Penalties & FinesPennsylvania Gaming
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PA Gaming Control Board Levies $272,500 in Fines (2/6/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines today totaling $272,500 against two casinos.
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Will SugarHouse Be Affected by New Jersey Fine for Underage Gambling with PA Operations? (1/25/2019)
(New Jersey) -- Summary: The SugarHouse online casino in New Jersey, PlaySugarHouse, was recently fined for underage gambling. Will the fine cause issue in Pennsylvania...
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Company seeking to build Beaver casino fined for underage drinking, gambling (12/27/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- A company that is trying to build a casino in Big Beaver was fined $170,000 by the state for allegedly allowing underage drinking and underage gambling.
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Mount Airy Casino Resort fined for underage gaming, drinking (12/26/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The company that intends to build a casino in Big Beaver has been fined $170,000 by the state for allegedly allowing underage gaming and underage...
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Pennsylvania casinos fined for underage gaming and alcohol violations (12/20/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has handed out fines against two casinos for underage gaming and alcohol violations. The casinos, operated by...
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Fines Levied by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Totaling $210,000 (12/19/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines today totaling $210,000 against two casinos for underage gaming violations.
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Erie casino fined; underage gambler said he was older woman (11/1/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The man, 20, said he was in gender transition. Presque Isle Downs & Casino ordered to pay a total of $47,500 for five cases of underage gambling.
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Five Fines Levied by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Totaling $115,500 (10/31/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines today totaling $115,500 against three casinos and one gaming equipment manufacturer for various...
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Pa. casino fined for allowing underage man, claiming he was transgender, to use woman’s ID (10/31/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- An Erie casino was fined $47,500 Wednesday for allowing underage patrons access to its gaming floor, including a 20-year-old man who used the ID of a...
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Do Pa. casino fines mean all’s not fine with this business? | Editorial (10/5/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- Last week, Philadelphia's SugarHouse Casino was fined $100,000 for using "illegitimate" card decks. This is just the latest in a steady...
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State fines SugarHouse $100K for dealing with short decks (10/3/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- Warning to casino patrons: Beware the flashing light on the dealer's automatic card shuffler. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday...
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Fines Casino $95,000 for Regulatory Violations (10/3/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines today totaling $95,000 against the operator of SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia for table games...
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Wynn Resorts
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What should Wynn Resorts pay Nevada to settle the company’s sexual misconduct case? (2/2/2019)
(Las Vegas) -- It’s ridiculous to think Wynn Resorts could escape paying a multi-million-dollar fine stemming from a 10-count complaint filed by Nevada gaming...
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Wynn Resorts to pay undisclosed fine to settle Nevada disciplinary action (1/28/2019)
(Nevada) -- Wynn Resorts has agreed to pay an undisclosed fine to settle disciplinary action filed by Nevada gaming regulators over the investigation of sexual...
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New Jersey Gaming
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Rush Street Gaming hit with New Jersey fine (1/25/2019)
(New Jersey) -- The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has reportedly ordered a subsidiary of Rush Street Gaming to pay a fine of $30,000 after determining that...
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Rush Street Interactive fined for underage gambling in New Jersey (1/24/2019)
(New Jersey) -- Rush Street Interactive (RSI) has become the first online gaming operator to be issued with a fine for allowing minors to access its igaming services in...
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N.J.-licensed online gambling site slapped with fine after glitch allows under-21 bets (1/23/2019)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey gambling regulators have levied their first fine for underage internet gambling, assessing the company behind the playsugarhouse.com website $...
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Rush Street Gets Fined By NJ Regulators For Illegal Underage Online Gambling (1/23/2019)
(New Jersey) -- The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement fined Rush Street Interactive NJ (RSI) for an underage online gambling incident. The complaint is dated...
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Golden Nugget and Caesars Entertainment face penalties over illegal sports wagering (1/3/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- The two casinos have been fined by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement for allegedly accepting bets on college sporting events.
