![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Outside one of the Delaware Avenue venue’s gates, about 40 protestors holding candles and white flowers held a funeral-like memorial service where faith leaders and community members spoke of their sadness that the casino had opened and their fear that gambling addiction would lead to bankruptcy and even death.Īfter years of legal battles, countless public hearings, rallies claiming that casinos would either jump-start development and bring jobs to Philadelphia or ruin the waterfront and erode local businesses, SugarHouse is set to open Thursday – the same day Casino-Free Philadelphia will unveil its plan to shut it down.īehind the silver facade with the slots-inspired logo, SugarHouse’s first gamblers – all invited by one of four charities which will receive the proceeds from test runs Monday and Wednesday – pulled the levers of 1,600 slots machines or placed bets at 40 tables where dealers led rounds of blackjack, poker and other games. Inside SugarHouse Casino Monday, thousands of invited guests played craps and slots, ate, drank and generally made merry as they helped the casino and inspectors from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board test methods and systems. ![]()
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