(WBRE/WYOU) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board stated the operator of a casino has been fined $30,000 after it allowed a teenager to gain entry to the gaming floor and gamble.
The incident happened at Valley Forge Casino Resort in November 2024 when a 13-year-old was on the gaming floor for more than six hours and gambling on slot machines, the release states.
The Board also placed 12 people on its various Involuntary Exclusion Lists, including three for leaving minors unattended while gambling in a Pennsylvania casino:
A woman who left two children, 3 and 9 years old, in a vehicle in the parking lot of Wind Creek Casino Bethlehem for 10 minutes to gamble at slot machines
A man and a woman who together left two 8-year-old children in a vehicle in the parking lot of Presque Isle Downs & Casino for 29 minutes while they gambled in the sportsbook
18 banned from Pennsylvania casinos, gambling
The board says denying gambling privileges serves as a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended, since it creates an unsafe environment for the children.
Two others were placed on the Board’s Involuntary Interactive Gaming Exclusion list for fraudulent actions involving online gambling.
Being placed on an Involuntary Exclusion List prohibits people from either gaming in a casino in Pennsylvania, via an online betting site regulated by the board, or at a video gaming terminal location.
These banings raise the number of individuals now on the Board’s various Involuntary Exclusion Lists to 1,422.
Information about both the PGCB’s gaming regulatory efforts and Pennsylvania’s gaming industry can be found at the PA Gaming Board website.
