The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board banned seven individuals and levied fines on FanDuel and Rivers Casino as part of enforcement actions approved at the board’s Wednesday meeting.
The board, which oversees all licensed gambling in the state, approved two agreements to settle violations by gaming operators.
Betfair Interactive — the parent company of FanDuel —agreed to a $40,000 fine after regulators discovered that three FanDuel employees were able to adjust accounts and/or access account holders’ personal information without being properly licensed.
A 2021 investigation into one unlicensed employee, according to the stipulation in the agreement, revealed that FanDuel had large numbers of employees ambiguously classified as “compliance associates” but was not maintaining records of what access levels past employees had.
The review of employment records revealed that two other “compliance associates” also had access to accounts and information despite not holding the proper permits, according to the agreement.
In the second case, Rivers Casino Philadelphia agreed to a $30,000 fine after it was found that two underage individuals were able to play at the casino.
In August 2023, according to the agreement, a male patron was flagged for having driven an underage female on the casino property. It was discovered that the male was 17 and had used someone else’s ID to get into the casino — and had also done so on the previous two days, successfully playing both slot machines and table games.
In May 2024, a 19-year-old patron was able to enter the casino and play at the slot machines despite not presenting any ID, according to the agreement, and was discovered to be underage when she attempted to sign up for a player’s rewards card.
At Wednesday’s meeting, the board also moved to place seven more people on the commission’s involuntary exclusion list, banning them from gaming in Pennsylvania due to various offenses.
Two of these individuals were found to have attempted online gaming fraud, according to the commission.
Another patron was banned after she “left two minors ages 8 and 9 in a hotel room at Hollywood Casino at the Meadows for 7 hours and 41 minutes in order to gamble at table games,” the commission found.
The ban list now includes 1,411 people, according to the commission, which has launched a “Don’t Gamble with Kids” awareness campaign in order to combat growing issues with patrons leaving children unattended in hotels, vehicles and parking areas.
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