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  PA gaming board awards 5 slots licenses in historic session
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MediaNewspaper - Easton Express-Times
News DateThursday, December 21, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionAP article in the Harrisburg Patriot-News.

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"Pennsylvania gambling regulators on Wednesday cleared the way for Philadelphia to become the nation's largest city with a casino, while rejecting Donald Trump's bid for a slot-machine parlor and plans for another near the historic Gettysburg battlefield.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chose from among 13 groups of casino giants, politically connected investors, celebrities and nationally known developers when it awarded five licenses for standalone slots parlors.

Winners include groups led by billionaire Chicago-based developer Neil G. Bluhm and the Connecticut-based Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, each of which plan to build on Philadelphia's riverfront. Detroit-based casino developer Don H. Barden won the single license up for grabs in Pittsburgh, where he plans to build in the city's stadium district.

Northeastern Pennsylvania businessman Louis A. DeNaples won a license for the now-shuttered Mount Airy Lodge in the Pocono Mountains that he plans to reopen next year. And a group led by Las Vegas-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corp. won a license to build at the rusting flagship factory of the defunct Bethlehem Steel Corp."
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