The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved four consent agreements presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel resulting in fines totaling $180,000 against:
- Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, two separate fines totaling $80,000:
- A $40,000 fine for three instances of permitting underage individuals to access the gaming floor and play slot machines or table games;
- A $40,000 fine for permitting the employment of five unlicensed individuals who had access to iGaming account holders’ personal identifying information through its betParx platform.
- Wind Creek Bethlehem, LLC received a $50,000 fine for failure to follow Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines that resulted in fraudulent withdrawals from iGaming accounts of more than over $92,000; and,
- Fantasy Contest Operator YFS Sub, LLC, a subsidiary of Yahoo Fantasy Sports, a $50,000 fine for failure to notify and gain proper approval of the Board for a change of control of its license.
The Board also took actions to place 8 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. These matters, presented by the Board’s Office of Chief Counsel and the OEC, set the number of individuals now on the Board’s various Involuntary Exclusion Lists to 1,463.
