The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) has issued four separate fines totaling $180,000, including a $50,000 fine to Wind Creek Bethlehem for failing to follow know your customer (KYC) protocols, resulting in fraudulent iGaming account withdrawals of over $92,000.
Fantasy contest operator YFS Sub, which currently serves as a subsidiary of Yahoo Fantasy Sports, was issued a $50,000 fine for failing to notify and gain approval from the Board for a change of control of its license.
Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment received two separate $40,000 fines from the PGCB, with the first stemming from three occasions of allowing underage individuals to access its gaming floor and play slot machines or table games.
The operator was also penalized $40,000 for permitting the employment of five unlicensed individuals who obtained access to iGaming account holders’ personal information through Greenwood Gaming’s betParx platform.
In March, the PGCB issued a $100,000 fine to BetMGM for failing to provide sufficient KYC protocols, allowing individuals to create multiple betting accounts using stolen personal information and payment devices.
As a result of the KYC protocol failures, four individual fraud rings were identified by the PGCB, each of which had been operational for at least 19 months. One fraud ring launched 1,567 different betting accounts using stolen information and eventually wagered over $229,000 through BetMGM platforms.
Two additional rings would total $895,092 and $867,910 of combined wagering, respectively, having used 119 and 304 different betting accounts with fraudulent personal information.
While the final fraud ring identified by the PGCB used 34 different betting accounts and wagered a combined $14,598, the accounts remained active for approximately 34 months before being shut down.
The Pennsylvania regulator also reported a 6.5% increase in total gaming revenue for April 2026, as operators generated nearly $595m during the monthly period. Retail slots revenue increased 1.8% to $206.7m, while iGaming revenue climbed 7.9% to $245.8m.
Pennsylvania operators also generated a 38.6% increase in sports betting revenue year-over-year, totaling $59m for April 2026.
PGCB Executive Director Kevin O’Toole submitted comments to the CFTC on May 5, part of the Commission’s public commentary period on future prediction market regulations
