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US – Philadelphia investor Ira Lubert wins Pennsylvania Category 4 casino auction award
By Phil - 3. rujna 2020
Philadelphia billionaire Ira Lubert, who is currently licensed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in connection with an ownership interest with Holdings Acquisitions, operator of Rivers Casino Pittsburgh, has won the award to select a location for a Category 4 casino in an auction conducted prior to the Board’s public meeting.
Mr. Lubert’s bid amount of $10,000,101, one of two bids received for today’s auction, secured a location for placement of a Category 4 casino in a 15-mile radius area with a center point in Unionville Borough in Centre County.
The auction was held to carry out provisions in Act 23 of 2020 which directed the Board to conduct one auction for the Category 4 slot machine license previously applied for by Mount Airy Casino Resorts, but which was subsequently denied. Four other Category 4 licenses were awarded in 2018 auctions with three of those under construction.
Mr. Lubert is required to pay the bid price to the Commonwealth within two business days, and then has up to six months to submit an application for the Category 4 Slot Machine License.
Aplikacija će sadržavati točnu lokaciju predloženog kasina kategorije 4, kao i detaljne planove i informacije u vezi s predloženim planom izgradnje, sadržajima, projekcijama zapošljavanja i drugim povezanim informacijama. Nakon što se prijava primi i utvrdi da je potpuna, Odbor će objaviti javne informacije o projektu na svojoj web stranici kako bi ih zainteresirane osobe mogle pregledati.
A Category 4 Slot Machine License would permit the entity to operate between 300 and 750 slot machines. The entity could also petition for permission to initially operate up to 30 table games for an additional fee of $2.5m with the capability of adding an additional 10 tables games after its first year of operation.
The Board has not been authorised to conduct any additional Category 4 auctions.
