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Gambling911.com’s own Thomas Somach is on the case and tells us that in Pennsylvania, casino magnate and GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson is under fire for questionable political donations as well as another fine being levied against his property for allowing underage gamblers....total fines $305,000!!!!
The Bethlehem Sands Casino was fined $85,000 for allegedly permitting underage gamblers. This is a bit of an irony since Chairman Adelson has lodged a campaign against the online gambling sector claiming it fosters gambling by minors.
But it turns out that $85,000 is just the tip of the iceberg.
From the Allentown Morning Call:
During a gaming board hearing in Harrisburg, Sands officials, including new President Mark Juliano, agreed the casino will pay a fine of $85,000 for six incidents in which underage people got past security guards and gambled before being flagged by other casino employees who noticed their identifications were altered.
It brings Sands' total fines to $305,000.
The violations included a June 3 incident in which a 17-year-old girl used an altered passport to get past security before being caught by a table games supervisor after gambling for 90 minutes; an Aug. 18 incident in which a 20-year-old man gambled for 96 minutes before being flagged by a table games supervisor; and a Sept. 20 incident when a 20-year-old woman used her sister's passport to gamble for nearly two hours before being stopped by a dealer.
Then there is this, also from the Morning Call:
A month after state lawmakers decided to study legalizing online gambling, Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire owner of the Bethlehem Sands casino and an ardent foe of online gambling, gave $1 million to the Republican Governors Association.
Adelson is an ardent supporter of online gambling prohibition. It wasn’t any small contribution either but rather $1 million transferred into the political coffers that very day.
Gambling911.com’s own Thomas Somach is on the case and will be monitoring this story closely as further developments occur.
- Chris Costigan, Gambling911.com Publisher
