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Resort president to apply for gaming license

Friday, Aug. 26, 2005 | 9:46 a.m.

CHAMPION, Pa. -- Seven Springs wants to offer more than summer golfing and winter skiing. The popular Laurel Mountains resort wants to become a gambling destination, too.

Seven Springs President Scott Bender said Thursday he will apply to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board for a license for as many as 500 slot machines.

"We think we can be a very strong candidate with what the state expects to do with gambling," he said.

State lawmakers last summer legalized slot machines and created the state Gaming Control Board to issue 14 gambling licenses: seven to racetracks, five to stand-alone sites, and two limited licenses to resorts. Of the stand-alone sites, two are slated for Philadelphia and one for Pittsburgh, leaving the rest of the state to compete for the other two.

Legislators designated the two resort licenses, which will cost $5 million each, to go to facilities that have at least 275 guest rooms.

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