Great Casino in Erie, PA! Open 24 hours a day and 365 days a year, Presque Isle Downs & Casino is a gambler's haven with 2,000 slot machines and 48 table games. If you live in the Buffalo or Cleveland area, Presque Isle is less than 90 minutes away!

Presque Isle Downs & Casino – Winning any way you look at it! Request Win/Loss Statement. Presque Isle Downs & Casino is located just south of I-90 Exit 27 in Erie, PA 8199 Perry Highway Erie, PA 16509. Responsible Gaming Statement: Guests must be 21 or older to enter Presque isle Downs & Casino. #1 of 1 Casinos & Gambling in Erie “ And especially for the larger casinos, PENNSYLVANIA’s Erie Casino is by far offers the most variety of gaming, is clean with a massive interior. “ the horse track is wonderful and i love how close you can get to the horses to see them before the race starts. The State of Pennsylvania (PA) is located in the Northeast of the United-States between New Jersey and Ohio. The “Keystone State” has a population of nearly 13 million. Its official capital is Harrisburg but its most populous city is Philadelphia. There are 12 casinos in activity within the territory of PA.

This is a list of casinos in Pennsylvania.

List of casinos[edit]

Mini casinos[edit]

In early 2018 auctions began for licenses of Category 4 mini casinos, otherwise known as satellite casinos. Although ten licenses were available, only five were sold. The following mini-casinos are planned or under construction:^[4]

• Hollywood Casino Morgantown, Penn National Gaming, Morgantown
• Hollywood Casino York, Penn National Gaming, York
• Parx Casino, near Shippensburg
• Unnamed casino, Ira Lubert, near State College^[5]

Never opened[edit]

• Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Market 8, Philadelphia
• Mount Airy Pittsburgh, Big Beaver^[6]

Gallery[edit]

• Harrah's Philadelphia

• Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

• The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

• Mohegan Sun Pocono

• Parx Casino

• Presque Isle Downs and Casino

• Rivers Casino Pittsburgh

• Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (now Wind Creek Bethlehem)

• SugarHouse Casino (now Rivers Casino Philadelphia)

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References[edit]

1. ^Annys Shin (November 18, 2014). 'Maryland Live! owners win license for Philly casino'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
2. ^Darrow, Chuck (August 28, 2020). 'The Casino File: Live! Philadelphia opening delayed until 2021, but its owner's PA push is underway - plus Bally's news and an Ocean win'. BettorsInsider. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
3. ^'Top Online Casinos PA (Real Money)'. Casino Cabbie. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
4. ^'Pennsylvania Satellite Auction Winners and Mini Casino Sites'. Play Pennsylvania. July 10, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
5. ^Jon Harris (September 2, 2020). 'A mini-casino near State College?'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
6. ^Daveen Rae Kurutz (November 20, 2019). 'Mount Airy's mini-casino proposal near Ohio border denied by Pa. Gaming Control Board'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

External links[edit]

• Media related to Casinos in Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons

Presque Isle Downs And Casino

Presque Isle Downs & Casino is a casino and horse racing track near Erie, Pennsylvania, owned and operated by Churchill Downs Inc.

History[edit]

The developer, MTR Gaming Group, broke ground in October 2005 for the new facility, which opened on February 28, 2007.

Simulcasting was transferred from its former upper Peach Street location and became operational in August 2007.^[1]

In January 2019, Eldorado Resorts (the successor of MTR Gaming) sold the property to Churchill Downs Inc. for $178.9 million.^[2]

Description[edit]

The casino contains 1,500 slot machines. The 1 mile (1.6 km) oval track opened on September 2, 2007. The racing surface is the synthetic material Tapeta Footings (a mixture of sand, rubber, fiber with a wax coating^[3]). It was the first synthetic horse racetrack longer than 1 mile (1.6 km) in the Northeast and the first racetrack paved with Tapeta in the United States.^[3]

Gamingrevenue is split between the operator (45%) and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (55%), the latter of which will use the funds for property tax relief, economic development and tourism, and the horse racing industry.^[1] Revenue from table games goes to the state's general fund and the local government. Presque Isle Downs & Casino now operates table games, along with 1,600 slot machines.

On February 6, 2019, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a sports betting license for Presque Isle Downs & Casino. The casino will construct a sportsbook and will also offer 50 self-betting kiosks.^[4] The BetAmerica self-betting kiosks began operation on August 9, 2019.^[5] On December 16, 2019, a three-day soft launch began for the BetAmerica online sportsbook.^[6] The full launch of the BetAmerica online sportsbook occurred on December 19, 2019.^[7]

The property is located on 272 acres (110 ha) off Exit 27 on Interstate 90 in Summit Township.

Graded events[edit]

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The following Graded events were held at Presque Isle Downs in 2019.

Grade II

• Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes^[8]

Other Stakes

• Satin and Lace Stakes
• Karl Boyes Memorial Stakes
• The HPBA Stakes
• Fitz Dixon, JR. Memorial Juvenile Stakes

See also[edit]

Erie Pa Casino Hours

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abGuerriero, John (July 7, 2007). 'Numbers Down a Bit, But Hopes Still High'. Erie Times-News. pp. 1A, 7A.
2. ^'Churchill Downs completes purchase of Presque Isle Downs & Casino'. Erie Times-News. January 12, 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
3. ^ ^abGuerriero, John (2007-09-01). 'And...They're off'. Erie Times-News. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
4. ^Rink, Matthew (February 6, 2019). 'Sports betting approved for Erie casino'. GoErie.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
5. ^Abbas, Syeda (August 9, 2019). 'Presque Isle Downs and Casino now offering sports betting'. YourErie.com. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
6. ^Kohler, Katie (December 16, 2019). 'BetAmerica Sportsbook Sneaks In A Soft Launch Before 2019 Wraps Up'. Play Pennsylvania. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
7. ^'BetAmerica Sportsbook Makes Online Debut in Pennsylvania'. Globe Newswire. December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
8. ^Blood Horse: 2011 Graded Stakes: 13 Fewer Than '10

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