u2013 Rivers Casino<br \/>\n            \u2013 Sugarhouse Casino<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #444444;\">The first three on that list applied before the deadline, while the rest filed at the last moment on July 16th. While there is no guarantee that they will be awarded interactive gaming licenses, one would think they all will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #444444;\">The other three casinos can still submit their licensing petitions, but they will now have to pay the full US$12 million if they want all three. 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