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Pennsylvania Gaming Board Penalizes Parx Casino for Violation

The Gaming Control Board of the state of Pennsylvania has been showing a consistent hand when it comes to disciplining casino facilities for their regulation violations.

The Pennsylvania Board struck again on April 29th, 2010 by fining the owners of the Parx Casino $10,000 for permitting an individual on the self-exclusion list to regain a player club card. The casino facility released the players' card to the gamer, and then permitted him to play slot machines at the gaming floor without the facility identifying him.

The Gaming Board announced Parx Casino's sanction at a public discussion on Thursday, the owners of the casino facility, Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment Incorporated, agreed to the $10,000 fine and also agreed to conduct training to their employees to ensure that this type of violation will not happen again.

Pennsylvania officials have been active in improving their gaming industry in the past few years. The Pennsylvania Board has been responsible for making sure that all rules and regulations are followed by the casinos and has come down hard on newer gaming facilities over the past six months.

Pennsylvania legislators approved casino table games for state casinos earlier this year, meaning that additional rules will have to be put in place by the time that blackjack and other casino table games begin this summer. State officials have already begun the process of creating these new regulations.

New Jersey has held the title of gambling capital of the East Coast, with the casino industry in Atlantic City seemed untroubled. However, in December 2009, Pennsylvania casino facilities had bigger slot machine revenue compared with New Jersey casinos for the first time ever.

With the addition of casino table games, gaming analysts believe that Pennsylvania will make a considerable push to overtake New Jersey's top spot in the gaming industry.

 

Sunday, May 30 , 2010
Victor Copeland