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Wed, 02/25/2026 - 13:30

PA Gaming Control Board Levies Fines Totaling $112,500

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Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
Commonwealth Tower, Strawberry Square
303 Walnut Street, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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Doug Harbach or Richard McGarvey
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Board also denies statewide gambling privileges to 8 individuals

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) today at its public monthly meeting approved three consent agreements presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) resulting in a total of $112,500 in fines.

 

Receiving fines were:

    - Holding Acquisition Co., L.P., operator of Rivers Casino Pittsburgh, a $70,000 fine for seven instances of permitting self-excluded individuals to gain access to their casino floor and gamble;

    - Relax Gaming North America, LLC, a licensed Internet Gaming Manufacturer, a $32,500 fine for executing a change of control prior to Board approval; and,

    - Stadium Casino Westmoreland, RE, LLC, operator of Live! Casino Pittsburgh, a $10,000 fine for permitting an individual under the age of 21 to gain access to the gaming floor and gamble.

 

Copies of any or all of the approved Consent Agreements for these three matters containing additional details are available upon request through the Board’s Office of Communications.

 

The Board also today took actions to place 8 individuals on its various Involuntary Exclusion Lists. Placement on an Involuntary Exclusion List prohibits individuals from either gaming in a casino in Pennsylvania, via an online betting site regulated by the Board, or at a Video Gaming Terminal (“VGT”) location. 

 

These matters, presented by the Board’s Office of Chief Counsel and the OEC, raise the number of individuals now on the Board’s various Involuntary Exclusion Lists to 1,499.

 

The Gaming Control Board is scheduled to meet next at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 25, 2026 in the Board’s Public Hearing Room located on the second floor of the Strawberry Square Complex in Harrisburg. More information, including the agenda, will be posted on the Board’s website prior to the meeting.

 

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About the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is tasked to oversee all aspects of gambling involving 17 land-based casinos, online casino games, retail and online sports wagering, and Video Gaming Terminals (VGTs) at qualified truck stops, along with the regulation of online fantasy sports contests.


The land-based casino industry in Pennsylvania consists of six racetrack (Category 1) casinos, five stand-alone (Category 2) casinos, two resort (Category 3) casinos and four mini-casinos (Category 4). A significant job generator in the Commonwealth, casinos and the other types of Board-regulated gaming generated $2.98 billion in tax revenue and fees in 2025.

Additional information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.