Borgata fined over underage patrons

“It’s important for underage individuals to know how seriously we take this.”

For more than a year, the teenager lived the life of a high roller at the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, buying tens of thousands of dollars worth of gambling chips, and earning more than $1,000 worth of free … via WPVI-TV Philadelphia

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Wed, February 20th, 2008

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