This led to the suspension of two officers, after an investigation which lasted months.
Two men who worked for the casino were brought up on charges stemming from that laxity.Īlso, hiring procedures for security and maintenance personnel were not up to state regulations. Also, internal procedures were not followed in the hiring of maintenance and security personnel. On the one hand, executives were found to have provided lax oversight of the various casino promotions offered. Several charges have been made against the gaming facility. The results led to the Gaming Board levying a record fine for an Illinois casino. The local news station’s broadcasts spurred on authorities to investigate the Rivers Casino in minute detail. The Rivers Casino is the largest gaming facility in the state of Illinois, but the operation’s vetting process was run in a fly-by-night fashion, which were uncovered by a nearby TV station and local activists. Several different gaming regulations were violated, including promotional infractions and subcontracting work to a company which might have had organized crime ties. The two-million dollars was a record fine for any casino in the state.
The Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, Illinois was fined $2 million by the state’s Gaming Board on Thursday.
The Rivers Casino in De Plaines Opened to Much Fanfare in 2011
