Pennsylvania Gambles

Another state has decided to cure their funding woes with casino gambling:

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, is opening to the public — more than two years after the Legislature authorized gambling to raise money for property tax relief.

Thousands were expected to show up Tuesday, when the casino opens to offer all-hours legalized gambling in Pennsylvania.

The Mohegan American Indian tribe of Connecticut, owner of the Pocono Downs harness racing complex in Plains Township outside Wilkes-Barre, spent $70 million on a nicely appointed but no-frills slots parlor that includes two gambling floors with nearly 1,100 machines, a bar, and a food court with three restaurants.

Actually, the biggest gamble Pennsylvania made this year was sending empty suit Bob Casey to the Senate.