Penalties & FinesNew Jersey Gaming
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New Jersey fines DraftKings for self-exclusion, ‘cooling off’ failures (6/19/2019)
(New Jersey) -- Daily fantasy sports cum sports betting / online casino operator DraftKings has been fined by New Jersey regulators for violating rules on protecting...
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NJ seizes thousands in winnings from underage, prohibited gamblers (3/30/2019)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey regulators have seized more than $107,000 won by underage or otherwise prohibited gamblers at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa. As part of the...
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NJ Might Increase Casino Fines For Allowing Betting On Off-Limits College Events (3/11/2019)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey’s sports betting laws clearly ban wagering on college sporting events involving in-state universities, or on such events taking place in...
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2014 Case Of Illegal Online Gambling Outside NJ Ends With $90K Forfeiture (3/7/2019)
(New Jersey) -- The largest reported forfeiture case in NJ online casino history is finally settled, five years later. Vinh Dao, a California man, agreed to forfeit more...
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Iowa Gaming
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Casinos in Larchwood and Osceola pay fines for gambling violations (6/15/2019)
(Iowa) -- The Grand Falls and Lakeside casinos each agreed to fines for gambling violations Thursday at the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission meeting. Commission...
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Grand Falls casino pays fine for underage gambler (4/19/2019)
(Iowa) -- The Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood in northwest Iowa agreed to pay a fine of $20,000 Thursday for a underage gambling violation. Iowa Racing and Gaming...
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Grand Falls casino pays fine for underage gambler (4/19/2019)
(Iowa) -- The Grand Falls Casino in Larchwood in northwest Iowa agreed to pay a fine of $20,000 Thursday for a underage gambling violation.
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Peoria Tribe
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Peoria Tribe issues $2 million fine against casino managers (6/15/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- The Peoria Tribe is seeking more than $2 million from the former managers of its casino in Oklahoma after being hit with a federal enforcement action. On...
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Indiana Gaming
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Hoosier Park fined over access to slots (6/1/2019)
(Indiana) -- Harrah's Hoosier Park has been fined $10,000 by the state after acknowledging one of its slot machines was opened by an access card that had dozens of...
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Wynn Boston Harbor
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Wynn Has Paid $35 Million Fine, Won't Appeal Finding Against CEO (5/28/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts announced Tuesday that it has paid a $35 million fine levied by state gambling regulators, clearing the way for the company's casino...
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Wynn Resorts pays $35.5M fine imposed by Massachusetts Gaming Commission (5/28/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts on Tuesday paid the $35 million fine imposed on it by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and the $500,000 fine imposed on CEO Matt...
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Wynn Resorts won’t appeal Gaming Commission’s $35m fine (5/28/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts said Tuesday that it will not appeal the decision of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to fine the gambling giant $35 million, while...
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Wynn Resorts, CEO Matt Maddox won’t appeal Mass. fines and conditions (5/28/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- With the opening of the $2.6 billion Encore Boston Harbor resort casino less than five weeks away, Wynn Resorts said it won’t appeal the fines...
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State gambling regulators put out bid for Wynn monitor (5/27/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is seeking bids for an independent monitor to keep tabs on Wynn Resorts Ltd. as the company operates its $2.6...
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For Everett casino, $35m fine will be easy to absorb (5/1/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- When you spend $2.6 billion on a resort casino, what’s an extra $35 million? That’s the fine Massachusetts regulators hit Wynn Resorts...
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Wynn Resorts will have 30 days to pay $35M fine to Mass. Gaming Commission (5/1/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts and CEO Matthew Maddox will have 30 days to collectively pay $35.5 million in fines unless the company requests a judicial review,...
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Read the Mass. Gaming Commission’s report on the Wynn Resorts license for Everett (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission ruled Tuesday that Wynn Resorts can retain a state license to open its resort casino in Everett.
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Wynn Can Build Casino Despite Botching Investigation of CEO (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts can open its new casino in Massachusetts, despite sexual misconduct allegations against its former CEO, but must pay a $35 million fine,...
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Wynn Resorts fined $35M, but keeps its casino license (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Despite “significant” and “repetitive” failures related to sexual misconduct allegations against founder Steve Wynn and the...
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Wynn Resorts fined $35M, can keep license and open in June (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Wynn Resorts has been hit with a record $35 million fine but will keep its license, clearing the way for Wynn’s $2.6 billion Encore Boston...
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Wynn Resorts must pay $35M to keep Everett casino license (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Following a yearlong investigation, Massachusetts gambling regulators announced Tuesday that they have found Wynn Resorts Ltd. is suitable to hold a...
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Wynn Resorts retains license for Everett casino, panel decides (4/30/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission ruled Tuesday that Wynn Resorts can retain its state license to open a resort casino in Everett, while imposing a...
