The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday announced the approval of a consent agreement presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel. A fine of $50,000 will be levied against Stadium Casino RE, the operator of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, for permitting four individuals on the Board’s self-exclusion list to gamble in the casino.
According to Board regulations, a casino must identify self-excluded patrons and refuse gaming privileges and other gaming-related activities, including cashing checks and cash advances.
The Board also approved recommendations by the OEC for the placement of five individuals on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List. The igaming transactions these individuals engaged in were investigated by the Board’s Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement and found to be fraudulent because:
- An individual used a fraudulent scheme to obtain an igaming account in another person’s name and identifiers.
- An individual used fraud to facilitate the placement of funds into their igaming account and, without engaging in any gaming activity, managed to have funds withdrawn from their igaming account directly into their bank account.
The conduct of individuals placed on the exclusion list includes:
- Two individuals created 20 separate online accounts even though the operator’s terms and conditions forbid holding more than a single account associated with an individual.
- An individual created 16 separate online accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals and withdrew $11,250 into his own personal bank account.
- An individual illegally requested and received chargebacks to a credit card totaling $11,125.
- An individual illegally requested and received chargebacks to a credit card totaling $21,600.
The additions made today brought to 47 the number of individuals currently on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List.
Also on Wednesday, the Board, through exclusion petitions filed by the OEC, acted to ban two adults from casinos in the Commonwealth for leaving minors unattended in order to engage in gaming activities:
- A female patron was placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving an 11-year-old unattended in a vehicle while the outside temperature was 80 degrees in the parking garage of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia for 40 minutes while she gambled at slot machines.
- A female patron was placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving three minors of ages 8, 9 and 13 unattended in a hotel room at the Mount Airy Casino Resort for 1 hour, 48 minutes while she gambled at table games.
