Casino-Free Philadelphia's mission is to stop casinos from coming to Philadelphia and close any that open. The social and economic costs of predatory gambling are plainly apparent from an industry reliant on addiction to survive.
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Updates
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Join @CasinoFreePhila tomorrow night for a happy hour & tonight for a reading from Daniel Hunter's upcoming book! Info: http://t.co/rFnPJrEX6 days 20 hours ago
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Join Casino-Free Philly & Paul Boni in supporting @SPGambling, a nat'l nonprofit fighting predatory gambling! More: http://t.co/OFJSwLTD1 week 1 day ago
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Join us next Friday, May 11, for a Casino-Free happy hour at @philly_a_space! More info: http://t.co/k8jQGkuT Facebook: http://t.co/wf7GOTm31 week 5 days ago
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Hey casino-free activists. We want to say, THANKS! (And come by the A-Space in West Philly Sat eve.) http://t.co/ZLrgKyyL3 weeks 5 days ago
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Also see article from @iphillychitchat: http://t.co/kPwKEgOQ RT @j_linq Blatstein proposes casino on north broad5 weeks 36 min ago
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Editorial from @PhillyInquirer: "The city doesn't need another big box casino along [the] waterfront." Bye Foxwoods! http://t.co/uaqUONtz6 weeks 1 day ago
Guess who's honoring the work of Casino-Free Philadelphia?
Earlier this year, a network of national organizations developed an ambitious training project to teach people about nonviolent direct action, called 99% Spring.
Loosely connected with the Occupy movement, they trained more than 45,000 people. So when they decided to send out a single pre-training article about direct action to all the participants, they sent an abridged version of Casino-Free Philly's direct action training manual.
Download the complete Casino-Free Philadelphia direct action training manual! (PDF, 1.2MB)
Our Current Campaign
SugarHouse casino, as well as most other casinos in the country, offer their customers unlimited lines of credit, which can only be used to gamble at the casino. There is no interest on the line of credit, and it must be paid back in 30 days.Recent Press Releases
Nearly one year after SugarHouse casino opened, a briefing released by Casino-Free Philadelphia shows the costs to city residents in financial loss, personal indebtedness, and crime outweigh the benefits by 10 to 1.
"The numbers show a clear loss for Philadelphia and its residents," said Kaytee Riek, director of Casino-Free Philadelphia. "SugarHouse has done nothing more than siphon money out of the city to send to Chicago investors, and left Philly residents and the city to clean up the mess," Riek said.
Casino-Free Philadelphia will not testify at the House Gaming Oversight Committee's hearing on House Bill 65 held today at City Hall, and has initiated a petition by residents opposing any new casinos in Philadelphia.
A group of concerned citizens organized by Casino-Free Philadelphia will visit SugarHouse casino Thursday at 5:30 PM to ask Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board representatives and casino management to respond to issues raised by CBS's "60 Minutes" episode on gambling that aired on Sunday, Jan. 9.
WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 13, 5:30 PM
WHERE: SugarHouse Casino, 1001 N. Delaware Avenue
As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Casino-Free Philadelphia has stylish t-shirts available, pictured at left. Purchase your t-shirt today!
Recent Press Coverage
- 04/01/12 - After Foxwoods' appeal rejected, 2nd Philadelphia gaming license now in Assembly's hands - The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 12/14/11 - Foxwoods files appeal to Pa. high court to save casino project - The Philadelphia Inquirer
- 11/11/11 - State court upholds yanking of S. Philly casino license - Philadelphia Daily News
- 10/12/11 - Opinion: Gambling money I don't need - philly.com
- 09/26/11 - Inquirer Editorial: Don't need another casino - The Philadelphia Inquirer