Pennsylvania Gaming Board Warns Parx Casino On Abandoned Children

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In many states, laws are being put in place to ensure that deadbeat parents do not have the opportunity to win jackpots inside casinos. In Pennsylvania, casinos are dealing with a worse form of child abuse, children being left in cars while the parents are inside gambling.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is taking the situation seriously. They have now warned Parx Casino in Bucks County that they must do a better job of policing the heinous action. The casino has had five incidents this summer alone.

The Gaming Board recommended that the casino post signs and send out mailing alerting gamblers that this type of action will not be tolerated. The casino claims that in all of the instances this summer, the parents have been permanently banned from the casino.

The police in the township were also the subject of recommendations from the Board. Citing the over $10 million that is given to the township in revenue from the casino, the Board suggested that the police that are working the parking lots at Parx be more attentive to the problem. Bensalem's public safety director claims that the officers are well trained, but are not there to police parenting.

Pennsylvania casino gambling is becoming one of the strongest in the industry across the US. In recent months, Pennsylvania casinos have added table games, and slot revenue has jumped in the past six months. The state's casinos are now taking aim at Atlantic City.

AC casinos have experienced double digit losses for many months in a row and the city and the state are at odds as to how to revive the gaming industry. One idea being floated is to add sports books to the casinos.

The issue of leaving kids in cars while the parent gambles is becoming more prevalent as gambling expansion sweeps across the US. Parents, in most of the cases, have been arrested, and some of the children being left in the automobiles have been as young as toddlers.

August 20, 2010
Posted By Terry Goodwin
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com
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