Pa. gambling board extends hearing on Ted Arneault

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has scheduled four more days of closed hearings to determine whether the man who helped bring a casino and racetrack to Erie can keep his state gaming license.

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board investigators oppose renewing the license for Ted Arneault, citing unspecified concerns about his “character, honesty and integrity.”

Five days of hearings in May were closed at Arneault’s request. The gaming board now says the hearings will continue July 21-13, and 26, but remain closed.

Arneault headed MTR Gaming Group of West Virginia when it won a Pennsylvania casino license to build Presque Isle Downs & Casino near Erie. He left MTR in 2008, but needs the state license to retain the 5.67 percent stake he still owns in MTR.