Penn National Gaming (PNG) has officially opened its quaternary brick-and-mortar gambling casino in Pennsylvania.

Hollywood Casino Morgantown opened its doors today inwards Berks County. PNG spent $111 trillion on the licensing fee and construction of the from-the-ground-up venue, situated just turned the Keystone State Turnpike at the I-176 interchange.

Hollywood Casino Morgantown is fitted out(p) with 750 one-armed bandit machines, 30 tabular array games, and a Barstool Sportsbook. It is PNG’s second Category 4 so-called “satellite casino” inward the commonwealth, following Hollywood Casino York, which opened inwards August.

All gaming at Hollywood Morgantown is outfitted with PNG’s cashless, cardless, and contactless “mywallet” technology. The “mywallet” app is useable for Apple and Android nomadic devices.

The “mywallet” app can buoy live used at apiece of Penn’s foursome casinos inward Pennsylvania. In add-on to Morgantown and York, Hollywood operates its flagship prop inward Grantville, just now exterior Harrisburg, and The Meadows inward the western portion of the state in Washington.

Market Dominance

Penn National Gaming is the oldest gaming operator in Pennsylvania, its roots geological dating dorsum to the 1960s with the building of Penn National Race Course and its pari-mutuel wagering.

The Wyomissing-based troupe was adamantly opposed to the tell Republican-controlled general assembly and Democratic Gov. Tom Hugo Wolf greatly expanding gaming in 2017. The package that authorized the Category 4 mini-casinos nonetheless passed.

The legislative practice bundling to boot legalized picture gaming terminals within sure truck stop over convenience stores, something Penn also heavily criticized. But some elements were welcomed past the cassino operator, to the highest degree specifically the commonwealth approving iGaming and sports betting.

Despite Penn’s enmity to the Category 4 casinos, the companionship successfully won II of the artificial satellite auction off rounds conducted by the Keystone State Gaming Control Board (PGCB). William Penn paid a whopping $50.1 jillion for the House of York license, and $10.5 gazillion for the Morgantown privileges.

Penn National execs said its York auction off call was necessary to protect York County and northern Maryland, II areas that feature been critical feeder markets for its main cassino alfresco Harrisburg. Morgantown testament cater to the conterminous counties of Berks, Lebanon, and Lancaster.

PNG’s quadruplet casinos reported total GGR of more than $94.2 zillion inwards Nov alone. That was nearly 22 percent of the entire Keystone State gaming industry, which won a monthly track record $432.5 million utmost month.

Morgantown Details

Hollywood Morgantown’s $111 meg investment is inclusive of the $10.5 billion license. Along with the casino, the satellite brings trio cursory dining options: Barstool Sportsbook, Tony Luke’s, and Red River genus Lotus Asiatic Kitchen.

The 80,000-square-foot terminus is opened 24 hours Fri through Sunday, and 9 am to 4 am day-after-day through and through the week. Hollywood Morgantown’s workforce numbers more or less 375 people. type A smoking segment containing 160 expansion slot machines is also available.

Hollywood Morgantown ran deuce mental test years shoemaker's last weekend for invited guests. Gross gaming proceeds from the two-day went to local charities, including the United Way of Berks County, Honey Brook Food Pantry, and a substructure that supports firstly responders and in-need military machine personnel inward the community.

The visitation days raised $89,000. Penn National rounded upwardly to $100,000, the money split 'tween the beneficiaries.