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Wed, 04/29/2026 - 14:15

PA Gaming Control Board Levies Two Fines Totaling $15,000

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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
(717) 346-8321

Board also denies statewide gambling privileges to 5 individuals

 

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) today at its public monthly meeting approved two consent agreement presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) resulting in fines totaling $15,000 against:

 

-- Play’n GO New Jersey LLC, a licensed Interactive Gaming Manufacturer, which received a $10,000 fine for failure to obtain Board approval for a change of control; and,

-- Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, LLC, operator of Valley Forge Casino Resort, a $5,000 fine for a failure to protect assets related to a theft of money by an employee.

 

Copies of the approved Consent Agreement for this matter containing additional details is available upon request through the Board’s Office of Communications.

 

The Board also today took actions to place 5 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.

 

The actions by the Board today include placement of male patron on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion list for leaving an 11-month-old in a vehicle parked in the garage at Rivers Casino Philadelphia for 1 hour 52 minutes while he gambled at table games.

 

Actions such as these to deny statewide gambling privileges serve as a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended in the parking lot or garage, a hotel, or other venues at a casino since it creates a potentially unsafe and dangerous environment for the children. To complement the efforts by casinos to mitigate this issue, the Board created an awareness campaign, “Don’t Gamble with Kids” (DontGamblewithKids.org).

 

In addition to the adult listed above, 4 others were placed on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion List for various actions. 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 1,521.

 

The Gaming Control Board is scheduled to meet next at 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, May 20, 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.

 

 

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.