The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) Wednesday fined two operators of video gaming terminals.
The PGCB announced consent agreements presented by its Office of Enforcement Counsel resulting in fines totaling $70,000.
TA Operating was fined $37,500 for failure to have a credentialed employee present while the VGT room at its Harrisburg store was open and used by patrons. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores was fined $32,500 for failure to have a credentialed employee present while the VGT room at its Carlisle store was open and used by patrons.
Board regulations require VGT establishments to have at least one credentialed employee on site supervising a VGT area when the games are available for play.
The Board also approved recommendations by the OEC for the placement of 17 individuals on various involuntary exclusion lists. This includes five people who left minors unattended in order to engage in gaming activities in a casino, and four who committed fraud using igaming sites.
Placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List for unattended minors were:
- A male patron who left two minors, 6- and 13-year-olds, unattended in a vehicle parked on a street near Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia, while the outside temperature was 92 degrees, for 13 minutes while he gambled at the sportsbook.
- A male patron who left a 14-year-old unattended in a vehicle in the parking lot of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia for 7 hours and 12 minutes while he gambled at table games.
- A male patron who left a 6-year-old unattended in a vehicle in the parking lot of Hollywood Casino Morgantown for 30 minutes while he gambled at slot machines.
- A male patron who left an infant unattended for five minutes in a vehicle in the parking lot of Rivers Casino Philadelphia with the outside temperature at 91 degrees while he gambled at the sportsbook.
- A male patron who left an 11-year-old unattended in a vehicle in the parking lot of Mount Airy Casino Resort for 1 hour and 40 minutes while he gambled at table games.
Eight people were placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List whose presence in a licensed facility would be “inimical to the interest of the Commonwealth and licensed gaming,” a release stated. Since its inception, 1,247 people have been placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List.
Four people were placed on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List:
- Two individuals created five separate online accounts using the personal information of other individuals.
- An individual used an online account and illegally requested and received chargebacks to a credit card totaling $3,250.
- An individual used an online gaming account and illegally requested and received chargebacks to a credit card totaling $5,800.
The additions made Wednesday bring the number of individuals currently on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List to 51.
