Posted on: October 25, 2024, 09:13h. 

Last updated on: October 25, 2024, 09:13h.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has fined the operator of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia (Stadium Casino RE LLC) $50,000 for allowing four people who were on the board’s self-exclusion list to gamble in the casino.

According to state regulations, a casino must identity patrons who have self-excluded and refuse gaming-related privileges as well as other gaming privileges like cashing checks and cash advances.

Self-Excluded Player Gambled for 21 Hours

According to a copy of the settlement between the board and the operator, in one instance, in December 2021, a guest representative at Live! Rewards Desk did check the individual’s identification when they asked for a Player’s Card and they did check the ID against the Live! Casino player database but the system did not flag that patron as being on the self-inclusion list (because the individual’s middle initial appearing on her ID was not listed in the database). That person then played ten slot machines.

Another individual, before being identified as self-excluded on December 20, 2021, actively gamed for 55 minutes and bought in for a total of $36,900, playing blackjack. Another person was on the Live! Casino gaming floor for over 21 hours in November 2022, bought in for $9,600, playing roulette, completed three cash outs at the Main Cage for a total of $4,700.

Chargebacks to Credit Cards

The board also announced they’ve placed five people on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List, after transactions they were involved in were found to be fraudulent.

The categories of infractions:  An individual uses another person’s names and ID to open an igaming account and uses fraud to have funds placed in their igaming account as well as manages to withdraw funds from that account without engaging in gaming activity.

In this case, two individuals together created 20 separate online accounts, which contravenes the operator’s terms and conditions (a single account for every individual).

An individual also created 16 separate online accounts using the personal identification and credit cards of other individuals and withdrew $11,250 into his own personal bank account.

Players Banned for Allowing Minors to be Unattended

One individual illegally requested and received chargebacks to a credit card totaling $11,125, and another individual illegally requested and received chargeback to a credit card totaling $21,600.

There are 47 people currently on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List in Pennsylvania.

The board also banned two individuals from all casinos in the state for leaving children unaccompanied at the casino when they went off and gambled. One female patron left an 11-year-old unattended in a car in the parking garage of Live! Casino and Hotel Philadelphia for 40 minutes with the outside temperature 80 degrees.

Adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended in a parking lot or garage, a hotel or other venues at a casino.