A week after Penn National Gaming submitted the first petition to operate a sports book in Pennsylvania, Parx sports betting moved closer to reality with their own application. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said Monday that Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment filed two petitions at the close of business on Friday to offer sports betting at the Parx Casino in Bensalem and at its South Philadelphia Turf Club, an off-track betting parlor in Philadelphia. Penn National filed one on Aug. 17 for Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in East Hanover Township. Pennsylvania casino owners can pay $10 million to…

Philly.com – In a bid to attract younger crowds, Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment Inc. is planning to introduce gambling on smartphones and tablets at Parx Casino in Bensalem. “The idea is to try to expand our business, create more revenue both for us and the state by offering something that would appeal to a whole new generation of slots players,” John Dixon, Greenwood’s chief technology officer, said Wednesday at a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board hearing in Harrisburg. Greenwood Gaming’s attorney, Alan C. Kohler of Eckert Seamans, told the board that the company would like to file a petition in the…