Horseshoe Casino fined $100,000 for repeatedly admitting underage patron
HAMMOND — Individuals who appear to be younger than 30 years old no longer will be permitted to enter the Horseshoe Casino unless their identification card can be electronically verified.
The policy change, effectively immediately, comes after the Hammond casino was fined $100,000 by the Indiana Gaming Commission Tuesday for allowing an 18-year-old man with a fraudulent Pennsylvania identification to repeatedly enter the gaming floor in November to play blackjack and wager at the sportsbook.
Records show the man’s ID failed to be confirmed as authentic by the Horseshoe’s electronic Veridocs system a total of 40 times after being scanned by 18 different security officers on 10 different days.
On each occasion, however, security officers still admitted the man to the casino, where he even obtained a Caesars Rewards players club card, records show.
Read more: https://www.nwitimes.com/business/gambling/horseshoe-casino-fined-100-000-for-repeatedly-admitting-underage-patron/article_c9692684-5d4c-59b4-9fa0-020b7842df02.html
(Northwest Indiana Times)
