Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has fined Pilot Travel Centers $45,000 for underage gaming at one of their video gambling terminals locations (VGTs) in the state.
A truck stop located in Smithton, Pennsylvania was flagged for underage gambling. Pilot Travel Centers also received a warning for having no Board-credentialed employees on duty.
Negotiations between PGCB’s Office of Enforcement Counsel (OEC) and Pilot Travel Centers resulted in a financial penalty of $45,000.
Four Pennsylvania adults are banned from leaving their children alone
Four adults were placed on Pennsylvania’s Involuntary exclusion list for gambling with children while unattended.
The female gambler left the three children, aged 10, 14, and 15, in an unattended vehicle running in the Hollywood Casino parking lot at Penn National Race Course. While the children were left unattended, the individual gambled for 2 hours and 22 minutes.
A female customer left two minors alone in separate casinos. The 10-year-old child was left unattended in the vehicle for 22 minutes near Rivers Casino Philadelphia’s car park. The child was found to have left the vehicle after it was hit by another car and then entered the casino.
The second time, two children between the ages of 11 and 12 years old were locked in a car in the Live! Philadelphia Casino. Philadelphia Casino.
A child found in a casino parking lot
At the Live! Casino, a male player received a ban for abandoning two children aged three and seven in an active vehicle. Philadelphia Casino. The 7-year-old was discovered wandering the garage while the younger child was left alone in the car. The adult was gambling at the sportsbook on site for 24 minutes, while both children were in the car.
Another male player at Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino was also banned after he left a 5-year-old child unattended inside a car. A child aged five was left in an un-running car for nearly 30 minutes at a temperature of 22 degrees.
The PGCB stated that the Board’s actions are a reminder to adults not to leave minors alone in a parking garage or lot, hotel or any other venue at a Casino, as it could create a dangerous and unsafe environment for children.
The adult who leaves a minor unsupervised in a Pennsylvania Casino is also subject to criminal prosecution and exclusion from Pennsylvania’s casinos.
