Sioux City and Emmetsburg casinos fined
(from the WCFCourier.com)
By
FRED LOVE, Courier Des Moines Bureau
FRED LOVE, Courier Des Moines Bureau
DES MOINES — The Iowa Racing
and Gaming Commission on Thursday handed out $3,000 fines to both the Argosy
Casino in Sioux City and the Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg for violations of
the state policy that allows problem gamblers to voluntarily bar themselves from
casinos.
and Gaming Commission on Thursday handed out $3,000 fines to both the Argosy
Casino in Sioux City and the Wild Rose Casino in Emmetsburg for violations of
the state policy that allows problem gamblers to voluntarily bar themselves from
casinos.
The Argosy Casino was fined for failing to upload the names of a
total of eight gamblers who enrolled in the self exclusion program to an Iowa
Gaming Association database that’s disseminated to all the casinos in the
state.
The Wild Rose Casino was fined for allowing a gambler who had
signed up for the program to receive a “Player’s Club” card and to play slot
machines at the casino.
The commission could have given both casinos
fines up of to $20,000 for the violations but decided on the lesser sum because
it was the first such offense for both establishments.
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