Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Posts Updated Traffic Impact Study Reviews For Philadelphia Casino Applicants On Web Site

HARRISBURG: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today announced it has made available to the public revised independent reviews of traffic impact studies for each of the six applicants for the Philadelphia casino license.

Initial reviews conducted by Orth-Rodgers & Associates, Inc. of Malvern, Pennsylvania in collaboration with Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 6-0 and the City of Philadelphia, had been posted to the Board’s web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov in July of this year.

The updated reports include responses by each of the applicants on specific deficiencies in the original reports and can be easily located on the Board’s web site by clicking the “Philadelphia Casino Applicants Information” link on the Quick Links section of the home page.

These updated reports are currently under additional review by Orth-Rodgers & Associates, PennDOT and the City of Philadelphia. Any additional updates to these reports will be posted by the Board to its web site at a later date.

About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board:

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established in 2004 with the passage of Act 71, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. Pennsylvania’s first new state agency in nearly 30 years, the Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of the state’s casino industry. The 12 casinos in operation all offer both slot machine and table game gambling, employ over 16,000 people, and collectively generate an average of $4 million per day in tax revenue. A portion of that money is used for property tax reduction to all Pennsylvania homeowners; provide funds to the Commonwealth’s horse racing industry, fire companies, a statewide water and sewer project grant program, and the state’s General Fund; and, established a new stream of tax revenue to local governments that host casinos for community projects.

A wealth of information about the Gaming Control Board’s regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. At this website, visitors can watch Board meetings live or view videos of past meetings, look up future meeting schedules and past meeting transcripts, obtain information on identifying a gambling problem and gaining assistance, access an interactive map of casino locations, request a speaker for their group, along with much more information. You can also follow the agency on Twitter by choosing @PAGamingControl.

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