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PLAINS TWP. – A newlywed and two others were cited by township police after a brawl at a bar inside the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs early Saturday morning. Police said the fight erupted after Raymond Roberts, 28, of Pittston, bent down and lifted the wedding gown of a bride at Breakers Bar at about 12:30 a.m. The bride’s husband, Ira Smith, confronted Roberts and knocked him unconscious, police said. Police said the brawl was captured by the casino’s surveillance system. According to a police news release: Marianne Reilly, of Tunkhannock, and her new husband, Smith, arrived at Breakers Bar...

Philadelphia Park opened southeastern Pennsylvania's first slot-machine parlor and the second statewide yesterday, attracting gamblers who said they were happy for a local alternative to the casinos in Atlantic City. Hundreds of people poured in when the doors opened shortly after 11:30 a.m. and began stuffing bills into the machines, and the ca sino enjoyed a brisk business in its first hours of operation. Ines Beiez, 47, a North Philadelphia woman who was one of the first to sit down at a machine, said Philadelphia Park would become her gambling destination of choice. Although she was a frequent patron of...