 Newsletter Signup
Stay informed with the
NEW Casino City Times newsletter! Related Links
|
Gaming News
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approves fines totaling $30,00019 August 2011HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today levied fines totaling $30,000 for a regulatory violation by a casino operator and for an individual's illegal campaign contribution. The casino fine was the result of a consent agreement between the PGCB's Office of Enforcement Counsel and Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc., operator of Parx Casino and Racetrack in Bucks County. Greenwood Gaming was fined $15,000 for permitting two different individuals on the PGCB's Self-Exclusion List to enter and gamble in the Parx Casino on numerous occasions during 2009 and 2010. The Self-Exclusion Program assists problem gamblers who choose to ban themselves from gambling at Pennsylvania casinos. Once a person is placed on the Self-Exclusion List, gaming facilities in the Commonwealth must refuse wagers from and deny any gaming privileges to a self-excluded person. A second consent agreement was also approved that levied a $15,000 fine against Tommy Rosenfeld of New York for violating the prohibition on campaign contributions toward an election for public office in Pennsylvania. Mr. Rosenfeld, the owner of CanAm Pennsylvania Regional Center LLC located in New York City, made a $15,000 contribution in October 2010 after submitting an application for a gaming principle license 6 months earlier. The contribution was later returned to Mr. Rosenfeld. Upon becoming an applicant, a person is prohibited from contributing any money or in-kind contribution to a candidate, any political party, or any group organized to support a candidate for public office in the Commonwealth. The next meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is scheduled for Wednesday, September 14, 2011 in Hearing Room 1 of the PUC-Keystone Building in Harrisburg. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. and the public is invited. |