Penalties & FinesNevada Gaming
article
Gaming Control Board files health and safety complaint against the Sahara Las Vegas (8/5/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- The Nevada Gaming Control Board has lodged its first COVID-19-related complaint against a Las Vegas Strip property. The regulatory agency filed a...
article
Nevada gaming regulators file complaint against the Sahara Las Vegas for violating COVID-19 protocols (8/5/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- Nevada gaming regulators filed a two-count disciplinary complaint against the Sahara Las Vegas this week alleging the Strip resort had four instances...
article
Four properties face fines from Nevada Gaming Control Board for improper COVID-19 operation (8/3/2020)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has completed 10,135 inspections and opened 156 regulatory cases since gaming properties were able to reopen on June 4...
article
Nevada Man Charged with Trespassing After He Allegedly Refused to Wear Mask at Hard Rock Casino Bar (7/5/2020)
(Nevada) -- A 32-year-old Nevada man was arrested for trespassing early Saturday (July 4) after he allegedly refrained from putting on a facial covering while sitting at...
article
After 7,461 casino inspections, 111 cases opened for non-COVID compliance (7/3/2020)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced July 1 that it’s opened 111 investigative cases looking into allegations of non-compliance with COVID-19-...
5 Total Articles on this Issue
Australia Gaming
article
Australia fines The Star casino $5k for COVID-19 booze violations (7/13/2020)
(Australia) -- Australian casino operator The Star Entertainment Group has been hit with a financial penalty after breaching COVID-19 rules at its flagship Sydney casino...
1 Article on this Issue
Iowa Gaming
article
Two Northwest Iowa Casinos Among Five Fined By IRGC (7/11/2020)
(Iowa) -- Two northwest Iowa casinos are among five in Iowa to be fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations of regulations. The Hard Rock Casino in...
article
Casinos fined by state regulators for violations (7/10/2020)
(Iowa) -- The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission issued fines to five casinos for violations of regulations at their meeting Thursday. The Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City...
article
Two Northwest Iowa Casinos Among Five Fined By IRGC (7/10/2020)
(Indiana) -- Two northwest Iowa casinos are among five in Iowa to be fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations of regulations. The Hard Rock Casino...
article
Three state casinos fined for violations of self-ban rules (3/11/2020)
(Iowa) -- State-licensed casinos in Northwood, Sioux City, and Altoona were issued fines Tuesday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations related to...
article
Bettendorf casino fined after mom sneaks teen son inside (2/7/2020)
(Iowa) -- The Isle of Capri Casino in Bettendorf was fined $10,000 Tuesday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission after a mother helped her underage son get onto the...
article
Harrah's and Horseshoe casinos fined $50,000 for underage gambling violations (10/8/2019)
(Iowa) -- Harrah’s and Horseshoe casinos in Council Bluffs have been fined a total $50,000 for two instances of allowing underage patrons onto their gambling...
article
Casinos in Council Bluffs fined for underage gambling violations (10/7/2019)
(Iowa) -- The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission approved fines for two casinos last week at their meeting in Waterloo. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko...
7 Total Articles on this Issue
Payday Loans
article
Payday lender’s appeal of billion-dollar fine will go to U.S. Supreme Court (7/10/2020)
(Washington D.C.) -- Convicted payday titan Scott Tucker’s appeal of a $1.3 billion fine from the Federal Trade Commission will land at the U.S. Supreme Court...
1 Article on this Issue
FinCEN
article
B.C. Lottery Corp. finally reveals secret behind $700K fine for money laundering fumbles (7/6/2020)
(British Columbia) -- The B.C. Lottery Corporation has finally given up a decade-long fight to keep a secret. In 2010, BCLC was hit with a $700,000 fine by FINTRAC, the...
1 Article on this Issue
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
article
Tribe pushes for maximum penalties against accused poachers (7/1/2020)
(Michigan) -- Kurt Johnson Duncan and Linda Duncan could face the maximum legal punishment for poaching from a recently approved resolution from the Sault Ste. Marie...
1 Article on this Issue
Sports Betting
article
Bets taken after International baseball games began could cost Vegas casino hundreds of thousands of dollars, report (6/30/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- Nevada Gaming has opened an investigation into approximately 50 wagers placed on International baseball games in China and Korea early Sunday morning....
