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Change in Law Opens Missouri Casinos to Underage Gambling
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI --
Pinnacle Entertainment received a $60,000 fine and Ameristar Casinos $25,000 from the Missouri Gaming Commission for not preventing underage patrons from gambling. State regulators say the fines were deliberately stiff to make the point that there will be no tolerance of lax security regarding age checking gambling customers.
"That should get the message across that the law is clear," stated the director of the Missouri Gaming Commission, Gene McNary.
Two different incidents on the same day, May 20th of this year, at the Pinnacle-operated Lumiere Casino in St. Louis led to the company's fine. A nineteen-year-old was caught by a cashier after he had gambled at table games in front of a pit boss and dealer, and a twenty-year-old played table games with dealers and was served alcohol by a waitress before being nabbed by a cashier.
Ameristar casino security was found negligent for checking a youth's identification, but failing to recognize the patron was nineteen. He was caught by other security before he was able to gamble.
Last November, Missouri voters elected to remove a loss limit law. One of the results of the legal change is that players no longer need to show ID cards to enter the casino, opening up the gambling venues for infiltration by underage customers.
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