Three Gambling Casinos Penalized by Illinois Gaming Board

Illinois State gambling regulators fined three Illinois gambling casinos a total of $425,000 on a variety of minor infractions. The Illinois Gaming Board unanimously levied the stiffest penalty, $200,000 on the Hollywood Casino in Aurora after officials said operators did not keep consistent records of more than fourty people who asked to be "self-excluded," or barred, from casinos. The Illinois Gaming Board administers a self-exclusion program for problem gamblers, and casinos are obligated to help enforce it.

The Empress Casino in Joliet, meanwhile, was fined $150,000. Gaming Board attorney Michael Fries said operators failed to screen a vendor for criminal history.

Fries said two employees at a third casino, the Alton Belle near St. Louis, made mistakes that disrupted normal surveillance earlier this year. As a result, transactions were not videotaped, he said.

The Alton Belle was fined $75,000, and the two employees' licenses were suspended for five days each. Representatives for the three casino gambling sites did not contest the penalties.

July 20, 2006
Posted By Tom Jones
Staff Editor, CasinoGamblingWeb.com    Previous Page | Internet Gambling | Top Online Casinos | Submit News!

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