1 Article on this Issue
Card Clubs
article
Card rooms in Rancho Cordova, Marysville to be sold as part of settlements with California AG (5/29/2020)
(California) -- Shut down by regulators since January over financial troubles, the owner of a Rancho Cordova card room has agreed to find a buyer for the club in a...
article
California's 2nd-largest card room fined nearly $6M for misleading regulators (12/9/2019)
(California) -- California’s second-largest card room is paying state and federal regulators nearly $6 million for misleading gambling regulators and failing to do...
article
Hawaiian Gardens Casino hit with $3.15m fine for misleading regulators (12/7/2019)
(California) -- California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has issued a settlement of $3.15m against Hawaiian Gardens Casino. The state’s second largest card room...
article
California’s 2nd largest card room pays $6 million in fines (12/6/2019)
(California) -- California’s second-largest card room is paying state and federal regulators nearly $6 million for misleading gambling regulators and failing to do...
article
Hawaiian Gardens Casino Fined $6M for Misleading Regulators, Failing to Deter Money Laundering (12/5/2019)
(California) -- California’s second-largest card room is paying state and federal regulators nearly $6 million for misleading gambling regulators and failing to do...
article
Hawaiian Gardens casino to pay California $3.15 million, admits misleading regulators (12/5/2019)
(California) -- The Gardens Casino, a card room that underpins the one-square-mile city of Hawaiian Gardens, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle allegations...
6 Total Articles on this Issue
Churchill Downs
article
Churchill Downs to Pay $124 Million in Class Action Lawsuit Settlement (5/26/2020)
(Kentucky) -- Racing and casino company Churchill Downs (NASDAQ:CHDN), organizer of the world-famous Kentucky Derby race, has agreed to pay $124 million to settle two...
1 Article on this Issue
Navajo Nation
article
Navajo police issue 134 citations during sixth 57-hour curfew weekend (5/23/2020)
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Police Department issued 134 citations during the Navajo Nation's sixth weekend lockdown from May 16-18. The nation is in it's seventh...
1 Article on this Issue
UK Gambling
article
UK gambling charity to get £9m from operators' screwups (4/29/2020)
(UK) -- UK gambling operators’ regulatory failings are now helping to fund problem gambling charities, while the National Lottery has committed £600m to...
1 Article on this Issue
Caesars
article
Caesars Fined Record £13 Million By UK Gambling Commission (4/8/2020)
(UK) -- The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued yet another record-breaking fine, this one to Caesars Entertainment. The country’s regulator...
article
Caesars Entertainment in U.K. Is Fined for Allowing Problem Gamblers to Keep Betting (4/2/2020)
(UK) -- Britain’s gambling authorities have ordered Caesars Entertainment to pay a record fine of $16 million for failing to prevent money laundering and for...
article
Caesars Entertainment fined amid crackdown on gambling addiction (4/1/2020)
(UK) -- Caesars Entertainment, the UK arm of the US casino company, has been fined £13m after an investigation into its failure to prevent addicted gamblers losing...
3 Total Articles on this Issue
Hard Rock
article
Read OSHA’s full report on New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel collapse; engineering problems highlighted (4/4/2020)
(Louisiana) -- The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued violations against 11 of the contractors working on New Orleans' Hard Rock Hotel when it...
article
Hard Rock Hotel Collapse Triggers $308,000 Federal Safety Fine (4/4/2020)
(Louisiana) -- The fatal Oct. 12 collapse of the New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel as it was under construction has led to proposed workplace safety fines totaling $307,536...
article
New Jersey Online Sportsbook Mistakenly Took Bet From Illinois (3/6/2020)
(New Jersey) -- A legal online/mobile sportsbook in New Jersey was fined $5,000 last month by the state after mistakenly accepting a wager from someone in Illinois. On...
3 Total Articles on this Issue
New Jersey Gaming
article
NJ Fines Online Gambling Company After Two Self-Excluded Players Lost Combined $29,000 (3/6/2020)
(New Jersey) -- Last month, the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement disciplined a company involved with online gambling after some self-excluded players were...
article
Gaming regulators hit internet companies with $150K in fines in November (12/8/2019)
(New Jersey) -- State gaming regulators doled out more than $150,000 in fines to multiple gaming companies last month for infractions ranging from offering unapproved...
article
New Jersey doles out $150k in online gambling, betting fines (12/4/2019)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey’s online gambling and sports betting operators just got taken to the state’s regulatory woodshed for a variety of shortcomings. As...
