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Article: Slots losers rip review of Majestic Star

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State gambling regulators ignored Majestic Star Casino's financial problems when they awarded the company Pittsburgh's lone slots license, two losing bidders said Monday.

Cleveland-based Station Square Gaming and St. Louis-based Isle of Capri Casinos asked the state Supreme Court to overturn the state Gaming Control Board's December vote giving the slots license to Majestic Star's operating company, PITG Gaming.

"Such an enormously valuable asset cannot be squandered," Station Square said in yesterday's court filing. "The people of Pennsylvania deserve better than PITG/Majestic Star. They deserve better than a company struggling financially from day to day."

Majestic Star spokesman Bob ...

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