{"id":221224,"date":"2022-07-14T14:10:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=221224"},"modified":"2022-07-14T15:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T20:09:55","slug":"hard-rock-ottawa-fined-172k-for-violating-ontario-gaming-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hard-rock-ottawa-fined-172k-for-violating-ontario-gaming-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rock Ottawa Fined $172k For Violating Ontario Gaming Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hard Rock Ottawa has been fined more than $172k for 36 alleged violations of Ontario gaming law. The violations were flagged during a recent audit of its Rideau Carleton Casino by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO).<\/p>\n

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Hard Rock’s Rideau Carleton Racetrack surrounded by caution tape, above. The Rideau Carleton Casino was recently found to have violated Ontario Gaming Law. (Image: Reddit)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The no-nos include failing to implement anti-money laundering (AML) training for staff or adequate protection for gaming systems from security vulnerabilities. Both are regulatory requirements in the Canadian province.<\/p>\n

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According to AGCO, Hard Rock Ottawa \u2060\u2014 which is owned by Hard Rock International and Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation \u2060\u2014 also provided marketing materials to self-excluded individuals.\u00a0 They failed to maintain independent compliance oversight and \u201cmatters of concern\u201d raised by internal auditors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cThese penalties are intended to drive the improvements needed at the Rideau Carleton Casino,\u201d AGCO CEO Tom Mungham said in a press release. \u201cWe will be carefully monitoring the casino\u2019s activities to ensure these significant audit findings are addressed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hard Rock Responds<\/h2>\n

The Rideau Carleton Casino offers slots and electronic and live-action table games, in addition to a poker room and live horse harness racing. The property is currently being redeveloped in partnership with Hard Rock Ottawa.<\/p>\n

Hard Rock Ottawa still has a card to play. If it chooses to, it can an appeal to an independent adjudicative group called the License Appeal Tribunal.<\/p>\n

However, Rideau Carleton GM Helen MacMillan sounded more contrite than defensive.\u00a0 She told CTV News Ottawa that the \u201cmajority of issues\u201d had already been quickly and \u201caggressively\u201d addressed.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She also stressed that the casino \u201ctakes this matter extremely seriously\u201d and that efforts to clean up its act have included some \u201cchange in personnel.\u201d<\/p>\n

AGCO has stepped up its regulation enforcement lately, fining DraftKings Canada, an online sportsbook, more than $75k. The penalty was for skirting its advertising rules by promoting odds as boosters on its website during the NHL playoffs.<\/p>\n

Hard Rock Keep Expanding<\/h2>\n

In other news, Hard Rock continues to expand its casino and resort empire. The company recently announced<\/a> that they’re looking to finance and manage a new casino in Kenosha, Wisc.<\/p>\n

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Kenosha Landco Co. LLC, a company sharing an address with Hard Rock International, recently agreed to pay up to $100,000 for an option to purchase 60 acres from the Village of Bristol, near Kenosha, for $15 million.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Among its other recent developments, the Seminole Tribe owns or operates more than a dozen US and Canadian Hard Rock casinos. It acquired the Mirage Las Vegas last December, and opened the Hard Rock Bristol, Virginia\u2019s first casino,<\/a> on July 8, 2022.<\/p>\n

It is also building casinos in Bakersfield, Calif., Rockford, Ill., and others in Jamaica and Athens, Greece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hard Rock Ottawa has been fined more than $172k for 36 alleged violations of Ontario gaming law. The violations were flagged during a recent audit of its Rideau Carleton Casino by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). The no-nos include failing to implement anti-money laundering (AML) training for staff or adequate protection for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":221231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81887],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHard Rock Ottawa Fined $172k For Violating Ontario Gaming Law - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hard Rock Ottawa has been fined more than $172k for 36 alleged violations of Ontario gaming law. 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