PGCB has banned 11 individuals, blocking their access to gambling facilities

• PGCB has issued bans against 11 individuals from entering gambling properties or accessing them online
• The violations ranged from leaving children unattended to trying to use counterfeit banknotes
• The PGCB continues to raise awareness about not leaving children in casino facilities

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has issued bans against 11 individuals, placing them on the state’s Involuntary Exclusion Lists. These lists are created to restrict access to licensed brick-and-mortar gaming facilities in the commonwealth, citing various offenses, but similarly restrict online access to licensed iGaming platforms, as well as Video Gaming Terminals.

PGCB has issued action against 11 individuals

In a statement published on the PGCB’s official website, the regulator detailed why the people in question were added to the state’s Involuntary Exclusion Lists, citing specific offenses, including a female patron who left a one-year-old in a vehicle in the parking lot of Parx Casino.

The infant spent 2 hours and 41 minutes in the vehicle, with outside temperatures reaching 80 degrees at the time, while the woman was gambling inside the casino.

In another instance, a male patron left a 10-year-old in a vehicle for 18 minutes while he gambled at the casino sportsbook at the Hollywood Casino York. The Board cited the incidents as a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended at casino properties, including the parking lots.

Another male was placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List after he tried to use 28 counterfeit $50 bills at a game table. Five other people were placed on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion List, with 3 others placed on both the list and the Involuntary Interactive Gaming Exclusion List for actions that the regulator did not specify in detail.

Overall, the Involuntary Exclusion Lists currently have 1,499 people on them. These people are prohibited from accessing various or all parts of the gambling experience in Pennsylvania, and the onus is on licensed properties to ensure that such individuals do not enter their facilities.

The PGCB has also used the recent enforcement action to raise the Don’t Gamble with Kids campaign, intended to help more casino-goers be mindful of the fact that they cannot leave children unattended at gambling facilities in the commonwealth, and especially in the hot weather in the parking lot.

In June, the PGCB met and issued a similar enforcement action resulting in the addition of 18 individuals to the state’s Involuntary Exclusion Lists.

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