The gaming control board voted to levy two fines against Valley Forge Convention Center Partners, L.P.

The violations were for underage gaming ($50,000) and failure to submit Gaming Related promos ($150,000)

Attorney Adrian R. King Jr. (seated center) represented Valley Forge.

A tough year for Valley Forge.

Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course was fined ($10, 218) ATM dispensing cash advances.

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As released by the PGCB.

HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today approved three consent agreements involving two casinos with fines totaling $210,218.

The fines were the result of the approval of a consent agreement between its Office of Enforcement Counsel and both Valley Forge Convention Partners, LP, operator of the Valley Forge Casino Resort and Mountainview Thoroughbred Association, operator of the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course

Two of the consent agreements involved Valley Forge Casino, one for its mishandling of promotions and the other for permitting underage persons to gamble.

The consent agreement regarding promotions resulted in a $150,000 fine for the Montgomery County casino. The fine was the result of an investigation by the PGCB’s Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement (BIE) in which:

Between March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2013, Valley Forge Casino did not submit its gaming promotional offerings to the PGCB and the Department of Revenue approximately 45% of the time as required by its approved internal controls;

Between March 31, 2012 and November 30, 2013, Valley Forge Casino did not ensure that patrons redeeming free nongaming promotional rewards paid the required non-de minimis consideration of $10 for access to the casino floor as required by the Gaming Act and PGCB Regulations; and

Valley Forge did not adequately maintain records reflecting the issuance of casino access passes. The second fine involving Valley Forge Casino stemmed from four (4) incidents of permitting individuals under the age of 21 to access its casino floor and/or gambled:

January 14, 2014 - a 20 year old female gained access to the gaming floor then played slot machines;

March 6, 2014 - a 20 year old male gained access to the gaming floor then engaged in table game play;

March 22, 2014 - a 20 year old male gained access to the gaming floor and attempted to purchase an alcoholic beverage, but did not gamble;

May 16, 2014 - a 20 year old male gained access to the gaming floor then engaged in slot machine and table game play.

The operators of the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course in Grantville, Dauphin County were fined $10,218 in a third approved consent agreement for permitting an ATM on the casino floor for approximately 10 months that did allow for cash advances on credit cards. Under the Gaming Act, no credit card advance machine may be placed on the gaming floor, though such machines that offer credit card advance are permitted to operate within the horse racetrack area. The fine represented the amount of fees netted by the casino while that ATM was on the casino floor.

The next meeting of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 10, 2014 in the PGCB’s Public Hearing Room located on the second floor of Strawberry Square in Harrisburg.