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N.J. Sports Betting
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2 New Jersey casinos fined for taking wagers on college football games (12/27/2018)
(New Jersey) -- Two New Jersey casinos have been fined for taking illegal bets on college football games. Golden Nugget Atlantic City and Caesars Entertainment Corp....
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Atlantic City Gaming
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Caesars, Golden Nugget accepted illegal sports bets (12/24/2018)
(Atlantic City) -- Two casinos violated state gaming regulations by taking action on football games involving college teams from New Jersey. Golden Nugget Atlantic City...
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Hard Rock
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Hard Rock Receives Slap On the Wrist From NJ Gambling Regulator (12/20/2018)
(New Jersey) -- Hard Rock International has been reprimanded by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (NJDGE). The “slap on the wrist” was for non-...
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BLOG: New Jersey Regulators Slap Hard Rock Atlantic City With A $5,000 Fine (11/7/2018)
(New Jersey) -- The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) slapped Hard Rock Atlantic City with a $5,000 fine for failing to notify the agency of a key...
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Tough Call: Hard Rock Atlantic City Gets Hit With A Regulatory Fine (11/5/2018)
(Atlantic City) -- Hard Rock Atlantic City has received a fine from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. The agency fined the casino on Friday, Nov. 2, after...
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Hard Rock fined by Division of Gaming Enforcement (11/2/2018)
(Atlantic City) -- State gaming regulators have hit Hard Rock casino with a fine for failing to follow regulations and procedures. The New Jersey Division of Gaming...
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Kentucky Gaming
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Churchill Downs Historical Racing Gaming Parlor Fined for Machine Errors (12/13/2018)
(Kentucky) -- Churchill Downs opened its Derby City Gaming parlor in Louisville, Kentucky, in September, and each day since then the state has been fining the company $1...
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Churchill Downs
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As fines mount, Churchill Downs working to fix 'instant racing' games (12/12/2018)
(Kentucky) -- Churchill Downs is working to correct a flaw in all 900 gaming machines at its new $65 million Derby City facility in Louisville after state regulators...
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Mining & Drilling
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Judge nixes mining company challenge to ‘bad actor’ label (12/8/2018)
(Montana) -- A Montana judge has dismissed a lawsuit from an Idaho mining company that’s fighting to overturn its designation by Montana regulators as an industry...
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CG Technology
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Nevada issues US$2 million fine (11/23/2018)
(Nevada) -- Las Vegas sportsbook operator CG Technology has been fined yet again by the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) over serious compliance failures. The regulator...
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Nevada regulators approve deal with sportsbook operator (11/16/2018)
(Nevada) -- Nevada gambling regulators have approved a settlement with a troubled sportsbook operator that has admitted to taking unlawful bets and making inaccurate...
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Some gaming officials think CG Technology’s license should be revoked (9/1/2018)
(Las Vegas) -- The Nevada Gaming Commission last month did something it rarely does — reject a settlement agreement between the state Gaming Control Board and an...
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CSKT
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Tribal pharmacy to pay $95K settlement (11/19/2018)
(Montana) -- The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes’ pharmacy will pay more than $95,000 to settle alleged violations of federal drug laws. These issues were...
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Iowa Gaming
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Jefferson casino pays $10,000 for accounting error (11/19/2018)
(Iowa) -- The Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson will pay $10,000 for an accounting error. The administrator of the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission, Brian Ohorilko, says...
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Nevada Gaming
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Million-dollar con at Vegas casino gets 2 gamblers banned, listed in Nevada’s ‘black book’: report (11/17/2018)
(Nevada) -- Two names have been added to Nevada’s “black book,” meaning the two craps players are banned from entering casinos in the state after...
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2 added to Nevada’s ‘black book’ for scamming Bellagio in craps (11/15/2018)
(Nevada) -- Two men who were part of a group that scammed Bellagio of an estimated $1.2 million in craps games have been placed on Nevada’s list of excluded...
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CG Technology offers to pay a fine of $1.75 million to settle Nevada discipline action (11/11/2018)
(Nevada) -- Sportsbook operator CG Technology is offering to pay a $1.75 million fine to Nevada gaming regulators to settle a lingering disciplinary action, according to...
