HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today levied fines totaling $40,000 for the unauthorized use of table games equipment, along with an additional $15,000 for other violations.

The largest of the fines, $18,000, was levied against DEQ Systems Corporation, a Canadian manufacturer of table games and related equipment, for distribution and use of its EZ Track System prior to receipt of its Conditional Manufacturer’s license. EZ Track is an electronic system used in Baccarat.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board posted on its web site today its monthly report for total revenue generated from the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during September.

According to the report, September gross revenue from slot machines at the 11 operating casinos was slightly higher this year at $200,465,589 than the $200,148,304 in gross revenue generated in September 2011, a difference of less than 1%. Tax revenue in September of this year was $108,338,974.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has released its 2011-2012 Annual Report. The 28-page document is available in electronic format and can be downloaded by visiting the Gaming Control Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov, and choosing the Annual Report link in the What’s New section on the home page.

HARRISBURG, PA: Revenue from table games play at Pennsylvania casinos was $59.9 million in August 2012, according to a report released today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. That represented an 11.1% increase in gross revenue from table games during August of this year compared to August of 2011.

HARRISBURG, PA: Information on the activities of Pennsylvania casinos to meet the goals of enhanced representation of diverse groups in the gaming industry and the creation of quality living wage jobs for residents of the Commonwealth is available in the fifth annual Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Gaming Diversity Report.

The report, required under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, is available for download on the Board's website home page, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.

HARRISBURG: The Executive Director of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, Kevin O'Toole, has been named the recipient of the International Masters of Gaming Law's (IMGL) Gaming Regulator of the Year for the Americas.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that August gross revenue at the 11 operating casinos was $210,584,315, a figure 5.7% higher than gross revenue from slots in August 2011.

For the 10 casinos that were open for the full month of August in both 2011 and 2012 there was also an increase in slot machine gross revenue of 3.7%. That comparison does not include the Valley Forge Casino Resort which opened at the end of March 2012.

Tax revenue to the Commonwealth this August totaled $113,558,137.

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday unanimously voted to renew the Category 2 casino operator’s license of Mount Airy #1 LLC, operator of the Mount Airy Casino Resort located in Paradise Township, Monroe County.

The seven member Board determined that Mount Airy #1 LLC had fulfilled the obligations under its current operator’s license and therefore qualified to have its license renewed. The renewed license is for a three-year period.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today posted on its website the revenue figures for July table games play at the eleven operating casinos.

With an average of 1,037 tables in daily operation statewide during July, gross revenue from the play of all table games was $56,482,941. That amount was 1.8% higher than in July 2011 when revenue totaled $55,475,411 with an average of 911 tables operating on a daily basis.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that July gross revenue from slot machine play at the 11 operating casinos was $212,871,833 generating $115,253,719 of tax revenue to the Commonwealth.

That amount was 2.49% lower than revenue generated from slot machines in July 2011 when revenue hit $218,300,465. However, the July 2011 figure was boosted by a fifth full weekend (Friday through Sunday) of business compared to just four full weekends in July of this year.