Gary Rotstein

North American copy chief for Clarion Gaming ( and Global Gaming Business magazine

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@Pirates Full house due to nice Saturday night with a fireworks show and (somewhat farcical) pennant race with the Astros, and the tarp covering outfield upper deck limited the seating. Was a great crowd dance of "YMCA" between innings late in game. Guest from Shanghai was enthralled

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@SportsbkConsig @Champthinks2 Played the game with my then-young son 20 years ago but after a few moves since then we've lost track of it. Still have Roberto's 1967 card memorized though.

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Another strong year of growth is in the books for Pennsylvania's gaming industry:
https://t.co/ULJDcmCJuV

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Without any big new expansion, Pennsylvania's commercial gaming revenue in 2022 will be at least $400 million more than 2021's $4.73 billion, and the number should only grow more with new options ahead in 2023:
https://t.co/fEF32v8pT4

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Some surprising shakeups among second tier of Pennsylvania digital sportsbook operators -- there's apparently only so much betting to go around:
https://t.co/4KY1IOoaUc

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For everyone except the casinos themselves, nice PA gaming numbers in November: https://t.co/CJsyBTNieE

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Philly's sportsbooks evidently got a big volume boost in October from their teams' success, Pittsburgh's sportsbooks evidently got a big revenue boost in October from Steelers' ineptitude:
https://t.co/ECPuOkNHXG

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The gambling operators had millions of reasons to like how Pennsylvanians took part in October: https://t.co/hUODyP7l2E

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Only writers from Pittsburgh and Philadelphia could find a way to meld references to Jonas Salk's polio vaccine and Schuylkill Expressway traffic into a Steelers-Eagles season analysis and odds preview: https://t.co/ROEjkugR0C

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Don't know what's gotten into the water in the Schuylkill these days, but whatever it is, Philly fans and sportsbooks want more of it: https://t.co/6VF7eWywY9

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Et tu, Caesar? Well, yeah, in PA all of a sudden:
https://t.co/AOMSp9bO2g

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FanDuel has been the longtime sportsbook king in PA, but DraftKings is suddenly closing on it: https://t.co/ne6AboIvhF

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Just when you thought there were enough gambling options in Pennsylvania:
https://t.co/ydlnT2qIaM

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Maybe some warning signs for PA casino industry in latest numbers and trends:
https://t.co/6FDHhz1bgC

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Yes, we know sly underage gamblers can slip by casino security, but at age 11? Age 11?
https://t.co/jWbzYj9qGa

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Nice little month for the PA sportsbooks, though not bettors: https://t.co/VCyO4cDpYP

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A pair of recreational poker players was each hoping to hit a $200 "high hand." They ended up splitting more than $850,000 between them instead:
https://t.co/PC9XXGApzn

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Pokers players know how much it sucks to have pocket aces and lose ... except, of course, when a million-dollar bad beat jackpot is at stake: https://t.co/ErOfWne2dV

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If sports bettors think they're seeing fewer bonuses offered of late, they're not imagining things: https://t.co/mCNpEcURZ3

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PA sportsbooks did less business in July but made more money. Not bad, all in all:
https://t.co/GdhXRPMXIf