 Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter! Related Links
|
Gaming News
Gambling addicts not inclined to volunteer for self-exclusion28 May 2007PENNSYLVANIA -- As reported by the Phillyburbs: "Compulsive and pathological gamblers have been slow to sign up for a new state program that aims to keep them out of Pennsylvania's new casinos. "Fifty-two people across the state signed up for the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's self-exclusion program, officials said. The National Council on Problem Gambling estimates that at least 124,000 people, or 1 percent of the state's population, are "pathological gamblers." "...The Pennsylvania program began last year with the opening of the Philadelphia Park Casino in Bensalem and the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs near Scranton. "For further details of how to get on the Pennsylvania self-exclusion program visit http://www.pgcb.state.pa.us/..." |