The available Category 2 (casinos not associated with a horse track) include two in Philadelphia and one in Pittsburgh and two “wild card” licenses which can be at any proposed location.

The Crossroads Gaming Resort & Spa (formerly the Gettysburg Casino and Spa), proposed on Route 30 near the U.S. 15 interchange by Chance Enterprises, is vying for one of the three “wild card” licenses.

Named as “associated applicants” in Crossroad’s application were: Edgar Anthony Sabounghi, Peter J. Ressler, Sr., Chance Enterprises, Inc., Heather Rebecca Kutz, Alan Ray Hassman, Elizabeth Anne Eelkema, MS Gaming Companies Holdings, Inc., Phillip Gary Wienken, David Michael LeVan, Michael A. Serluco, Crossroads Gaming Resort & Spa, L.P., James P. Quillen, Jr., Andrew Alfred Brenner, Michael Christopher Garrity, Crossroads GP, Inc. and Barbara B. Enrico.

The non-Philadelphia, non-Pittsburgh applicants against which Crossroads will be vying include:

- Tropicana Pennsylvania, LLC (Proposed location Allentown);
- Sands Bethworks Gaming LLC (Proposed location Bethlehem);
- Pennsylvania Gaming Group, LLP (Proposed location Lancaster);
- Boyd Pennsylvania Partners, LP (Proposed location Limerick);
- Mount Airy #1, LLC (Proposed location Monroe County);
- Pocono Manor Investors, LP (Proposed location Monroe County);
- Trum Construction Company (Proposed location Western Pennsylvania).

In addition to the applications, the gaming board also received more than 600 boxes of support materials sent in as part of the various submissions.

PGCB Spokesman Nick Hays told The Dispatch that the Category 1 casinos would be approved “no sooner than this summer.”