The revenue generated by Pennsylvania’s nine casinos was 5.19% more in August 2010 compared to total revenue in August of last year. The Gaming Control Board reported today that slot machines produced gross revenue of $196,635,849 in August of this year and $108,121,631 in tax revenue. That compares to $186,936,232 in gross revenue and...
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Washington, DC –(BUSINESS WIRE)– Over the last six months the national debt skyrocketed by nearly $3 trillion. According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, our national debt will more than double by 2019. Americans will have to pay for this stratospheric spending spree first by begging foreign nations to buy our bonds, and later...
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HARRISBURG – Secretary of Revenue Stephen H. Stetler today reported that Pennsylvania collected $1.6 billion in General Fund revenue in August, which was $19.9 million, or 1.2 percent, less than anticipated. Fiscal year-to-date General Fund collections total $3.3 billion, which is $22 million, or 0.7 percent, below estimate. Sales tax receipts totaled $662.7 million...
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The Pa Auditor General said today that a special investigation has determined that the sale of the State Office Building here will cost taxpayers almost $55 million rather than save money, as the Department of General Services asserted when it sold the landmark structure for $4.6 million last April. Wagner sent copies of his...
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