Penalties & FinesUK Gambling
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Fluffy animals gambling ad was irresponsible, says watchdog (10/29/2020)
(UK) -- A gambling advert which featured fluffy animals has been banned after being branded "irresponsible" by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). The...
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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...
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Pennsylvania Gaming
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Pennsylvania fines two casinos over giving away too much complimentary slot play (10/28/2020)
(Pennsylvania) -- State gaming regulators on Wednesday levied $140,000 in fines against Mount Airy Casino Resort and Rivers Casino Philadelphia for violations related to...
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Google Ireland fined €100,000 for serving up gambling ads in Italy (10/23/2020)
(Ireland) -- Google Ireland has been fined €100,000 by Italy’s communications regulator Agcom for violating rules around gambling advertisements. Agcom...
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Nevada Gaming
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SSM Gaming handed $5,000 fine (10/23/2020)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Gaming Commission has handed a $5,000 fine to Las Vegas slot-route operator SSM Gaming LLC. In one of the smallest regulatory fines in recent...
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Gaming Commission chairman considered higher fine for Boyd (9/25/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- Nevada Gaming Commission Chairman John Moran Jr. said he thought about fining Boyd Gaming Corp. a higher amount than the $300,000 commissioners...
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Casinos to be fined $435K for violating policies, COVID health regulations (9/24/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday is expected to issue $435,000 in fines against six casino companies for violating policies and regulations.
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Reno's Grand Sierra Resort, Sahara Las Vegas to pay $75,000 fine for COVID-19 violations (9/24/2020)
(Reno) -- Grand Sierra Resort and Sahara will pay a $75,000 fine for COVID-19 violations, according to documents filed with Nevada gaming regulators. The Reno and Las...
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Nevada Gaming Control Board files complaint against downtown Las Vegas casino for botched theft investigation (9/23/2020)
(Nevada) -- The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a four-count complaint against a downtown Las Vegas casino for allegedly keeping a woman in custody for theft, despite...
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Nevada gaming authorities file new coronavirus-related complaints (9/4/2020)
(Nevada) -- Seven formal complaints have been filed by the Nevada Gaming Control Board against gaming license holders related to coronavirus regulations since the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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-...
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DraftKings
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DraftKings hit by Iowa’s gambling regulator for not paying attention (10/22/2020)
(Iowa) -- Christine Thurmond joined DraftKings this past February as its Director of Responsible Gaming, but the large sports gambling operator might wish she had been...
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Iowa Gaming
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Sports betting company, two casinos fined by state gambling regulators (10/19/2020)
(Iowa) -- An online sports gambling company and two casinos have been fined by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission for violations. Racing and Gaming Commission...
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Casinos in Waterloo, Clinton fined for violations (8/28/2020)
(Iowa) -- Two Iowa casinos were fined for gambling violations Thursday by the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Racing and Gaming Administrator, Brian Ohorilko, says...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Las Vegas Gaming
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Vegas casinos on notice after Boyd levied $300,000 fine (9/27/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- The Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) is sending a message – a loud and expensive one – to casinos in Las Vegas and elsewhere across the state....
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Downtown Las Vegas’ Fremont resort facing undisclosed fine for customer incident (9/22/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- The Fremont resort in downtown Las Vegas is facing an undisclosed fine for wrongly detaining and accusing a customer of theft, according to a four-count...
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Casinos await punishment for coronavirus health, safety violations (8/15/2020)
(Las Vegas) -- The state Gaming Control Board and the Nevada Gaming Commission are in uncharted territory as they prepare to punish casino licensees that have failed to...
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Bitcoin & Cryptocurrency
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Unikrn Continues Despite SEC Settlement For ‘Substantially All Its Assets’ (9/17/2020)
(Washington D.C.) -- Esports betting platform Unikrn will continue to operate despite a $6.1 million settlement imposed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC...
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IHS
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Ex-IHS doctor from Billings admits taking kickbacks from prescription drug sales (9/10/2020)
(Montana) -- A former Indian Health Services doctor who worked on the Crow and Blackfeet reservations admitted prescribing medication in exchange for more than $45,000...
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Wynn Boston Harbor
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What if Encore Boston Harbor guests who violate COVID-19 restrictions don’t pay their fines? Wynn Resorts says it’ll sue after massive party (9/4/2020)
(Massachusetts) -- Encore Boston Harbor is putting pressure on guests who were fined cleaning fees after violating the state’s restrictions on large gatherings,...
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Massachusetts Gaming
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Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chastises Encore Boston Harbor for Initial Response to Oversize Hotel Party (8/29/2020)
(Massachusetts) -- Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) officials have scolded Encore Boston Harbor after an oversize party took place in a hotel suite earlier this...
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Australia Gaming
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Australia casino fined $64,000 after 12-year-old is caught gambling on camera (8/15/2020)
(Australia) -- An Australian casino in Sydney was hit with a $64,000 fine after a 12-year-old girl and two other minors were caught gambling inside the gaming hall,...
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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...
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Payday Loans
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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...
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FinCEN
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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...
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
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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...
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Sports Betting
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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....
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Card Clubs
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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...
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Churchill Downs
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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...
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Navajo Nation
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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...
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Caesars
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Hard Rock
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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...
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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...
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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...
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New Jersey Gaming
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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...
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British Columbia Gaming
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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...
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Malta Gaming
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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...
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Penn National
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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...
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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...
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Other News
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BLOG: Betfred Heads to the High Court Over £1.7 Million Jackpot Non-Payment (10/8/2020)
(UK) -- British gambling giant Betfred is heading to the High Court later this month over the non-payment of a jackpot weighing in at more than £1.7 million.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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