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Russia Gaming
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Russia: FAS Finds Google Guilty of Casino Advertising (5/27/2019)
(Russia) -- Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia has found Google guilty of advertising gambling companies in AdWords. Currently, gambling advertisement,...
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MGM Springfield
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Massachusetts regulator levies $100,000 fine against MGM Springfield (5/24/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has announced that it has levied a $100,000 fine against MGM Resorts International for ‘multiple underage...
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MGM Springfield fined for underage violations, casino's design blamed (5/24/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- MGM Springfield was fined $100,000 by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for multiple incidents involving underage people on the casino floor, either...
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MGM Springfield fined $100G for multiple underage violations (5/23/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- MGM Springfield was slapped with a $100,000 fine by state gambling regulators Thursday for “repeated noncompliance” in keeping underage...
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MGM Springfield Fined $100K For 'Multiple Underage Violations' (5/23/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- Massachusetts regulators have fined MGM Springfield $100,000 for falling short in its efforts to keep people under 21 from gambling or drinking...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission Issues $100,000 Fine to MGM Springfield (5/23/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has issued a $100,000 fine to MGM Springfield for repeated noncompliance with provisions designed to protect and...
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Wire Act
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Money laundering penalties made tougher in Ohio sports betting bill (5/23/2019)
(Ohio) -- A bill that would legalize sports betting in Ohio was heavily changed Thursday to prevent people from using laundered money in the games. House Bill 194 also...
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St. Croix Chippewa
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St. Croix Chippewa tribe is facing $5.5 million for pocketing and misappropriating $1.5 million (5/13/2019)
(Wisconsin) -- The impoverished St. Croix Chippewa tribe is being fined $5.5 million because some of its leaders pocketed or misappropriated more than $1.5 million in...
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St. Croix Tribe Hit With $5.5M Fine For Misuse Of Gaming Revenues (5/13/2019)
(Wisconsin) -- The National Indian Gaming Commission, NIGC, has issued a $5.5 million fine to the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin. The commission alleges tribal...
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Western Wisconsin tribe could face $5.5M fines over casino embezzling accusations (5/13/2019)
(Wisconsin) -- The National Indian Gaming Commission has proposed fining the St. Croix Chippewa $5.5 million over accusations that the Wisconsin tribe’s leaders...
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Rhode Island Gaming
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Twin River agrees to pay $784K to workers in labor lawsuit (5/10/2019)
(Rhode Island) -- The company that owns Twin River Casino Hotel has agreed to pay 72 table game supervisors a total of $784,000 in back overtime wages. U.S. District...
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Hard Rock
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Hard Rock Atlantic City Online Gaming Partner Fined $25K Over Illegal $29 Wager (5/9/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- The online gaming provider to Hard Rock Atlantic City mistakenly allowed a bettor located outside New Jersey to make a $29 wager. The incident led to...
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Nevada man who won $29 illegally gambling online in New Jersey cost company $25K (5/9/2019)
(New Jersey) -- A Nevada man who gambled illegally on a New Jersey online gaming website, and won $29, has cost the company that operates the site thousands of dollars...
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The costliest $29 they’ll ever win: NJ levies $25K fine (5/9/2019)
(New Jersey) -- A gambler from Nevada lost $29 on a New Jersey internet gambling site, but the transactions cost a technology company $25,000. New Jersey regulators...
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Wynn Resorts
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Casino panel Expects record $35M Wynn fine serves as deterrent (5/3/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The list $35.5 million in fines Massachusetts enforced on Wynn Resorts and its own CEO signify the many offenses uncovered but are also supposed to...
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Casino panel hopes record $35M Wynn fine serves as deterrent (5/1/2019)
(Massachusetts) -- The record $35.5 million in fines Massachusetts imposed on Wynn Resorts and its CEO reflect the many violations uncovered but are also meant to serve...
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Pennsylvania Gaming
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Sands Casino fined $242,500 for two violations (4/28/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Sands Casino has been fined for two different violations by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. According to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board...
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Fine Pending for Pennsylvania Casino Operators in the Amount of $242k Levied by PGCB (4/27/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Don’t discount the power of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB). They have just levied a fine on two local casino operators in the...
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Sands Bethlehem’s Underage Gambling Fines Now Eclipse $500,000 (4/22/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Sands Casino Resort in Bethlehem took a hit to its bank account last week thanks to $230,000 in fines. The Pennsylvania Gaming and Control Board’...
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Meadows Casino operator fined $12,500 for underage gaming (4/19/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Washington Trotting Association LLC, operator of the Meadows Racetrack & Casino in North Strabane Township, has been fined $12,500 for an underage...
