Saratoga Casino Receives Pennsylvania Gaming License Ahead of Planned Casino Opening

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Casino Holdings LLC (SCH) introduced on Dec. 22 that it was granted a gaming license by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. 

In March 2025, SCH introduced that it had signed a framework settlement to develop and handle a Category 4 on line casino to open close to the Nittany Mall in State College, Pennsylvania. That on line casino, named Happy Valley, is at the moment being constructed and is scheduled to open someday round spring of this yr. The on line casino is predicted to incorporate slot machines, desk video games, a full-service restaurant, and several other quick-serve eating choices.

“As a third-generation, family-run business with more than 80 years in the horse racing industry and 20 years in casino, hotel, and entertainment operations, we are extremely proud to receive our Pennsylvania gaming license,” stated Sam Gerrity, CEO of SCH. “This milestone further expands our diversification within the gaming industry and reflects our long-standing commitment to operating best-in-class gaming facilities. Our strategy is centered on building strong relationships with our customers, team members, and the communities we serve.”

SCH now holds gaming licenses for non-tribal casinos in 4 states, together with New York, Mississippi, Colorado, and Pennsylvania. The firm owns and operates the Saratoga Casino Hotel in Saratoga Springs; Saratoga Casino Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Colorado; and Magnolia Bluffs Casino Hotel in Natchez, Mississippi.

Combined, SCH properties embrace roughly 175,000 sq. toes of on line casino gaming house with over 2,100 slot machines, desk video games, a poker site, and a sportsbook. SCH additionally affords a number of leisure choices together with eating places and bars, a harness observe, two motels, over 6,000 sq. ft. of assembly and occasion house, and a nightclub.

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