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High Stakes: The eseential guide to Philly's next casino - Who has the winning hand?

Gregory Carlin, SugarHouse Casino CEO, is heading a $155 million expansion slated for 2015. SugarHouse will participate in hearings, starting Tuesday, on the suitability of a second Philadelphia casino. ED HILLE / Staff Photographer

SugarHouse starts $164M expansion

SugarHouse Casino executives and owners, along with several politicians, officially broke ground Tuesday on a long-planned $164 million expansion of the Fishtown property.

The city would have shared profits from Hollywood Casino, but that´s not in the cards anymore.

Penn National drops bid for S. Philly casino

'Space needle' proposed for South Philly

Infographic: How gambling revenue is distributed

Casino Plans: How the chips are stacked

Carol Balog of Pottstown plays the slot machines at the Valley Forge Casino Resort. (Clem Murray / Staff Photographer)

Pa. slots revenue continues its tumble

Neil Bluhm testifies that there’s no room in the market for a second casino. Surprised? He’s chair of the company that owns SugarHouse.

Court rejects suit over casino license

The Finalists: Playing to Win

South Philadelphia

Casino Revolution

The Hollywood Casino proposal features a location close to Citizens Bank Park in south Philadelphia. The Philadelphia casino proposal features a casino with 2,050 slot machines, 66 table games and 15 poker tables.(Photos courtesy of Hollywood Casino)

South Philadelphia

Hollywood Casino

South Philadelphia

Live! Hotel & Casino

Wynn Philadelphia

Fishtown: **plan withdrawn**

Wynn Philadelphia

The Provence Casino philadelphia

North Philadelphia

A rendering for the proposed Market8 casino, which will also feature a 4-star hotel, shops and restaurants. (Courtesy image)

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Penn National, Cordish join for N.Y. gambling license

A rendering of the planned Foxwoods Casino. The Pa. Gaming Commission revoked the gaming license. (www.foxwoodspa.com)

Partners in failed Foxwoods project file for bankruptcy

Larry Magid, cofounder of Electric Factory Concerts, IN 2011 with his dog Midnight in the lobby of his company´s offices located at the Piazza at Schmidt´s. (fILE / Clem Murray)

Blatstein: World class nightlife for casino

Larry Magid, cofounder of Electric Factory Concerts, with his dog Midnight in the lobby of his company´s offices located at the Piazza at Schmidt´s. (Photo by / Clem Murray)

Magid to run nightlife at proposed casino

A player puts a dollar coin in a slot machine. (AP Photo/Curt Hudson)

Pa. illegal gambing fund goes unused

Rendering of proposed Market8 Casino

In 'odd' arrangement, SugarHouse lobbyist also worked for Market8

The owners of Parx Casino, known for huge charitable donations, are fighting for a lower property-tax bill in Bensalem Township and have paid their property taxes under protest for the last three years.

Parx Casino is fighting for lower property tax

Bart Blatstein (right) introduces Tom Colicchio (left) and Andrew Carmellini (center), two chefs who committed to opening restaurants in the proposed Provence Casino on N. Broad St., in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (Stephanie Aaronson/Philly.com)

Blatstein casino project inks two celeb chefs

The Atlantic Club Casino Hotel in Atlantic City NJ will shut down on Jan. 13, 2014. A bankruptcy court judge on Monday, Dec. 23, 2013 approved its sale to two competitors who will essentially strip it for parts and close it down. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Philadelphia investors kicked the Atlantic Club's tires

When SugarHouse Casino opened its doors in 2010, about 42 percent of its slot revenues came from Parx and Harrah’s Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Dreary forecast for Pennsylvania gaming

Gaming mogul Steve Wynn, who is one of six applicants vying for Philadelphia´s second gaming license. (Ed Hille / Staff Photographer)

The frustrations of Steve Wynn

Horses and jockeys come out of the gate during the first race of the day last Saturday at Parx in Bensalem, Bucks County. (Colin Kerrigan / Philly.com)

Slots players send $1.5 billion to horse- racing industry

Nunzio Patruno of Nunzio´s in Collingswood.

Collingswood chef lands Philly casino deal

Wynn Philadelphia River Walk

Which casino do you think will have the greatest economic impact on Philadelphia?

Penn National promises I-76 ramp

Interviews: Six visions

More on casinos:

Neil Bluhm testifies that there’s no room in the market for a second casino. Surprised? He’s chair of the company that owns SugarHouse.

Court rejects suit over casino license

Guests arrive at the SugarHouse Casino, Sept. 20, 2010. The owners of SugarHouse Casino have formally objected to the scheduled awarding of a second casino license in Philadelphia. ( Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer )

SugarHouse to ask for poker room... again

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board listens and takes notes during the casino hearing for The Provence in the Pennsylvania Convention Center Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (Stephanie Aaronson/Philly.com)

No vote set on Phila. casino license

Map Philly Casino Locations

Infographic Follow the Money