With the Second Annual Pennsylvania Gaming Congress taking place on March 7, two key sponsors - Las Vegas Sands Corp. and Jefferies & Company - are making their presence known in the news.  Las Vegas Sands especially has good reason to participate in the Gaming Congress, for they have applied for a Category 2 license to build a casino resort in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  Having already successfully spawned The Venetian, The Palazzo, and Sands Macao, the casino operator is looking for another major success in the land of American Forefathers.

As for Jefferies & Company, this global investment bank has a strong presence in the gambling industry.  Specializing in offering creative financial solutions and investment trading, Jeffries puts much of its focus in gaming related services and companies. Both companies, together, will be representing much of what it takes to keep the gambling industry afloat, while their sponsorship of the Gaming Congress is a testament to growing gambling market in Pennsylvania.

With over five-hundred different gambling professional expected to attend the Congress, including all of Pennsylvania's racino operators (six race track casinos total) and stock market analysts, the Pennsylvania Gaming Congress is fast becoming one of the largest organized U.S. gambling conventions on the map. The Gaming Congress will have a cocktail reception on the evening of March 6, followed by a full day of activities on the seventh. It promises to bring into light all of the potentialities the growing casino gambling industry has in the state of Pennsylvania.