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Pennsylvania continues to see gamblers leave their children unattended in their vehicles outside the state’s 16 brick-and-mortar casinos. The problem has become a major issue for the state, and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s (PGCB) has launched recent efforts to curb such incidences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A child is pictured unattended in a vehicle. Three more Pennsylvania gamblers have been banned from entering casinos in the state after they allegedly left children unsupervised in their vehicles. (Image: Sandbox Learning)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The PGCB in November launched a public service campaign called “Don’t Gamble with Kids.” The awareness message sought to warn gamblers about the dangers and possible criminal consequences associated with leaving a child unattended in a vehicle outside a casino.<\/p>\n

The PGCB this week added four additional unattended child offenders to the state’s Involuntary Exclusion List.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The “black book’s” latest entries left children as young as two years old unattended in a vehicle. The offenders allegedly left a total of nine children alone in their vehicles while they gambled inside a casino.<\/p>\n

Offenses Continue<\/b><\/h2>\n

The PGCB said this week that a male patron was placed on the prohibited list after Valley Forge Casino security officials located a 12-year-old in an unattended vehicle outside the resort. The child’s father admitted to leaving the child for five minutes to place a sports bet inside the property.<\/p>\n

The PGCB placed another male on the Involuntary Exclusion List<\/a> for leaving a 13-year-old unattended outside Harrah’s Philadelphia. He also left the child in the car to place sports bets inside the casino.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania is home to legal online sports wagering.<\/p>\n

A third person, a female patron, was banned this week after she left a two-year-old and 14-year-old unattended in her vehicle<\/a> outside Mohegan Pennsylvania. The children were left unsupervised for more than two hours while the woman gambled inside on slot machines.<\/p>\n

Pennsylvania also allows legal iGaming, with interactive slot machines and table games permitted online.<\/p>\n

A fourth person was also banned this week. A male gambler reportedly left five children, an infant, and a 1-, 9-, 10-, and 14-year-old, in the Valley Forge Casino food court. The kids were left unsupervised for more than an hour.<\/p>\n

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The Board’s actions serve as a reminder that adults are prohibited from leaving minors unattended in the parking lot or garage, a hotel, or other venues at a casino since it creates a potentially unsafe and dangerous environment for the children,” a PGCB statement explained. “Leaving minors unattended at a Pennsylvania casino also subjects the offending adult to criminal prosecution in addition to exclusion from all Pennsylvania casinos.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The PGCB said there were 303 incidences of adults leaving children unattended to gamble at Pennsylvania casinos in 2022. The incidences involved 486 minors.<\/p>\n

Since 2022, the PGCB has added 34 people to the Involuntary Exclusion List for leaving children unsupervised.<\/p>\n

Valley Forge Expands Hours<\/b><\/h2>\n

In other Pennsylvania gaming news, Valley Forge recently notified the state that the casino is returning to 24\/7 operations. The property owned and operated by Boyd Gaming ended round-the-clock gaming amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The move to resume to all-day hour service speaks to the vitality of Valley Forge Casino Resort’s business and the health of the gaming and hospitality industry as a whole,”<\/strong> a Boyd statement read.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Slots and the cage, effectively immediately, are open 24 hours. Table games run from 10 a.m. through 4 a.m. Sunday to Thursday, and 10 a.m. through 5 a.m. Friday through Sunday morning. The FanDuel Sportsbook is open from 10 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pennsylvania continues to see gamblers leave their children unattended in their vehicles outside the state’s 16 brick-and-mortar casinos. The problem has become a major issue for the state, and the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s (PGCB) has launched recent efforts to curb such incidences. 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