Report: 6 Groups Vie For A Second Philadlephia Casino License

**PhillyFlyers** · 02-15-13, 01:06 PM

Pretty interesting.

Philly is getting yet another casino, meanwhile, NJ casinos are slowly biting the dust.

The Pennsylvania Convention Center will play host to a beauty contest of sorts, as six groups of wealthy businessmen and casino company representatives deliver their sales pitch to state gambling regulators in their pursuit of a potentially lucrative casino license in Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's daylong hearing at the convention center today will give each applicant about 45 minutes to showcase their casino plans. The eventual winner, expected sometime later this year, will have the right to build the second casino in Philadelphia.

6 groups vie to get second Philadelphia casino license

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2013/02/6_groups_vie_to_get_second_phi.html

PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Convention Center will play host to a beauty contest of sorts, as six groups of wealthy businessmen and casino company representatives deliver their sales pitch to state gambling regulators in their pursuit of a potentially...