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SugarHouse fined for advancing cash to problem gamblers

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board fined SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia $50,000 for giving cash advances to 11 individuals who asked to be banned from casinos in Pennsylvania.

SugarHouse Casino’s expansion plans to put an emphasize on nongaming activities and amenities. (TOM GRALISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
SugarHouse Casino’s expansion plans to put an emphasize on nongaming activities and amenities. (TOM GRALISH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)Read moreTOM GRALISH / Staff Photographer
    by Harold Brubaker, Inquirer Staff Writer
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The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board fined SugarHouse Casino in Philadelphia $50,000 for giving cash advances to 11 individuals who asked to be banned from casinos in Pennsylvania.

Two other local casinos were also fined this week.

Parx Casino, in Bensalem, was fined $15,000 for sending marketing materials to 146 individuals on the gaming board's self-exclusion list.

The board fined Harrah's Philadelphia $7,500 for paying a slot machine jackpot to a person who was not sitting at the slot machine when the winnings registered.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania slot machine revenue last month fell 3.3 percent, to $203 million from $210 million the previous year, the gaming board reported.

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