未成年人进赌场，凯撒娱乐城被罚10万

　　位于拉斯维加斯赌城的凯撒娱乐公司已经同意支付罚款10万元。经过有关部门调查，发现有未成年人进入由凯撒娱乐博彩公司开设的赌场参与赌博以及喝酒。内华达州博彩委员会最近公示的记录显示，2010年1月至2012年5月，发生了9个类似这样的事件。这些事件涉及的主要是17至20岁之间的赌场游客。在某些情况下，赌场工作人员没有对他们进行鉴定，或者在其他情况下，尽管他们的鉴定显示他们是未成年人，但依然被允许进入赌场。

　　内华达州博彩委员会于7月10向内达华州州博彩管制局提起申诉。

　　行政执法官杰里表示，有些赌场工作人员似乎故意允许未成年顾客进入赌场参与赌博以及喝酒，有些赌场工作人员可以没有涉及虚假鉴定，只是疏忽于识别十八岁以下的玩家。“他们没有足够专注于他们正在做的事情，所以导致了工作上的失误，让未成年人进入了赌场。”杰里如是说。在最近的一个事件中，一赌场工作人员因为“误读”一本护照，而让一个未成年人进到了赌场。在2011年8月3日，一名17岁未成年人在赌场玩赌博游戏及喝酒超过五个小时。

　　尽管法定饮酒和赌博的年龄是21岁，但凯撒娱乐城向四个未成年人提供了至少6杯酒精饮料。这四个未成年人在接受饮料服务时，至少有两个楼层主管和10个普通的赌场员工与他们有过接触，但他们都没有被要求鉴定。

　　这四个未成年人最终被地铁警察逮捕了。“如果地铁警察没有逮捕这四个未成年人，他们很可能按照自己的意愿离开了赌城，博彩管制局就不可能了解到这一事件。”内华达州博彩委员会如此投诉到。

　　在接到投诉状后，凯撒娱乐已经发出通知，严禁未成年人进入赌场赌博。博彩管制局表示，会加强执法力度，加强与博彩委员会的合作，对任何一起未成年人赌博案件进行投诉和备案。凯撒娱乐博彩公司也表示，必须进一步采取措施，防止其持牌经营的附属公司发生未成年人进入赌场赌博及饮酒的事件，维护凯撒娱乐城的声誉。

　　内达华州博彩管制局向凯撒娱乐提出看控诉，凯撒娱乐承认了这些指控，同意支付10万美元罚款，还向凯撒娱乐的董事会提交了事件调查情况报告书。博彩委员会为此还决定召开一个专门会议，对此类案件进行深入地探讨。

　　凯撒娱乐公司发言人加里·汤普森表示，凯撒娱乐公司敢于面对并敢于承担此类投诉，“对未成年人赌博，我们有一个非常严格的政策，我们的承诺禁止未满21周岁的未成年人进入赌场赌博。

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　　Caesars Entertainment agrees to pay $100,000 fine over underage gambling, drinking

　　Caesars Entertainment Corp. of Las Vegas has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine after investigations found minors gambled and drank at four of its Las Vegas casinos.

　　Newly disclosed Nevada Gaming Commission records show that nine incidents were documented between January 2010 and May 2012 at Caesars Palace, the Rio, Harrah’s and the Flamingo.

　　The incidents involved customers between the ages of 17 and 20. In some cases, they weren’t asked for identification. In other cases, they produced identification showing they were underage but were allowed to gamble anyway, records show.

　　The state Gaming Control Board filed the complaint July 10 with the Nevada Gaming Commission.

　　Jerry Markling, chief of enforcement for the board, said it appeared that none of the incidents involved casino personnel knowingly allowing underage patrons to gamble and drink. Rather, casino workers who asked for identification likely didn’t look at it closely enough to realize the players were under age. None of the instances involved false identification, he said.

　　“They weren’t focused enough on what they were doing,” Markling said.

　　In at least one instance, a dealer “misread” a passport and permitted a 19-year-old to gamble, the complaint says.

　　Markling said several of the incidents were self-reported by the casinos, including instances where the underage gamblers tried to cash in their chips and were carded at the cage, where workers determined they were under age.

　　In one incident, a 17-year-old drank and gambled at craps tables at Harrah’s for more than five hours on Aug. 3, 2011, the complaint says.

　　Despite the legal drinking and gambling age being 21, the minor was served at least six alcoholic beverages by four Harrah’s employees, the complaint says.

　　The minor was in contact with the four drink servers, at least two dealers, a floor supervisor and at least 10 other Harrah’s employees, none of whom asked for identification, the complaint says.

　　The minor eventually was arrested by Metro Police on a warrant.

　　“If Metro had not arrested the minor, it is possible the minor would have left Harrah’s of his own volition and the Gaming Control Board would not have learned of this incident,” the complaint says.

　　The complaint says Caesars Entertainment had been put on notice about problems with underage gambling after four incidents between January 2010 and September 2011.

　　It says enforcement efforts were stepped up with the filing of the complaint with the Gaming Commission because the problems continued.

　　“Respondents’ （the casinos） continued failure to maintain compliance with the law necessitates that the board file this complaint with the Nevada Gaming Commission,” the complaint says.

　　“This failure of measures taken by Caesars to prevent minors from consuming alcohol and gambling on the premises of its licensed subsidiaries reflects or tends to reflect poorly on the reputation of gaming in the state,” the complaint says.

　　The conduct at the casinos also “acts as a detriment to the development of the gaming industry and/or reflects discredit upon the state of Nevada or the gaming industry,” the Gaming Control Board alleged.

　　In agreeing to pay the $100,000 fine to settle the complaint, Caesars Entertainment admitted the allegations and agreed to file a report with the board spelling out steps that have been taken to deal with the problems for which it was cited.

　　The Gaming Commission will consider the settlement at a future meeting.

　　Caesars Entertainment spokesman Gary Thompson said Wednesday that the company couldn’t comment on the complaint.

　　“We have a very strict policy against underage gambling, as exemplified by our commitment to the Project 21 underage gambling program,” he said.