Iowa Casino Allows Self-Banned Gambler To PlayState Regulators Impose Small Penalty On Facility |
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A casino in Iowa has agreed to pay a small $3,000 fine for allowing a man who banned himself form the casino to gamble and get a player’s card.
According to Radio Iowa, the Mystique Casino in Dubuque allowed the man to gamble this year after he had signed a self-ban from gambling at Prairie Meadows Casino in Altoona in 2009. The ban applies statewide.
Casinos can be fined up to $20,000 for such a violation.
The casino’s CFO told the state: “He gave us an incorrect name, we checked the name against the database and it came back without checking the I-D.”
In other words, the employees were blamed.
According to the report, the Racing and Gaming Commission said the Mystique has not had any other problems of this type in the last year.
Casinos falling into hot water for allowing self-excluded gamblers to enter and play is not all that uncommon across the United States. Self-excluded gamblers can themselves face consequences, including a trespassing charge, for coming to the casinos.
The Mystique, which opened in 1985, has around 30,000 square feet of gaming floor space.
Iowa’s gambling facilities win more than $1 billion annually from gamblers.
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