PGCB issues cumulative fines of $180K against operators

• The PGCB has issued a total of four fines against various licensed operators for specific failures of their licenses
• These penalties targeted companies for poor KYCs, insufficient vetting processes in employing people, and more
• Revenue in the state has surged in April, with a detailed breakdown of the results presented by the regulator

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has issued a new litany of fines against state-registered and licensed gaming operators, with the watchdog meting out fines to the tune of $180,000.

PGCB levies fines against four operators across Pennsylvania

The PGCB has handed down fines over various offenses, with several specifically concerning underage gambling.

Two fines for a total of $80,000 were handed to Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, including a $40,000 penalty for allowing underage gamblers to access the gaming floors and engage with the products available on-site.

An extra $40,000 was meted out as a penalty for employing five unlicensed people who had access to iGaming account holders’ personal identifying information obtained through the company’s BetParx platform.

Apart from fining Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, the company behind Parx Casino, the PGCB also placed eight individuals on its Involuntary Exclusion Lists.

The Board did not offer further information on what has triggered the placement of those individuals on these registries, but the most likely reason usually has to do with the abandonment of minors outside casino premises while the adults enter to play.

Besides this, Wind Creek Bethlehem, LLC was fined $50,000 over failures to properly set Know Your Customer guidelines that led to fraudulent withdrawals from iGaming accounts of more than $92,000.

The PGCB also took issue with Fantasy Contest Operator YFS Sub LLC, fining the Yahoo Fantasy Sports subsidiary $50,000 as the latter failed to notify and gain proper approval for a change of control of its license.

Pennsylvania’s iGaming and retail gambling sectors continue to perform strongly in April 2026

The fines come amid improving revenue results in April, with overall gaming revenue increasing by 6.5% year-over-year. The biggest winners were the Hollywood Casino at the Meadows, whose revenue rose 27.95% to $34,744,726, and the Hollywood Casino York, which saw revenue jump 30.60% to $13,367,774.

The property to record the biggest gain from April 2025 was Bally’s Pennsylvania, which saw a 75.14% increase in revenue, with its gaming revenue hitting $5,181,148.

Sports wagering revenue for the month was the highest, up 38% from April 2025 to $58,953,160.

Retail slots revenue inched up by 1.76% compared to last year, to $206,672,817, and iGaming slots revenue continued to drive steady growth with 15.17%, for a total of $195,188.954.

Contractions in revenue were experienced across the iGaming tables revenue (-14.08%) and retail tables revenue (-2.36%).

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