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PA Gaming Control Board Fines Casino for Allowing Underage Gambling
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (“Board”) today approved a consent agreement presented by the Board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (“OEC”) during its public meeting today that fined a casino for an incident in which an 18-year-old gained access to the gaming floor and gambled.
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 $2.54 billion in tax revenue in Fiscal Year 2023/24.
Additional information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov.