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Today I woke up, free from the shock of yesterday and ready to celebrate: ding dong, a witch is dead. "I'm a Casino Slayer," I marveled to myself. I rushed out of bed to read the news, to make sure it really happened. The news is true: Foxwoods license is revoked!

This Friday the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board will vote whether or not to extend the license needed for Foxwoods casinos to open one of the two proposed slots parlors in city limits.  Members of Asian Americans United, Casino Free Philadelphia and other in the No Casino in the Heart of Our City Coalition will head to Harrisburg to de

As Harrisburg considers expanding gambling, we want you to contact your representative -- today - to remind them that our communities are more important than the tons of cash contributed by the casino industry.

Updates from the fight to stop slots.

Last week our City Council gave a unanimous vote to relocate the purposed Foxwoods Casino to the former Strawbridge & Clothier site at 8th and Market.

It' hard to believe that today marks nine months to the day when a line-up of politicos from the Governor on down stood end to end in City Hall with Foxwoods exec Michael "You call it an addiction, I call it a client base" Thomas and declared the heart of Philadelphia as their target for the flailing casino industry.

Show your support. Sign the letter.

Last week the No Casino in the Heart of the City Coalition began a campaign targeting the City Council to make sure council regulates the industry to their full ability and prevent predatory practices.

Their is a letter for the campaign now circulating that can be signed online. You can see the full letter and sign here. The demands are below.