Atlantic City, NJ - Hilton Casino Fined For Brooklyn Underage Gambler |
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August 5, 2009 01:59 PM
News Source: AP
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Atlantic, City, NJ - Regulators have imposed the second-largest fine for underage gambling against an Atlantic City casino.
The Atlantic City Hilton Casino Resort must pay $115,000 for allowing a teenager to gamble to the point where he became a rated player and was given a free hotel room.
The state Casino Control Commission Wednesday imposed the fine after the casino did not contest the findings of state investigators.
The Brooklyn, N.Y., man was 19 when he began to gamble in Jan. 2007 after giving a fake birth date.
The largest fine for underage patrons was paid last year by Bally’s Atlantic City, which was assessed $157,500.
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Aug 05, 2009 at 01:47 PM formally Says:Report as Inappropriate
Part of the reason the fine was so high is because the state Division of Gaming Enforcement had alerted the casino that the player, identified only as "M.R.," was underage. Yet the casino continued to allow him to play even after being notified, due in part to a problem with the way its internal computers were set up that kept certain employees from reading messages entered by others, according to the commission.
strange one can join the army at 18 but not gamble
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Aug 05, 2009 at 01:42 PM ari Says:Report as Inappropriate
I'm a compulsive gambler in recovery and this is amazing news to me.
My first bets were when I was barely 18. The casinos didn't care about the fact that I was not of legal age, as long as I was losing money...
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Aug 05, 2009 at 03:53 PM Anonymous Says:Report as Inappropriate
i also started gambling at the taj when i was 17 they never id me but as soon as i turned 21 i started playing at the borgata they id me 20 times a night this guy was obviously a degenerate gambler to use a fake id he must of been gambling heavy or else they wouldnt bother him for id