How healthy is Pennsylvania’s gambling sector?

    Patrons lay their bets as the wheel turns at SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

    Patrons lay their bets as the wheel turns at SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY, file)

    As Atlantic City’s gambling economy declined in recent years, casinos seemed to keep popping up in Pennsylvania.

    Robert Ambrose of Drexel’s Center for Hospitality and Sports Management joined Newsworks Tonight’s Tom MacDonald to discuss the health of Pennsylvania’s own gambling sector.

    Listen to their conversation below.

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