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ALLENTOWN, Pa. (Gambling911.com) - The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has banned eight people from entering any casino in the state, five of whom are accused of leaving their minor children unattended for extended periods of time while they gambled inside the casino.
One woman is accused of leaving an 11-month-old child in a vehicle in the parking garage of the Rivers Casino in Philadelphia for nearly two hours while she played table games.
In another case, two people left an 11-year-old in the food court of Wind Creek in Bethlehem for 75 minutes while they gambled on slot machines.
Two individuals were also banned for leaving an 11-year-old and two small dogs in a car at Live! Philadelphia Casino for 23 minutes while they went inside to gamble.
The cases, presented by the board’s Offices of Chief Counsel and Office of Enforcement Counsel, bring the total number of individuals on the board’s various Involuntary Exclusion Lists to 1,512.
One of the most egregious cases was covered by Gambling911.com earlier this year.
Leola Dualuqua, 37, of Willingboro, New Jersey, who was arrested April 14, 2026, after allegedly leaving her 14-month-old son locked inside a hot car for approximately two and a half hours while she gambled at Parx Casino in Bensalem, Pennsylvania. Inside the vehicle temperatures had risen into the 80s and the child was sweating profusely when police rescued him. Dualugua was recently added to the PA list of banned persons.
- Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com
