Krum said that was a case of table game dealers assuming patrons had already been ID checked on their way onto the floor and not checking IDs at each table.Įncore officials are expected to give the commission a fourth-quarter update on a whole host of issues within the next month, but Prior said the amount of time minors spend on the gaming floor before being removed has already 'taken a drastic turn down.' In the most extreme case reported to the commission, a person younger than 21 got onto the gaming floor and was able to spend three and a half hours there before being removed.

Krum and EBH Executive Director of Security and Investigations Richard Prior said the casino has reduced the number of entrances to the gaming floor and is planning to install hardwired ID/passport scanners at each access point within the next 12 weeks. 'We will continue to address the minors on the gaming floor at every level,' EBH Vice President Jacqui Krum told commissioners as part of an update to the casino's last quarterly report. At Encore Boston Harbor in Everett, security personnel turn away between 600 and 800 people with fake or invalid IDs each month and the new casino contends with 'very, very good fake IDs' as it tries to keep minors off the gaming floor, company officials told regulators Thursday.īetween the casino's opening in late June and the end of September, more than 2,500 minors were prevented from entering the gaming floor and 128 minors - about 5 percent - got through and spent an average of one hour and 12 minutes on the gaming floor, which is restricted to people 21 or older.

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