The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved three consent agreements today, presented by its Office of Enforcement Counsel, resulting in a total of $282,205 in fines.
The largest fine, amounting to $260,905, was imposed on Interactive Gaming Operator BetMGM, LLC. This penalty was for 152 instances in which an individual on the Board’s Interactive Self-Exclusion List was allowed to gamble on their platforms. Pennsylvania’s iGaming operators are required to prevent individuals on the self-exclusion list from creating or maintaining an interactive gaming account.
Additionally, the Board approved the following fines based on recommendations from the Office of Enforcement Counsel:
- Rush Street Gaming, LLC was fined $13,800 for failing to file a Principal License renewal application for its Chief Financial Officer.
- Stadium Casino Westmoreland RE, LLC, the operator of Live! Casino Pittsburgh, received a $7,500 fine for using revoked software in 11 of its slot machines.
Copies of the approved Consent Agreements with further details are available upon request from the Board’s Office of Communications.
The Board also took action today regarding the Involuntary Exclusion list, placing or denying the removal of four individuals for leaving minors unattended while gambling in Pennsylvania casinos. The individuals placed on the list include:
- A male patron who left a 12-year-old unattended in a vehicle in the Live! Casino Philadelphia parking lot twice in one day, totaling 20 minutes, while he gambled at the sportsbook. He was also cited for cheating and trespass.
- A female patron who left a 12-year-old unattended in the bus lobby of Mount Airy Casino Resort for 26 minutes while she gambled on slot machines.
Those denied removal from the Involuntary Exclusion list include:
- A male who, in 2022, left five minors aged 2, 4, 5, 11, and 13 unattended in a vehicle at Presque Isle Downs & Casino for 35 minutes while he gambled at slot machines.
- A female who, in 2021, left her 14-month-old child unattended in a locked vehicle at Valley Forge Resort Casino on multiple occasions the same day, totaling 11 minutes, with outside temperatures reaching 88 degrees, while she gambled at the sportsbook.
Actions like these to deny statewide gambling privileges underscore the prohibition against leaving minors unattended at casinos, whether in parking lots, garages, hotels, or other venues, as it creates potentially unsafe and dangerous conditions for the children. To support casino efforts to address this issue, the Board has launched an awareness campaign called “Don’t Gamble with Kids.”
In total, the Board placed nine individuals on its various Involuntary Exclusion Lists today, prohibiting them from gaming at Pennsylvania casinos, online betting sites regulated by the Board, or Video Gaming Terminal locations. Since its inception, 1,280 individuals have been placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List, while 62 individuals are on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List.
The Gaming Control Board is scheduled to meet next at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, in the Board’s Public Hearing Room located on the second floor of the Strawberry Square Complex in Harrisburg.