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SEC Settles Lawsuits Against Nevada Sports Betting Funds (9/12/2018)
(Nevada) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently settled two lawsuits against sports betting funds which the agency accused of violating the...
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Dakota Access Pipeline
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North Dakota regulators seek to fine TigerSwan up to $2M (11/16/2018)
(North Dakota) -- North Dakota regulators are seeking up to $2 million in fines from a North Carolina company that handled security for the developer of the heavily...
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BIA
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BIA imposes sanctions on tribes for audit problems (11/15/2018)
(Wyoming) -- The joint programs run by the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone will now be funded through advance monthly installments, a punishment imposed by the...
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Maine Gaming
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Man banned from Maine casino, threatened with theft charges after thinking he’d won money (11/4/2018)
(Maine) -- A central Maine man is now banned from a local casino after what he says was an honest mistake. CBS 13’s I-Team discovered you could be taking a gamble...
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State agrees to settle $500M fine against casino (9/1/2018)
(Maine) -- Maine is set to slash fines lodged against backers of a failed casino effort from half a million dollars to $100,000. The Maine ethics commission voted 4-0...
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Missouri Gaming
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Northeast Missouri casino may face $50,000 fine (11/3/2018)
(Missouri) -- The Missouri Gaming Commission has proposed a $50,000 fine for a northeast Missouri casino over allegations of cheating incidents involving employees and...
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Mark Twain Casino faces $50,000 fine for 'multiple cheating incidents' (10/31/2018)
(Missouri) -- The Missouri Gaming Commission is proposing that Mark Twain Casino be fined $50,000 for multiple cheating incidents between December 2016 and August 2017.
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Fort Peck
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Holen charged with animal cruelty for horse deaths in Roosevelt County (11/1/2018)
(Montana) -- Richard Dean Holen has been charged in connection with the deaths of more than a dozen horses in Roosevelt County. Holen is charged with one felony count of...
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eSports
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Pro ‘CS:GO’ Player ‘Forsaken’ Receives Five-Year Ban For Cheating (10/28/2018)
(India) -- The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) issued a five-year ban to professional “Counter-Strike: Global Offensive” player Nikhil “Forsaken...
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Sports Betting
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3 chair umpires banned for life for match-fixing, gambling (10/9/2018)
(UK) -- Three chair umpires from Thailand have been banned for life from tennis after being found guilty of match-fixing and betting offenses. The Tennis Integrity Unit...
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Public Smoking
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Macau casinos to face MOP$200,000 fines for illegal smoking rooms from 2019 (10/7/2018)
(Macau) -- Any Macau casinos found to be operating illegal or unapproved smoking rooms after 1 January 2019 face a fine of MOP$200,000 and forced closure of the room.
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Havasupai Tribe
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Progress, not perfection, for Havasupai horses (9/29/2018)
(Arizona) -- In the spring of 2016, eight pack horses were transferred from the Havasupai Indian Reservation to Coconino Humane Association for care. The horses were...
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Payday Loans
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Feds to return $505 million to consumers duped by Scott Tucker’s payday loan scheme (9/27/2018)
(Washington D.C.) -- Scores of consumers swindled by former race car driver Scott Tucker’s illegal payday loan businesses will receive refund checks worth a...
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Mohegan Sun
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Mohegan Sun Pocono hit with $50,000 fine (9/13/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- After penalizing a pair of casinos to the combined tune of $160,000 last month, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has now announced that it used...
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Other News
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Pennsylvania: Mount Airy Casino fined after patron drives drunk, kills jogger (2/8/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- A Pennsylvania casino has been fined more than $250,000 after a customer was served eight drinks in less than two hours and killed a jogger while...
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Montreal Casino to Pay Out Over $100,000 For Overcharging on Drinks (2/2/2019)
(Quebec) -- The Montreal Casino and the government-run corporation that owns it will have to pay out $102,500 in compensation for overcharging on alcohol drinks,...
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A McDonald’s and a Coast casino restaurant cited for critical health violations (12/21/2018)
(Mississippi) -- Two fast-food restaurants on the Mississippi Coast have recently been cited for critical violations in state health department inspections.
