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HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today on its web site that total revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during October held steady compared to the amount generated a year ago. According to the report, this October's gross revenue at the 10 operating casinos from slot machine play was $197,174,198 compared to $197,459,415 of gross revenue in October 2010, a difference of just 0.14%....
Cloud-based, Social Platform Will Help People Across the Commonwealth Collaborate, Support Economic Growth WATERLOO, ON, Oct. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Commonwealth Secretariat and OpenText (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTC) today announced plans to introduce Commonwealth Connects, an innovative social media portal, at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2011, being held in Perth, Australia, October 28-30. Commonwealth and OpenText announced an agreement to develop...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Oct. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The play of table games during September at Pennsylvania casinos generated tax revenue of almost $8.3 million, according to figures posted today on the Gaming Control Board's web site, www.gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov. With an average of 930 tables in operation on a daily basis during September, gross revenue from play of all table games was $51,390,966. Pennsylvania taxes gross table game revenue at 16% (14% to the Commonwealth's...
$1.5 Million Contribution from Trident® Helps Connect Oral Health Across the Commonwealth to the Smiles Across America® Family CHICAGO, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- - Smiles Across America® (SAA), an Oral Health America program, in conjunction with Trident® gum, is pleased to welcome Oral Health Across the Commonwealth to the SAA network. This is part of an ongoing commitment by Oral Health America and Trident to help fight tooth decay among our nation's youth. With...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NORESCO, a national leader in energy efficiency and energy infrastructure solutions, has secured a $33.9 million guaranteed energy savings agreement with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAM) for work at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD). NORESCO specializes in the development, design, construction, financing and operation of energy and environmental efficiency projects,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania's fall archery deer season is set to open throughout the Commonwealth, and represents the beginning of big game hunting seasons in the state, said Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. Statewide archers can hunt antlered or antlerless deer from Oct. 1 to Nov. 12, and the late statewide archery deer season runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16. However, bowhunters who purchased and received antlerless deer...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Information on the activities of Pennsylvania casinos to meet the goals of enhanced representation of diverse groups in the gaming industry and the creation of quality living wage jobs for residents of the Commonwealth is available in the fourth annual Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Diversity Report. The report, required under the Pennsylvania Race Horse Development and Gaming Act, is available for download on the Board's...
NEW YORK, September 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Commonwealth on Wednesday welcomed a political declaration agreed at the United Nations, to galvanise global action against the burden and debilitating impact of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). The Declaration captured key Commonwealth priorities as identified by Health Ministers at their meeting in May 2011, under the theme "NCDs: A Priority for the Commonwealth". The High-Level Meeting itself was a response to...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hurricane Irene blew through the eastern part of Pennsylvania during one of the last and busiest weekends of the summer and prevented normal patronage at a number of casinos. Nonetheless, even with this disruption, total revenue generated through the play of slot machines at Pennsylvania casinos during August rose slightly over the amount generated a year ago. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported on its web site today that...
PIKE COUNTY, K.Y., Aug. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Keeper Springs Natural Spring Water, a bottled water provider that donates 100 percent of its profits to support America's waterways, in partnership with Appalachian Voices and Kentuckians for the Commonwealth (KFTC), today announced the arrangement for the immediate donation and delivery of 30,000 bottles of Keeper Springs and Nestle Pure Life Purified Water to 13 Kentucky families in Pike County whose well water is contaminated with methane...
