SLIPPERY ROCK — No casinos will be built in Slippery Rock Borough.

Borough council members unanimously voted Tuesday to prohibit the facilities known as “mini-casinos” from being built in the borough.

In October, Gov. Tom Wolf signed the state's gambling expansion into law, which allows for the establishment of up to 10 satellite casinos statewide.

Slippery Rock council members managed to beat the Dec. 31 deadline that allows municipalities to decide whether they want to prohibit the gambling sites. Inaction would have made the borough a potential location for the mini-casinos, which could have 300 to 750 slot machines and up to 30 table games.

Before discussing the topic, council members listened to residents Lynn and Glenn Uber, who asked that the borough enact the prohibition.

Lynn Uber said the casinos would not be good for residents and would compromise the community's moral standards.

She said national research showed that casinos would increase the potential for residents to become addicted to gambling, could leave some families to struggle financially and domestically, and could increase crime.

Glenn Uber said Slippery Rock would not be able to reach its potential if a casino were to be constructed. He said he wants the borough to have the best schools with a constructive environment to raise children with moral consciousness.

“That's the kind of community that we want Slippery Rock to be,” he said.

Slippery Rock Township opted not to prohibit the casinos at a meeting in November. The supervisors agreed that they would not want to limit themselves because the law dictates that the municipality could earn 2 percent of the profits with a cap of 50 percent of its total budget.

Regina Greenwald, borough council president, said she and the other council members discussed the topic at their Dec. 9 meeting, and felt that the chances of a casino picking the borough were slim.

“Part of the issue is that it's very unlikely,” she said.

But, Greenwald said, there are buildings in the borough that could potentially house a mini-casino and residents voiced their concerns about that potential, prompting council members to act.

She said the borough has a responsibility to protect the values of the community, and council members had to make a decision with the students of the university and their school district in mind. “We really do sometimes have to take the higher grounds because of the students here,” Greenwald said.