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Woman who left child alone in Rivers Casino parking garage now banned for life (12/17/2018)
(Pennsylvania) -- A woman has been banned from the Rivers Casino for life after allegedly leaving her 10-year-old child in a parked car in the casino garage while she...
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Russia fines Google for allowing prohibited sites in search results (12/11/2018)
(Russia) -- Russia’s telecom watchdog has made good on its threat to issue a financial penalty to Google for refusing to scrub forbidden material – including...
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Gambling Commission crackdown results in big fines (11/30/2018)
(UK) -- In the United Kingdom, three licensed online casino operators have reportedly been fined by the Gambling Commission regulator to the combined tune of almost...
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UKGC Turns Screws on Errant Licensees With £14 Million in New Fines (11/29/2018)
(UK) -- The UK Gambling Commission continues to pile regulatory pressure — and seven-figure fines — on wayward online gaming companies. On Thursday, the...
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Sweden fines Casino Cosmopol for anti-money laundering failings (11/27/2018)
(Sweden) -- The land-based casino operations of Sweden’s state-owned Svenska Spel betting monopoly have been fined for violating anti-money laundering laws.
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Banned Ute doesn’t speak for full tribe, officials say (11/1/2018)
(Colorado) -- The ban of Ute elder Kenny Frost from the Yampah Vapor Caves has angered some, but members of his tribe have cautioned that he does not speak for the...
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Ute leader alleges wrongdoing in Glenwood Springs’ Yampah cave ban (10/30/2018)
(Colorado) -- A Ute tribal member who has been a fixture of the Yampah Vapor Caves in Glenwood Springs is no longer welcome at the site after a dispute over a September...
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Swedish media website fined for linking to int’l gambling sites (10/12/2018)
(Sweden) -- A Swedish media outlet has been fined for hyperlinking to an online gambling website that lacks a Swedish gaming license. On Friday, Sweden’s...
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Czech Finance Ministry Struggles to Collect Fines from Erring Gambling Operators (10/11/2018)
(Czech Republic) -- The Czech Ministry of Finance managed to collect only a fraction of the fines it has imposed on illegal online gambling operations since the...
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Casino visited the home of a problem gambler only for him to lose £1m in 24-hours a year later (10/11/2018)
(UK) -- A casino manager visited the home of a problem gambler as part of efforts to keep him in touch with the casino, before he went on to lose £1 million in a...
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UK Gambling Commission imposes penalty package on Rank Group (10/11/2018)
(UK) -- The online operator will have to pay £500,000 (USD 658,789) For failing to follow THE United Kindom's regulatory body rules which protect problem...
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$1.5 Million In Crypto Seized By Police In Online Football Gambling (7/16/2018)
(Internet) -- The ongoing 2018 FIFA World Cup has definitely caused a spike in online gambling. The Chinese local police have been carrying out a crackdown on World Cup...
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Rivers Casino contests underage gambling finding (7/13/2018)
(New York) -- Rivers Casino & Resort is contesting a state Gaming Commission finding that underage persons were able to access the casino's gaming floor over the...
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Northern Nevada casino Boomtown may have to pay $40,000 fine (7/13/2018)
(Nevada) -- The operator of a Northern Nevada casino has settled a state Gaming Control Board complaint that it illegally operated an unlicensed interactive gaming...
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Schenectady casino contesting fines for underage gambling (7/12/2018)
(New York) -- The state Gaming Commission has fined Rivers Casino & Resort for allegedly violating laws prohibiting minors in the casino and in at least one instance...
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32Red hit with $2.6M fine for failing to protect problem gambler (6/20/2018)
(UK) -- The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) slapped British online casino operator 32Red with a £2 million fine for failing to protect a problem gambler.
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Northern Nevada casino Boomtown may have to pay $40,000 fine (6/15/2018)
(Nevada) -- The operator of a Northern Nevada casino has settled a state Gaming Control Board complaint that it illegally operated an unlicensed interactive gaming...
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