The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board yesterday fined Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, operator of Philadelphia Park Casino and Racetrack, US$18,000 along with US$8,000 in donations for programs dealing with problem gaming education, treatment and outreach for allowing underage individuals on their gaming floor. Greenwood also agreed to increase the number of security posts, increase security staffing and provide retraining for all security staff to identify and evict underage individuals.

“Pennsylvania casinos have a statutory obligation to keep underage individuals off the gaming floor,” said Mary DiGiacomo Colins, Gaming Control Board Chair. “In these cases, Philadelphia Park breached that obligation, resulting in three children and one teen being on the gaming floor. The corrective actions approved by the Board today make it clear to all casinos that underage age gambling will not be tolerated.”

Greenwood was cited for three instances in which persons under the age of 18 gained access to and remained on the gaming floor, and one instance where a 19 year old was able to play slot machines before being removed by security personnel. Under its duty to protect the public through the regulation and policing of all activities involving gaming, the Board acts to take enforcement action after the Office of Enforcement Counsel investigates any matters involving either transgressions of the law or the Gaming Act. (E-06.12.08)

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