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Don’t Pee On My Leg and Tell Me it’s Raining

Less than a month after Pennsylvania’s newest slots parlor — Hollywood Casino at Penn National outside Harrisburg — opened its doors, four machines have skyrocketed to stardom and become some of the casino’s biggest moneymakers.The machines feature a game many thought wouldn’t see the inside of a Pennsylvania casino anytime soon: blackjack. Or, to be more precise, virtual blackjack.

While the traditional card game is banned at Pennsylvania casinos, where table games are forbidden, state gaming regulators have approved its electronic counterpart.

But some lawmakers say the virtual card games should never have been allowed and are asking the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to remove them.

”This was not the intent of the law,” state Sen. Pat Browne, R-Lehigh, said of the law legalizing slots. In addition to asking the board to remove the machines, Browne is circulating legislation calling for their prohibition.

{ The Morning Call | Continue Reading }

I still haven’t returned to the Hollywood Casino after the grand opening, but as I observed, it sounds like the “table games” are some of the most popular games. I don’t know one person who was actually excited to play regular slot machines for hours upon end.