3 Total Articles on this Issue
British Columbia Gaming
article
B.C. Lottery Corp. relents after 9-year battle to keep secret records linked to $700k fine (2/10/2020)
(British Columbia) -- After fighting the CBC for nine years over the release of money laundering records, the B.C. Lottery Corporation is finally relenting. After three...
1 Article on this Issue
Malta Gaming
article
Gaming firm averts sanctions after record fine (1/19/2020)
(Malta) -- A company that illegally processed millions of euros worth of payments for an online gambling operation will not face any criminal charges after reaching a...
1 Article on this Issue
Penn National
article
Hollywood Casino fined $20,000 by state for holding ‘unapproved’ poker tournament, other errors (1/16/2020)
(Pennsylvania) -- Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has been fined $20,000 by the state for holding poker tournaments last year that were not properly...
article
Gaming Control Board fines Penn National casino (1/15/2020)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board fined Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association LLC, operator of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course...
article
Hollywood Casino fined for unapproved poker tournaments (1/15/2020)
(Pennsylvania) -- The operator of Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course has been fined $20,000 for holding poker tournaments that had not been approved by the...
3 Total Articles on this Issue
Steve Wynn
article
Steve Wynn to pay $20 million in a settlement with Wynn Resorts (11/28/2019)
(Nevada) -- Wynn Resorts has agreed to accept $41 million from former Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Wynn and insurance carriers as part of a settlement stemming...
article
Don’t expect fireworks as Nevada gaming regulators seek to declare Steve Wynn ‘unsuitable’ (10/26/2019)
(Nevada) -- Almost assuredly, the Nevada Gaming Commission will soon hold a public hearing on the five-count complaint against Steve Wynn, in which the Gaming Control...
article
Industry banishment that casino regulators seek to impose on Steve Wynn is rare in Nevada (10/17/2019)
(Nevada) -- Steve Wynn could become just the 25th person to be declared “unsuitable” for operating a casino or gaming establishment in Nevada since 1980 and the first...
article
Steve Wynn faces ban from casino industry after Nevada gambling regulators file complaint (10/17/2019)
(Nevada) -- Nevada gambling regulators on Monday filed a complaint against Steve Wynn, saying that the casino magnate’s alleged sexual misconduct has damaged the...
4 Total Articles on this Issue
Hopi Tribe
article
Hopis penalized for safe drinking water violations (11/25/2019)
(Arizona) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the Hopi Tribe has violated the Safe Drinking Water Act and must pay a penalty. The act protects public...
1 Article on this Issue
Pennsylvania Gaming
article
PGCB fines Downs Racing following underage gaming incidents (10/31/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Operator Downs Racing has been fined by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) for inadequate age controls on its gaming products
article
Which Site Will Be First To Offer Online Poker In Pennsylvania, And When? (10/11/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- As we approach the three-month mark for legal online gambling in Pennsylvania, poker players in the state are still twiddling their thumbs and...
2 Total Articles on this Issue
Rhode Island Gaming
article
Settling a contract fight, Twin River to pay $180K fine, spend twice as much as usual on Lincoln casino (10/21/2019)
(Rhode Island) -- Twin River Worldwide Holdings has agreed to pay Rhode Island $180,000 and more than double the amount it spends each year improving its Lincoln casino...
1 Article on this Issue
Wynn Resorts
article
Gaming Control Board: Yank Steve Wynn's gaming license, levy fine (10/15/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- The Nevada Gaming Control Board, the investigative arm of Nevada’s Gaming Commission, is recommending that Steve Wynn lose his gaming license and...
article
Nevada regulators in uncharted waters in Steve Wynn suitability case (10/15/2019)
(Nevada) -- It could take months for regulators to determine Steve Wynn’s suitability to continue to hold a gaming license in the wake of a complaint filed Monday.
