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. Learn more about predatory gambling.

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We want to be direct with you.

We know we want SugarHouse to go bankrupt, so a more sustainable riverfront with good jobs can emerge. We know Foxwoods should never arrive in Philly, and that leaders should commit to funding an economy that doesn't prey on our city's residents and local businesses.

Over the last few years, we've developed a new way to fight casinos, and now we're at it again, facing a different playing field, but with the same determination to win. That said, sustained, strategic opposition to a casino has never before been attempted.

With YOUR help, we can do it. But we need more than your money or your time -- we need your ideas.

Our Current Campaign

Into the Red: Bankrupting Casinos Before They Bankrupt Us

For the last three years we have prevented construction of two "inevitable" casinos through creative campaigns and direct action. We will continue to stop the two proposed casinos with your help. Sign the Casino-Free Pledge.

Casino-Free Philadelphia's In the Red campaign aims to persuade casino investors Neil G. Bluhm (of SugarHouse) and Ronald Rubin (of Foxwoods) to abandon their plans for casinos in Philadelphia.

 

Press Releases

Continues to Ignore Public Opposition to Predatory Casino in Any Form
April 29, 2010

Amidst more than two dozen Philadelphians calling out “revoke, don’t rebid,” the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s enforcement arm today filed a complaint to revoke the license of Foxwoods casino in South Philadelphia. Despite its direct impact on citizens of Philadelphia, questions from the public were neither solicited nor accepted by the board.

Foxwoods will have 30 days to respond to the PGCB’s complaint, at which point additional hearings will be scheduled, from which public input will continue to be excluded.

 

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  • Have you added your name to our community mural yet? Help us plan for a sustainable riverfront, not predatory casinos! http://bit.ly/cNpoj1
    1 week 6 days ago
  • Join us in one week to plan for SugarHouse casino's opening - and how we'll bankrupt them! http://bit.ly/dnC8tM
    2 weeks 1 day ago
  • The paradox of SugarHouse casino's opening is that we, Philly's citizens, have never had more power than we have now http://bit.ly/dnC8tM
    2 weeks 2 days ago
  • On Sept. 22, SugarHouse casino will open. On that morning, we'll announce our plans to send them into bankruptcy http://bit.ly/dnC8tM
    2 weeks 2 days ago
  • SugarHouse casino: This is our moment, Philadelphia! Join us next Wednesday: http://bit.ly/dnC8tM #philly
    2 weeks 2 days ago
  • Help us make Philly Harrah's-free - Harrah's is the leading predatory gambling casino: http://bit.ly/bB6KNi
    6 weeks 6 days ago