Pennsylvania Gambling Regulator Issues $100K In Fines

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved two consent agreements on May 24 presented by the Office of Enforcement Counsel during its public meeting regarding violations with a casino and gaming manufacturer licensee. Total fines levied were $100,350.

Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC, operator of Hollywood Casino York, was hit with a $78,000 fine for failure to meet minimum security staffing requirements.

TCS John Huxley America, Inc. and TCS John Huxley Europe, Ltd, a licensed table game manufacturer, were hit with a $22,350 fine for failure to file principal licensing applications.

The board also acted on petitions filed by OEC to ban five adults from all casinos in the state for leaving a total of nine children unattended in order to engage in gambling.

A male and female patron were placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving five children, ages 2, 4, 5, 11 and 13, unattended in a vehicle in the Presque Isle Downs Casino & Racetrack parking lot for 35 minutes while they gambled on slot machines.

A male patron was placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving an 11-year-old child unattended in a vehicle in the parking garage of the Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia for 30 minutes while he gambled in the sportsbook.

Furthermore, a male patron was placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving a 10-year-old child unattended in a vehicle that he parked along a construction fence outside the valet area of the Rivers Casino Pittsburgh for 5 minutes while he gambled in the sportsbook.

A female patron was placed on the Involuntary Exclusion List after leaving two children, ages 8 and 9, unattended in a vehicle in the Mohegan Pennsylvania parking lot for 45 minutes while she gambled on slot machines.

In addition to these new placements on the Involuntary Exclusion List, the board also denied a petition by a female patron to be removed from the list. The individual had left her 8- and 12-year-old daughters for 45 minutes in a vehicle in the parking lot of Lady Luck Casino Nemacolin in 2017 to gamble.

The board reported that since the start of 2022 through April 2023, it had identified 359 incidents of adults leaving children unattended to gamble at Pennsylvania casinos involving 576 minors.