The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) Wednesday fined two operators of video gaming terminals.

The PGCB announced consent agreements presented by its Office of Enforcement Counsel resulting in fines totaling $70,000.

TA Operating was fined $37,500 for failure to have a credentialed employee present while the VGT room at its Harrisburg store was open and used by patrons. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores was fined $32,500 for failure to have a credentialed employee present while the VGT room at its Carlisle store was open and used by patrons.

Board regulations require VGT establishments to have at least one credentialed employee on site supervising a VGT area when the games are available for play.

The Board also approved recommendations by the OEC for the placement of 17 individuals on various involuntary exclusion lists. This includes five people who left minors unattended in order to engage in gaming activities in a casino, and four who committed fraud using igaming sites.

Placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List for unattended minors were:

Eight people were placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List whose presence in a licensed facility would be “inimical to the interest of the Commonwealth and licensed gaming,” a release stated. Since its inception, 1,247 people have been placed on the Casino Involuntary Exclusion List.

Four people were placed on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List:

The additions made Wednesday bring the number of individuals currently on the iGaming Involuntary Exclusion List to 51.