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An Atlantic City casino was fined recently by the Division of Gaming Enforcement in New Jersey for allowing a person to gamble who has been banned from gambling activities. The Tropicana Casino & Resort has to pay a fine of $15,000 as a part of a civil monetary penalty for the charges. The Tropicana and the Gaming Enforcement reached a settlement to pay the amount after Gaming Enforcement found out the person gambled and was not legally supposed to. The casino should have ejected the player from the premises but they did not.
David Rebuck the Acting Director of Gaming Enforcement commented on the subject by stating: “Maintaining integrity within this industry is paramount. We have strict regulations in place to prevent individuals on the exclusion list from gambling in Atlantic City.”
The Casino Control Act calls for a list of people who have been ejected from casinos in Atlantic City or those who have been excluded. The people on the list have cheated the casino, have a gambling addiction or are criminals. Each of the eleven casinos in Atlantic City has a copy of the list and they are to act accordingly if someone on the list comes to their casino.
The person who gambled at the Tropicana but was not supposed to was someone who had cheated at a craps table. No other information has been released on the person but it can assume they were caught in the act at the craps table.
The fine the Tropicana has to pay will be put in the Casino Revenue Fund which helps those who suffer from compulsive gambling by way of treatment and education programs. There are also programs that benefit people with disabilities and senior citizens which benefit from the fund as well.
2011-09-03
