Pennsylvania Board Fines Mount Airy, SugarHouse

Pennsylvania regulators have issued fines to the Mount Airy Casino for allowing a visibly intoxicated person to gamble and to SugarHouse Casino for improper credit promotions.

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has levied fines totaling ,000 against two casinos for violations.

Mount Airy Casino Resort was fined $25,000 for allowing a visibly intoxicated patron to game. According to the complaint, a patron was served 27 drinks over a nine-hour period, including 18 drinks after he showed signs consistent with intoxication while the patron engaged in slot play at bar-top slot machines.

SugarHouse was fined $15,000 for conducting improper credit promotions. The fine approved against SugarHouse HSP Gaming, LP stemmed from two casino credit promotions that were conducted without proper notification to the gaming board. In one instance, SugarHouse personnel failed to provide the rules of the promotion within two business days of commencing the promotion per regulations. In the other instance, the casino failed to provide that information at all to the board.