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Sands Casino, Meadows track face underage gambling fines (4/18/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Pennsylvania state Gaming Control Board has announced a fine levied against the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, citing underage gambling and...
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Pennsylvania Bill Would Bolster Underage Gambling Penalties (3/11/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- A bill introduced on March 1 into the Pennsylvania Legislature calls for increasing the severity of penalties for underage gambling at the state’...
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PokerStars
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PokerStars fined $10K for taking illegal sports bets (4/22/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- State gaming regulators levied a five-figure fine against PokerStars for accepting more than 200 bets on prohibited sporting events. The online...
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State hits PokerStars with largest ever sports betting fine (4/22/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- State gaming regulators levied the largest sports-betting related fine to date against PokerStars for accepting more than 200 bets on prohibited...
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Sands Corp.
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Sands Casino Resort operator facing $230k in fines (4/17/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- The operator of the Sands Casino Resort in Northampton County is facing $230,000 in fines. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved fines of $120...
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Atlantic City Gaming
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$107K Seized From Underage, Banned Gamblers At AC Casino: Report (3/28/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- New Jersey regulators seized more than $107,000 in winnings from underage and otherwise prohibited gamblers at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in...
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$107K Seized From Underage, Banned Gamblers At AC Casino: Report (3/28/2019)
(Atlantic City) -- New Jersey regulators seized more than $107,000 in winnings from underage and otherwise prohibited gamblers at Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in...
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N.J. Sports Betting
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New Jersey Gaming Regulators Seize $107K From Prohibited Players at Borgata, Issue Numerous Fines (3/28/2019)
(New Jersey) -- New Jersey gaming regulators have confiscated more than $107,000 in casino winnings that were won by prohibited players at the Borgata in Atlantic City.
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Other News
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UK Gambling Operator Gamesys Limited Penalised by the UK Gambling Commission (6/18/2019)
(UK) -- In its home country, Gamesys Limited has been penalized by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission for breaching the commission’s rules on social...
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Gambling Commission institutes fine against Platinum Gaming Limited (6/14/2019)
(UK) -- In the United Kingdom and iGaming operator Platinum Gaming Limited has been ordered to pay a fine approaching £1.62 million ($2.04 million) after it was...
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Peoria Tribe issues $2 million fine against casino managers (6/13/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- The Peoria Tribe is seeking more than $2 million from the former managers of its casino in Oklahoma after being hit with a federal enforcement action. On...
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Peoria Tribe seeks penalties from former management company officers (6/13/2019)
(Oklahoma) -- The Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma today said it is taking steps to recover monies wrongfully taken by its former casino management company and...
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Rivers Casino fined $90,000 for underage gambling, drinking (5/16/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Rivers Casino was fined $90,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday for seven instances in which individuals younger than 21 gained...
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Rivers Casino fined $90,000 for underage gambling, drinking (5/15/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- The Rivers Casino was fined $90,000 by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Wednesday for seven instances in which individuals younger than 21 gained...
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Rivers Casino fined for multiple underage gambling violations (5/15/2019)
(Pennsylvania) -- Pittsburgh's River Casino has been fined $90,000 for multiple underage gambling violations, according to the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.
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Philly casino fined US$17.5Gs for serving 17 drinks to gambler (5/15/2019)
(Philadelphia) -- A casino in Philadelphia that served a gambler 17 free drinks over an eight-hour period has been fined US$17,500. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports...
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SugarHouse Casino fined for serving 17 drinks to a patron, until he couldn’t hold his head up (5/15/2019)
(Philadelphia) -- State regulators on Wednesday imposed a fine of $17,500 on SugarHouse Casino in Fishtown for serving a gambler 17 complimentary alcoholic beverages...
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Gambling Commission hits online casinos with £4.5m penalty (5/15/2019)
(UK) -- The Gambling Commission has slapped fines of up to £4.5m ($5.8m) on four online casino companies, as part of the government agency’s investigation...
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Alberta booted from gold medal game at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (5/13/2019)
(Alberta) -- They made the finals at the National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Whitehorse — but instead of hitting the ice on Sunday for the gold medal game...
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Casino.com Fined €450,000 by Netherlands Regulator (4/11/2019)
(Netherlands) -- The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling regulator, levied a €450,000 ($507,000) fine on Onisac Limited, the parent company of Casino...
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Pointsbet fined $20,000 for offering inducements to gamble (4/10/2019)
(UK) -- Betting operator PointsBet has been convicted and fined $20,000 for posting an illegal gambling advertisement in New South Wales. The penalty was handed down in...
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Democratic Box Elder rep ID’ed as target of harassment complaint (2/25/2019)
(Montana) -- State Rep. Jonathan Windy Boy, D-Box Elder, has been identified as the legislator who was the subject of a harassment complaint last year – a...
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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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