{"id":148398,"date":"2026-03-25T20:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148398\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:50:09","slug":"four-men-banned-from-pennsylvania-casinos-after-five-children-left-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148398\/","title":{"rendered":"Four men banned from Pennsylvania casinos after five children left alone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(WHTM) \u2013 Four men have been banned from Pennsylvania casinos after several children were left unattended during separate incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board says the four men are now on the Involuntary Casino Exclusion list for leaving minors unattended at a casino property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The board said during one instance, a male patron left an 11-year-old in a vehicle in the parking lot at Hollywood Casino York for 52 minutes while he gambled at slot machines and table games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a second case, a man left a 5-year-old in a vehicle in the parking lot at Rivers Casino Philadelphia for 17 minutes while he gambled at table games and the sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The third man placed on the list had left a 9-year-old\u00a0in the parking lot at Rivers Casino Philadelphia for 1 hour and 7 minutes while he gambled at table games and the sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fourth individual left two minors, ages 7 and 12, in a vehicle in the parking lot at Parx Casino for 32 minutes while he gambled at slot machines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Twelve other individuals were placed on\u00a0either or both of the Involuntary Casino Exclusion and Involuntary Interactive Exclusion Lists for various actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 1,500 people are on the board\u2019s exclusion lists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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