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Satellite location: York, PA in York County. Hollywood Casino’s owners made jaws drop with a hefty bid of $50 million, which was well above industry projections. Most were expecting the initial bid to be between $30 – $40 million, but Penn National went big to secure the Yoe location. Penn National’s first casino is planned to go in Springettsbury Township at the York Galleria mall, while no location has been determined for the other casino. The Stadium Casino and Mount Airy are the furthest along in the process with specific locations set and public input hearings scheduled for December 4th and 5th, respectively.

The final Pennsylvania satellite casino found a home. The second of two mini-casino properties secured by Penn National will call Morgantown, PA home. The Central Pennsylvania township splits the difference between Philadelphia and Harrisburg.

More technically, the casino will be in Caernarvon Township in Berks County. It is located near the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-76), I-176, and the Morgantown Expressway (Rt. 10).

Hollywood Casino Morgantown is a $111 million project with slot machines, tables games, and, hopefully, a race and sportsbook.

From West Cocalico to Morgantown

The license for Hollywood Casino Morgantown was the last one auctioned off this past spring. Penn National spent $50 million on Hollywood Casino York, creating a southern buffer from its flagship Hollywood Casino and other mini-casinos.

The West Cocalico selection on April 4 created an Eastern PA buffer for the property. The new Morgantown property will accomplish the same effect.

Compared to Hollywood Casino York, Hollywood Casino Morgantown’s license was a steal at just a hair over the minimum price of $7.5 million.

While Hollywood Casino York will go into an old Sears in York Galleria, Hollywood Casino Morgantown will be in a free-standing structure on a 36-acre plot.

Penn National Gaming CEO Timothy J. Wilmott shed some light on selecting a location:

“While we explored numerous locations for our Category 4 casino in and around Berks County, the site we selected is unparalleled in terms of ease of access to three major arteries. Hollywood Casino Morgantown is ideally situated to generate new revenues from the more densely populated suburbs to the west of Philadelphia, while further protecting our existing market share at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course.”

First definite plans to offer mini-casino sports betting

The last of the mini-casino plans contained a first for the Category 4 casinos. During the announcement for Hollywood Casino York, PGCB Director of Communication Doug Harbach confirmed mini-casinos could eventually offer PA sports betting.

In order to do so, mini-casinos will need to follow a similar procedure as South Philadelphia Turf Club did with Parx Casino. There does not need to be any more money on top of Penn National’s $10 million license. However, the satellite will need to be vetted by PGCB.

If Parx is any indication, Morgantown and York cannot take wagers until Hollywood Casino proves it can run sports betting to the PGCB’s liking. Given the timeline, that should not be an issue. Penn National is hoping to take bets starting next month. Meanwhile, neither mini-casino project is really off the ground.

Hollywood York public hearing is tomorrow

In fact, Hollywood Casino York still has a big hurdle to clear. Thursday, the PGCB will host a public hearing on the project.

To put it bluntly, many citizens near the York location are less than thrilled with the location. The township had opted out of a mini-casino before Penn National convinced the town leadership to opt back in.

This will be an opportunity to publicly oppose the project before final details are set in stone.

This is a list of casinos in Pennsylvania.

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List of casinos[edit]

Mini casinos[edit]

In early 2018 auctions began for licenses of Category 4 mini casinos, otherwise known as satellite casinos. Although ten licenses were auctioned off, only five had sold. The four buyers of the five licenses have pinpointed the following locations for their casino.^[2]

• Hollywood Casino Morgantown, Penn National Gaming, Morgantown, Pennsylvania
• Hollywood Casino York, Penn National Gaming, York, Pennsylvania
• Live! Casino Pittsburgh, The Cordish Companies, Greensburg, Pennsylvania
• Mount Airy Pittsburgh, Mount Airy Casino Resort, Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
• Parx Casino, near Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

Never opened[edit]

• Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Philadelphia

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• Greeley Casino (former)

• Harrah's Philadelphia

• Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

• The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

• Mohegan Sun Pocono

• Parx Casino

• Rivers Casino Pittsburgh

• Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (now Wind Creek Bethlehem)

• SugarHouse Casino (now Rivers Casino Philadelphia

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See also[edit]

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References[edit]

1. ^Annys Shin (November 18, 2014). 'Maryland Live! owners win license for Philly casino'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
2. ^'Pennsylvania Satellit Auction Winners and Mini Casino Sites'. Play Pennsylvania. July 10, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.

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