Daily News | After surge in kids left alone in casino parking lots, Pennsylvania launches crackdown on errant parents
The number of incidents involving parents who left children unattended to gamble in Pennsylvania casinos has soared about 60% this year over 2021, and disturbed state regulators on WednesdayThe Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on Wednesday announced a “Don’t Gamble With Kids” campaign aimed at warning parents and guardians that they could face jail time or permanent exclusion from the casino if they are caught leaving unattended minors in parked cars, food courts or hotel rooms while the...
The campaign will include television and radio public service announcements, social media posts and videos, printed materials, and a website,Since the start of 2022, the gaming board’s Bureau of Casino Compliance has recorded 269 incidents involving 441 minors who were left unattended while one or more of the adults responsible for them chose to gamble in a casino — six incidents every week. Sixty-eight of the minors were 6 years old or younger.
“It’s quite obvious, I think, to all of us, that any child of a young age who’s sitting in a car and has a police officer knock on the window or security guard knock on the window and their parents aren’t there that that’s — that’s tough,” he said.
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