The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Tuesday morning gave Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem the OK to add 31 more tables to its gambling hall.
The expansion will give Sands 183 tables, the most of any casino in the state.
Sands already generates the highest amount of table games revenue among the state's 11 casinos. Its October take for games like roulette, craps and blackjack was $12.8 million, easily outpacing Parx's second-place $8.3 million, according to a report released last week by the gaming board.
"We're up against a capacity constraint issue," Sands President Robert DeSalvio told the board during a public hearing Tuesday in Harrisburg. "Many times we don't have available space for people who want to play. It's not good customer service."
According to its application, Sands wants to add 14 mini-baccarat tables, six poker tables, two roulette tables, two let-it-ride tables, two Pai Gow tables, two three-card poker tables, one casino war table, one Texas hold 'em table and one craps table.
To make room for the tables, Sands will move 837 slot machines, while maintaining the same 3,024 slot machines now in use.
The expansion will bring another 107 full-time jobs to a casino complex that currently employs more than 2,000, according to the application. While most of the new workers are expected to be dealers, Sands would also hire more table games managers, cage workers, security officers and marketing staff, adding another $2.3 million in payroll and benefits.
The approval allows Sands to add the tables immediately.
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