Rep. Dante Santoni is chairman of the House Gaming Oversight Committee. The committee is responsible for overseeing Pennsylvania's gaming industry, including the dealings of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The committee was established in 2007, shortly after the first slot machine gaming facility began operating in the state. The committee also deals with legislation amending the state's Bingo Law and Local Option Small Games of Chance Act.

Committee News

• Gaming committee clears bill to ban greyhound racing simulcasts - 9 Jun 2010
• Santoni holds hearing on small games of chance bill - 2 Jun 2010
• House passes bill to aid local nonprofit fundraising efforts - 4 May 2010
• Santoni resolution highlights problem gambling, available treatment - 10 Mar 2010
• House approves legislation allowing table games in Pennsylvania - 6 Jan 2010
• Gaming committee sends video lottery terminal bill to House - 17 Jul 2009
• Table games impact subject of Gaming Oversight meeting - 24 Jun 2009
• Gaming committee holds first public hearing on video lottery terminals - 23 Apr 2009 
• Santoni bill to help Pa. nonprofits clears committee - 22 Apr 2009 
• Gaming committee to hold hearing on video lottery terminals - 20 Apr 2009
• Santoni will lead Gaming Oversight Committee in new session - 6 Jan 2009 

Public Hearing/Meeting Information

6-24-09 Public Meeting on Table Games Impact

• The Impact of Table Games on PA Revenue - Steve Rittvo, Chairman and CEO, The Innovation Group
• PA Table Games Impact Technical Report - The Innovation Group

5-21-09 Public hearing on the Tuition Relief Act (House Bill 1317)

• PA State Police Testimony - Frank E. Pawlowski
• Penn State University Testimony - Robert Pangborn
• AICUP Testimony - Don Francis
• Gaming Industry Testimony - Susan L. Walker
• PaTA and PAMA Testimony - John P. Milliron
• PA Tavern Association Testimony - Amy Christie
• CasinoFreePA Testimony - Dianne Berlin
• Student Testimony - Janette Nunez
• PA Dept of Revenue Testimony - Stephen H. Stetler
• National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education Testimony - Joni E. Finney
• Education Voters PA Testimony - Susan Gobreski
• PPA Fed. of Fraternal and Social Orgs. Testimony - Ted Mowatt
• PA Dept of Education Testimony - Kathleen M. Shaw
• Submitted - Member of PA House - Rep. Tony Payton, Jr.
• Submitted - Professor of Economics - Earl L. Grinols

5-14-09 Kutztown University hearing on the Tuition Relief Act (House Bill 1317)

• PA Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Testimony – Sal DeBunda
• PA Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association Powerpoint – Sal DeBunda
• Pennsylvania State Police – Colonel Frank Pawlowski
• Northampton Community College - Dr. Arthur Scott, president
• PA State System of Higher Education – John C Cavanaugh, chancellor
• League of Women Voters of PA – Kay McKenna
• Parent – Ahmad Al-Hiyari
• Business Owners – Kelly and Zane Schaffer
• PA Department of Revenue - Secretary Stephen Stetler

5-7-09 Western PA Hearing on the Tuition Relief Act (House Bill 1317)

• PA Department of Revenue - Secretary Stephen Stetler
• PA Department of Education - Deputy Secretary Kathleen Shaw
• Indiana University of PA - Dr. Tony Atwater, president
• Pennsylvania State Police – Major John P. Lutz
• PA Tavern Association – Tom Scott, restaurant owner
• PA Tavern Association – Amy Christie, executive director
• Pennsylvania Amusement and Music Machine Association, Sherman Smith, president
• PTA and PAMMA – John Milliron, legal counsel
• PAMMA – Steve Fritz, general manager
• Community College of Beaver County - Dr. Joe D Forrester, president
• A United Methodist Witness in PA - Stephen Drachler, executive director

4-23-09 Hearing on the Tuition Relief Act (House Bill 1317)

• PA Department of Education - Deputy Secretary Kathleen Shaw
• PA Department of Revenue - Secretary Stephen Stetler
• Reading Area Community College - College President Anna Weitz
• State System of Higher Education - Bloomsburg University President David Soltz
• Council on Compulsive Gambling of Pennsylvania - Executive Director Jim Pappas
• Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board - Director of Gaming Laboratory Operations Michael Cruz
• Louisiana Gaming Industry Representatives
• Council on Compulsive Gambling Helpline Report