Pennsylvania’s Presque Isle Downs and Casino was fined $45,000 utmost hebdomad past the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). The gaming property’s exclude allegedly improperly served an soaker fuddle endure twelvemonth on the gaming story to a guest.
Alcohol could only if live served if it was sold with a meal below lastly year’s ban, according to GoErie, a regional word site. The proscription was pose inwards place on July 16, 2020, to kerb the overspread of COVID-19. The forbidding was curtained inwards April.
On Oct. 5, 2020, a participant at a craps tabulate was ab initio ejected after imbibition on the casino floor, according to Erie Times-News, a regional intelligence site. But casino General Manager Kevin O’Sullivan and so allowed the participant to remain on the base for tercet additional hours, the study adds.
Also, the player’s acquaintances allegedly purchased shots of inebriant and took them onto the gaming floor. That was also a violation.
Presque Isle Downs and Casino is operated by PID, LLC. The locale is owned past Winston S. Churchill Downs. Casino officials did non respond to a asking for commentary by GoErie.
150K Fines inward Total by PGCB
In total, the PGCB in conclusion calendar week sanctioned tetrad consent agreements with iii cassino operators, including the single related to to Presque Isle. The foursome agreements led to $150,000 inward fines.
They include 1 for Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association. It is the manipulator of hollywoodcasino.com and barstoolsportsbook.com. It was fined $57,500 after self-excluded players were allowed to access code and hazard on the websites.
Also, Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, operator of Hollywood Casino at William Penn National Race Course, received a $25,000 amercement for allowing underage players on the gaming floor. They allegedly gambled.
In addition, Chester Downs and Marina, which operates Harrah’s City of Brotherly Love Casino and Racetrack, was fined $22,500. It failed to protect assets.
Gaming Machine Vandalism
Last week, inwards an unrelated incident, an unnamed woman allegedly vandalized a gaming political machine at Presque Isle Downs and Casino, according to PA State Police. The cost to mend the machine is $700.
The adult female allegedly wrote a vulgar content on the political machine with a gloomy pen. She also allegedly repeatedly punched drinking glass on the machine. In addition, land police exact she dumped water into a currency gimmick on the machine.
Beyond that, she struggled with casino security department guards and swore at them spell she was escorted out of the gaming property, country constabulary said. She is likely to follow arrested on charges next an investigation, police added.