‘But instead of destroying the deck, it was re-inspected and put back into play a few days later. ‘They stopped the game, had a supervisor come over, and the deck was removed and handed over to security,’ McGarvey said. The August 2013 incident came to light when two six of spades turned up in the same poker game. The consent agreements are the 15th, 16th and 17th for Harrah’s dating back to 2008, according to a Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board spokesman Richard McGarvey. The violations involve the use of a deck of cards that contained two six of spades and no six of clubs at a poker table in August 2013 an employee and patron who entered a restricted area of the casino in September 2013 and the mixing of a blue card into a red deck at a blackjack table later that month. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board approved the consent agreements between Chester Downs and Marina LLC and the board’s Office of Enforcement Counsel on Wednesday.
The operator of Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and Racetrack has agreed to ante up $30,000 in fines and administrative fees as penance for three separate violations at the Chester-based facility.
