A pair of public Pennsylvania casino hearings were held this week for Category 4 licenses, the so-called mini-casinos, or satellite casinos. The projects weren’t given the green light at the meetings, but they were a crucial step in the process to check off.
Pennsylvania passed a law in late 2017 to allow the state’s 12 existing casinos to buy permits to open a maximum of 10 satellite casinos. Five of the 10 licenses were ultimately spoken for, generating $127 million for the Keystone State. Both casinos that were up for discussion this week are pegged for Western Pennsylvania.