BREAKING NEWS: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has denied Monroe County-based Mount Airy Casino’s application to open a mini-casino in Big Beaver, thwarting a second plan to bring gambling to Beaver County and Lawrence Counties. The board denied a proposal by Mount Airy to open a Category 4 mini-casino in Big Beaver. Officials with the board said Mount Airy was not able to come up with the funding that is required to build such a casino in the county. In response, County Commissioner Dan Camp tells Beaver County Radio News that he is disappointed that such an establishment is not coming to the county, but that it’s no reason to give up: