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Pennsylvania casino welcomes table games15 July 2010POCONO MOUNTAINS, Pennsylvania -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau (PMVB) is proud to announce the debut of table games in the four-county region today. The area's only casino, Mount Airy Casino Resort, welcomes the arrival with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. to officially introduce 74 varied table games. The Pocono Mountains forecast a wave of curious guests from the surrounding regions, as well as the local community, to come experience the region's latest attraction. "Table games are a great addition to the myriad of amenities the Pocono Mountains already offers," said Carl Wilgus, PMVB president and chief executive officer. "One of the best attributes of table games is that visitors can partake in this activity during the day, at night or both." On the main gaming floor, players planning to gamble at Mount Airy Casino Resort can now play 46 table games including craps, roulette, blackjack and poker. The resort also opened a new Poker Room which offers "Let it Ride", three-card, seven-card stud, Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Pai Gow and standard poker. An additional Asian-themed room holds the remaining 17 tables with baccarat, Pai Gow tiles, poker and blackjack. Staffers in this room are fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin, as well as 12 other dialects. When the re-invented Mount Airy Casino Resort opened their doors in 2007, table games were in their hopeful future. On April 7, 2010, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the petition, which also gave way to move forward with plans for the resort in the upcoming year including 200 more hotel rooms, expansions to their conference facilities, several new businesses, a possible second hotel and concert arena. The 188-room resort is the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's only casino hotel currently in operation. |