Pa. State Gaming Board to mull Valley View slots license Thursday

HILLSVILLE, Pa. — Mahoning Township supervisors will travel to Harrisburg on Thursday for a meeting where a decision may be announced on a casino slots license for the proposed Valley View Downs facility here.

Supervisor Gary Pezzuolo said after the supervisors’ regular meeting Tuesday that they have been informed the licensing is on the agenda for the 11 a.m. meeting of the Pennsylvania State Gaming Board.

He said that he and Supervisors Poncho Exposito and Vito Yeropoli are going to voice support for the licensing and inform the board that a great deal of potential funding for the township is tied to the licensure.

The gaming board had a hearing May 15 at the Mahoning Township Community Center on whether to grant the license to operate 3,000 slot machines at the harness racing track, which will be located near the intersection of U.S. Route 422 and Pa. Route 551.

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