The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved two consent agreement presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) resulting in fines totaling $15,000 against:
- Play’n GO New Jersey LLC, a licensed Interactive Gaming Manufacturer, which received a $10,000 fine for failure to obtain Board approval for a change of control; and,
- Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, LLC, operator of Valley Forge Casino Resort, a $5,000 fine for a failure to protect assets related to a theft of money by an employee.
The Board also today took actions to place 5 individuals on its various Involuntary Exclusion Lists. Placement on an Involuntary Exclusion List prohibits individuals from either gaming in a casino in Pennsylvania, via an online betting site regulated by the Board, or at a Video Gaming Terminal (“VGT”) location.
The actions by the Board today include placement of male patron on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion list for leaving an 11-month-old in a vehicle parked in the garage at Rivers Casino Philadelphia for 1 hour 52 minutes while he gambled at table games.
Actions such as these to deny statewide gambling privileges serve as a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended in the parking lot or garage, a hotel, or other venues at a casino since it creates a potentially unsafe and dangerous environment for the children. To complement the efforts by casinos to mitigate this issue, the Board created an awareness campaign, “Don’t Gamble with Kids” (DontGamblewithKids.org).
