{"id":770049,"date":"2026-06-30T01:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770049\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T01:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T01:29:08","slug":"agco-fines-gce-120k-over-casino-software-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/770049\/","title":{"rendered":"AGCO fines GCE $120K over casino software use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has fined Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) $120,000 after unauthorized gaming software was discovered at four casinos across Ontario.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.agco.ca\/en\/news\/agco-fines-great-canadian-entertainment-120000-using-unauthorized-gaming-system-software-four\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.agco.ca\/en\/news\/agco-fines-great-canadian-entertainment-120000-using-unauthorized-gaming-system-software-four\">In a news release<\/a> Monday, the AGCO said it discovered 40 instances where revoked or unapproved bill validator software had been installed at the casinos Feb. 20 and March 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The AGCO did not specify which casinos were in possession of the unauthorized software.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Bill validators that are part of gaming machines verify the authenticity and value of cash inserted into the machines. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to AGCO, these validators \u201cmust undergo rigorous testing and approval\u201d so regulators can confirm they operate as intended and \u201cperform critical functions reliably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The AGCO also said that casino operators are responsible ensuring that changes to gaming systems are \u201cproperly, reviewed, tested and authorized\u201d before implementation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWhen unauthorized software is used in a live casino environment, it bypasses critical safeguards that are meant to uphold the integrity of gaming and the public\u2019s confidence in the system,\u201d said Dr. Karin Schnarr, chief executive officer and registrar, AGCO, in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe AGCO will continue to hold all casino operators accountable for meeting Ontario\u2019s high standards of gaming system integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A casino operator served with an order of monetary penalty has the right to appeal the registrar\u2019s action within 15 days to the Licence Appeal Tribunal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has fined Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) $120,000 after unauthorized gaming&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":770050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":["post-770049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-apple-news","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=770049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/770049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/770050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=770049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=770049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=770049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}