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CasiNO! News Round-Up (4/20/09)

Planning Commission Zoning Vote on Foxwoods Tomorrow, 4/21 1 p.m. 1515 Arch Street, 18th Flr. We expect that the Planning Commission will vote on whether to move forward with CED zoning on Strawbridge's. Come out to voice your concerns!

Wed. April 22nd, 6:45 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Casino Free Philadelphia Town Hall Mtg. Mt. Zion Baptist Church Broad & Venango Sts.

READ IT! 4/19: A bit buried but Inquirer finally looks at connections between Ron Rubin (PREIT) and Ron Rubin (Foxwoods): [] 4/19: Inquirer does a feeble recap of where casino building stands right now: [] 4/17: Inga Saffron bemoans the difference between San Francisco’s Mission Bay waterfront and Philadelphia’s with the revamped Sugarhouse’s “box in a parking lot design.” [] 4/15: Blog post about DiCicco running for re-election; Foxwoods may cost him he says: [] Strike 2? Foxwoods investor violates gaming law · 4/16: Story breaks on Philadelphia Inquirer: [] · Associated Press picks up the story: []

April 15th Press Conference on Foxwoods Mayor and DiCicco epitomize the irrelevance of government by saying that Council will waive its right to approve Foxwoods’ Plan of Development. Council will vote on zoning; Planning Commission will approve the plan. · 4/17: AngryAsianMan.com blogs about the April 15th meeting in a nice summary of the event: [] · 4/16: PlanPhilly has video as well as excellent coverage of the press conference: []; Ellen Somekawa asks a pointed question: [] (about 1:20 in) · KYW1060: []? · Metro: [] · Daily News: [] · Inquirer: [] · Evening Bulletin: [] · Ch. 3 (no video): []

Letters/Op-eds to the editor: Anti-casino: · 4/20: Inquirer editorial says close the loopholes on felons in gambling: [] · 4/17: Susan Shulman: [] · 4/17: Steve Zettler: [] · 4/16: Jethro Heiko’s analysis on Young Philly Politics: [] · 4/16: Lisa Zhu, columnist for the Daily Pennsylvanian (UPenn’s student paper): [] Supporting casinos · 4/17: Elmer Smith praises Council for taking action on casinos: []

Related Casino News 4/19: In Missouri, slots are big business but the biggest of all the slots are penny slot machines which have a higher house win. "Affordability is why people love them," said Frank Legato, a slot machine expert and editor of Las Vegas-based Global Gaming Business magazine. "Casinos just love them because the average bets are the same as the quarter or dollar games, but their house edge is bigger on these games.” []

4/17: Norwich Bulletin writes about Foxwoods and Mohegan Suns casinos catering to Asian market: “‘There’s no question we’re targeting this segment,’ said Anthony Patrone, senior vice president of marketing at Mohegan Sun.” []

4/17: Paper reports that a grand jury is forming next month, possibly to look at gambling industry in PA and granting of slots licenses: []