City Officials
Discuss Potential Slot Parlor Sites
Philadelphia Mayor John Street's
gambling panel released a 372-page interim report
Tuesday that may have shed light on potential sites
for gambling halls, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
The report says the city could earn the most money
by locating one slot parlor along the Delaware River
near South Columbus Boulevard and another near the
Schuylkill Expressway and U.S. Route 1, the newspaper
reported today.
Under Pennsylvania gambling law, the city will
receive 4 percent of a casino's gross revenue, which
may be as much as $34 million at those two sites,
and gain about 9,500 jobs, the Inquirer said, citing
Wharton School professor Bernard Anderson.
A state Supreme Court ruling in June gave Philadelphia
the power to regulate the location of the two casinos
after a state law gave authority to the Pennsylvania
Gaming Control Board, the newspaper said.
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