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Erie casino cuts workers' hours in slowdown

Workers at Presque Isle Downs & Casino are having their hours cut because casino business has slowed during the winter season.

About 200 of the casino's 800 employees are having their hours cut. Full-time employees are now working just four days a week, and part-timers have had about eight hours cut from their 25-hour work week.

Chief Executive Richard Knight says the cuts will continue until business at the casino picks up.

Erie slots operator hopes gambling begins soon

A court decision in favor of a company building a thoroughbred race track and casino near Erie has raised the firm's hopes that slot-machine gambling may begin there by the end of February.

MTR Gaming Group Inc.'s request to open the Presque Isle Downs casino is still on hold, however, until the Gaming Control Board has sufficient membership to conduct votes.

"Our belief is everything is done from the Presque Isle end," casino spokesman John Brabender said Monday. "We could probably open tomorrow if somebody gave us the green light."

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