2 Total Articles on this Issue
Other News
article
Betsson, Bethard fined by Swedish online gambling regulator (6/10/2020)
(Sweden) -- Online gambling operators Betsson and Bethard have been warned and fined by Sweden’s gambling regulator for bonus offer and underage betting violations.
article
Apache Tribe Sues Labor Department Over $140,000 Pension Penalty (5/28/2020)
(Arizona) -- The Labor Department’s employee benefits arm is inconsistently regulating and assessing penalties against the pension plans of Indian tribal...
article
Betway hit with record fine for lack of gambling checks (3/12/2020)
(UK) -- Betway has been hit with a record £11.6m fine for failing to verify the source of its customer's betting money as well as being socially irresponsible...
article
Betway to pay record fine for AML, problem gambling lapses (3/12/2020)
(UK) -- The regulator cites an instance where Betway failed to do their due dillgence on a “VIP” customer who deposited £8 million and lost £4...
article
Rick Dutrow’s last ride heads into homestretch as he fights to overturn 10-year suspension (3/8/2020)
(New York) -- On June 7, 2008, trainer Rick Dutrow stood just 1½ miles and 2½ minutes from thoroughbred racing immortality on the dirt track at Belmont...
article
Bettendorf casino fined after mother sneaks son in (2/5/2020)
(Iowa) -- The Isle of Capri Casino in Bettendorf was fined $10,000 Tuesday by the Racing and Gaming Commission after a mother helped her underage son get onto the...
article
‘Shell-shocked’ bookmakers face big fines for underage betting at Royal Ascot (1/27/2020)
(UK) -- Racecourse bookmakers say they are “shell-shocked” at a decision by the Gambling Commission to ramp up punishments meted out for failing to prevent...
article
Dutch gaming regulator issued record-setting annual fines (12/30/2019)
(Netherlands) -- In the Netherlands and the past twelve months have reportedly seen the nation’s Kansspelautoriteit gaming regulator issue fines against online...
article
Montana's US Attorney's office collects $9.5M in penalties (12/24/2019)
(Montana) -- The U.S. Attorney's office in Montana collected $9.5 million in civil and criminal penalties in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30. Nearly $8...
article
Three underage gamblers snuck into the Rivers Casino Philadelphia. It cost the casino $62,500 in fines (12/18/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- State regulators on Wednesday fined a Philadelphia casino $62,500 for failing to prevent underage patrons from sneaking into the casino and gambling....
article
Ex-Louisiana racing commissioner fined $50,000 for ethical conflict from Bobby Jindal era (11/30/2019)
(Louisiana) -- A state administrative court has leveled $50,000 in penalties against a Louisiana horseman who served for nearly three years on the State Racing...
article
Ladbrokes Dodges Regulator Fine for £1 Million Hush Money Payments (10/28/2019)
(UK) -- British retail-betting giant Ladbrokes has swerved a financial penalty after it was found to have bought the silence of the victims of a gambling-addicted...
article
Ladbrokes escapes fine for secrecy over gambler’s £1m theft (10/26/2019)
(UK) -- Ladbrokes is set to escape a fine for telling the victims of a £1m theft by a customer with a gambling problem that it would only compensate them if they...
article
Swedish court reduces Casino Cosmopol’s money laundering penalty (10/14/2019)
(Sweden) -- Sweden’s Administrative Court has moved to reduce Casino Cosmopol’s penalty fee for breaching licence conditions related to money laundering and...
article
Riders Billy Lee and Robbie Colgan hit with hefty bans (10/10/2019)
(Ireland) -- Billy Lee has been hit with an eight-day ban for using his whip with excessive frequency during Space Traveller's last-gasp success in the Group 2...
article
Harrahs, Horseshoe casinos fined $50,000 for incidents involving two minors (10/9/2019)
(Iowa) -- Harrah’s and Horseshoe casinos in Council Bluffs are being fined $50,000 for incidents involving two minors who were allowed on the premises.
article
Harrah's and Horseshoe casinos fined $50,000 for underage gambling violations (10/8/2019)
(Iowa) -- Harrah’s and Horseshoe casinos in Council Bluffs have been fined a total $50,000 for two instances of allowing underage patrons onto their gambling...
article
Big jump in CRA fines on Singapore casino sector 2018-19 (10/4/2019)
(Singapore) -- Singapore’s Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) imposed for financial year ended March 31 an aggregate of SGD745,000 (US$540,000) in fines on the city...
article
UKGC Fines Silverbond Enterprises £1.8m After Investigation (9/12/2019)
(UK) -- The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has fined Silverbond Enterprises, the operating company behind the Park Lane Club casino in Mayfair, London, £1.8m ($2.2m...
article
Imperial Palace fined, loses in court (9/5/2019)
(Saipan) -- September is not getting off to a particularly good start for the Imperial Pacific International (IPI), as they have been fined $375,000 by the Commonwealth...
|
visionary sponsor advertisementMost Popular Storiessponsor advertisement |
