A grand jury issued a report yesterday saying that Pennsylvania's casino regulations should be strengthened and that the state's Gaming Control Board should be completely overhauled. The grand jury released a 102-page report following two years of investigation into how licenses were awarded to casinos. The board said that the current system, "failed to thoroughly protect the public from unlawful gaming practices; failed to maximize potential new revenue to the commonwealth to support property-tax relief," among other things and that the licensing process "became preoccupied, fixated and singularly focused" on fairness to applicants "at the expense of adequately protecting the citizens of the commonwealth."

Though the board was highly critical of the process they did not recommend any criminal charges. Citing that fact, the gaming board responded to the grand-jury report with a statement calling its own efforts an "unmitigated success."

Gaming Control Board chairman Greg Fajt defending the group saying, "After this grand jury met for more than two years, there were no arrests, no presentments, no indictments. They found no criminal activity because there was, in fact, no criminal activity to be found."

While there may have been no criminal activity taking place, those involved in the process of granting licenses to casinos in Erie and the Poconos did prove to have close relationships with the applicants, lawmakers, and the casino agency. Former board communications director Nick Hayes testified that at least five people who were hired because of political connections "ended up getting arrested or investigated for conduct that he ultimately had to try to explain to the public" and many suspect such issues could have been avoided had the board been less bias in their application process.

As always, stay tuned to Casinofan for more news and updates.

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