Casinos Facing Violations

According to the Colorado Division of Gaming, The Isle of Capri, The Riviera Black Hawk and the Golden Gulch Casino have all had revoked slot machine software on their casino floors – and now they will be facing thousands of dollars in fines for doing so. The software was revoked this past May, but the three casinos have not removed it from their slot machines.

The software is a tracking tool for the slot machines that tells them how much the machine has been used, and the casinos use it to process their tax related reports that they have to send to the CDG. However, the CDG decided that the software needed to be replaced and the casinos had 120 days to do so and failed to comply with their ruling.

The CDG revoked the software as they discovered a glitch with it in that it could not process amounts over 32,767 and would then jump to 94,901,760. The software has not actually malfunctioned yet in the casino, but they wanted to have it removed so that they did not have to worry about it doing it at any point in the future.

The Isle of Capri had five slot machines with the software, Riviera Black Hawk had three slot machines with the software, and Golden Gulch had one. They will be looking at fines of up to $25,000 per violation and from $250 to $1,000 per slot machine. The casinos say that the software does not impact the way the slot machine operates in as far as the consumer is concerned, but it does impact the way money is processed.
 

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