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Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course is a thoroughbredhorse racingtrack and casino in Grantville, Pennsylvania, 17 miles (27 km) east of Harrisburg. It is owned by Gaming and Leisure Properties and operated by Penn National Gaming.

The track opened on August 30, 1972. It consists of a 1 mile (1.6 km) dirt course and a 7-furlong turf course. It is unusual among United States thoroughbred tracks in offering racing 52 weeks a year. It features the $200,000 Pennsylvania Governor's Cup Handicap for horses three-years-old and up run 5 furlongs on the turf. In 2009 Cardashi, ridden by jockey David Cora, won in a 29–1 upset.

This track is home to Eclipse Special Award winner Rapid Redux and his trainer David J. Wells.

In 2013 the inaugural Penn Mile on turf was run. Its first winner was 3-year-old Rydilluc in a time of 1:33.99. The race is now the only Graded stakes race event at the track classified as a Grade II with stakes of $500,000 in 2017.^[1]

This racetrack has been under ongoing investigations through the years by the FBI for race fixing, which included people working in the race office, trainers and vets.^[2]

Stakes Races[edit]

The following Graded events were held at Penn National in 2019.

Grade II

Other Stake races

• Lyphard Stakes (PA Bred)
• Danzig Stakes (PA Bred)
• New Start Stakes (PA Bred)
• Penn Oaks
• Penn Ladies Dash
• Robellino Stakes (PA Bred)
• Fabulous Strike Stakes
• Swatara Stakes
• Blue Mountain Stakes (PA Bred)

Casino[edit]

Hollywood Casino opened at Penn National on February 12, 2008. On July 13, 2010, table games began operation. As of July 2010, Hollywood Casino has over 2,480 slot machines and 54 tables. Table games include:14 Poker tables, Black Jack, Roulette, Craps, Pai-Gow Poker, Three and Four Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, and Let-It-Ride. Penn National Gaming operates other casinos under the Hollywood Casino brand.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved a sports betting license for Hollywood Casino on October 3, 2018.^[3] On November 15, 2018, sports betting began at Hollywood Casino with a two-day test; official sports betting began on November 17, 2018. Hollywood Casino became the first casino in Pennsylvania to offer sports betting.^[4][5]

On July 15, 2019, Hollywood Casino conducted a soft launch for online gambling, with the full launch occurring on July 18, 2019 after a testing period.^[6][7] Online gambling offered by Hollywood Casino consists of slot machines and table games, with online poker to launch at a later date.^[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^'Penn Mile Stakes (Gr. 2)'. Equibase. 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
2. ^Woodall, Candy; Miller, Matt. 'Penn National Race Course works to restore reputation as 10th arrest in 2 years heads to trial'. Penn Live. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
3. ^Maykuth, Andrew (October 3, 2018). 'Pa. approves first sports-betting licenses for Parx, Hollywood casinos'. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
4. ^Pickel, Greg (November 20, 2018). 'Sports betting at Penn National: How to bet, when to go, special Thanksgiving hours, and more'. Penn Live. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
5. ^Staff (November 21, 2018). 'Sports betting goes live in Pennsylvania'. Allentown, PA: WFMZ-TV. Retrieved November 21, 2018.
6. ^ ^abMaykuth, Andrew (July 15, 2019). 'Parx, SugarHouse, Hollywood casinos set to launch online gambling this week'. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 15, 2019.
7. ^'Online gambling now available around the clock in Pennsylvania'. USA Today. Associated Press. July 18, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2019.

External links[edit]

This is a list of casinos in Pennsylvania.

List of casinos[edit]

Mini casinos[edit]

In early 2018 auctions began for licenses of Category 4 mini casinos, otherwise known as satellite casinos. Although ten licenses were available, only five were sold. The following mini-casinos are planned or under construction:^[4]

• Hollywood Casino Morgantown, Penn National Gaming, Morgantown
• Hollywood Casino York, Penn National Gaming, York
• Parx Casino, near Shippensburg
• Unnamed casino, Ira Lubert, near State College^[5]

Never opened[edit]

• Foxwoods Casino Philadelphia, Philadelphia
• Market 8, Philadelphia
• Mount Airy Pittsburgh, Big Beaver^[6]

Gallery[edit]

• Harrah's Philadelphia

• Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

• The Meadows Racetrack and Casino

• Mohegan Sun Pocono

• Parx Casino

• Presque Isle Downs and Casino

• Rivers Casino Pittsburgh

• Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem (now Wind Creek Bethlehem)

• SugarHouse Casino (now Rivers Casino Philadelphia

See also[edit]

References[edit]

1. ^Annys Shin (November 18, 2014). 'Maryland Live! owners win license for Philly casino'. Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-12-20.
2. ^Darrow, Chuck (August 28, 2020). 'The Casino File: Live! Philadelphia opening delayed until 2021, but its owner's PA push is underway - plus Bally's news and an Ocean win'. BettorsInsider. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
3. ^'Top Online Casinos PA (Real Money)'. Casino Cabbie. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
4. ^'Pennsylvania Satellit Auction Winners and Mini Casino Sites'. Play Pennsylvania. July 10, 2019. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
5. ^Jon Harris (September 2, 2020). 'A mini-casino near State College?'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
6. ^Daveen Rae Kurutz (November 20, 2019). 'Mount Airy's mini-casino proposal near Ohio border denied by Pa. Gaming Control Board'. The Morning Call. Allentown, PA. Retrieved 2020-11-26.

External links[edit]

Hollywood Casino At Penn

• Media related to Casinos in Pennsylvania at Wikimedia Commons

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