PA Gaming Control Board Levies $30,000 Nice for an Underage Playing Violation‬

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) permitted a consent settlement as we speak leading to a $30,000 effective towards the operator of Valley Forge Casino Resort after it allowed a 13-year-old to achieve entry to the gaming ground and gamble.

The consent settlement, offered by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”), outlined the info concerning the incident that occurred in November 2024 and resulted within the underage particular person being on the gaming ground for greater than six hours and gamble on slot machines.

A duplicate of any of the permitted Consent Agreements containing extra particulars can be found upon request by the Board’s Office of Communications.

The Board additionally as we speak took actions to put 12 people on its numerous Involuntary Exclusion Lists. Placement on an Involuntary Exclusion List prohibits people from both gaming in a on line casino in Pennsylvania, through a web based betting website regulated by the Board, or a Video Gaming Terminal (“VGT”) location. 

These issues, offered by the Board’s Office of Chief Counsel and the OEC, elevate the variety of people now on the Board’s numerous Involuntary Exclusion Lists to 1,422.

The actions by the Board as we speak embody placement of 10 people on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion List together with 3 for leaving minors unattended in autos whereas they gambled:

• A feminine patron who left two youngsters, 3 and 9-years-old, in a automobile within the car parking zone of Wind Creek Casino Bethlehem for 10 minutes so as to gamble at slot machines; and,

• A male and a feminine patron who collectively left two 8-year-old youngsters in a automobile within the car parking zone of Presque Isle Downs & Casino for 29 minutes whereas they gambled within the sportsbook.

Actions similar to these to disclaim statewide playing privileges function a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended within the car parking zone or storage, a lodge, or different venues at a on line casino because it creates a doubtlessly unsafe and harmful setting for the youngsters. To complement the efforts by casinos to mitigate this situation, the Board created an consciousness marketing campaign, “Don’t Gamble with Kids”.

Additionally, 2 others had been positioned on the Board’s Involuntary Interactive Gaming Exclusion listing for fraudulent actions involving on-line playing.

The Gaming Control Board is scheduled to satisfy subsequent at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 23, 2025 within the Board’s Public Hearing Room situated on the second ground of the Strawberry Square Complex in Harrisburg. More data, together with the agenda, can be posted on the Board’s web site previous to the assembly.