The Nevada Gaming Commission has fined Red Rock Resorts and Station Casinos Inc. $80,000 for sports wagering violations. The fine was approved by unanimous vote, following a hearing that lasted about 30 minutes.
According to the commission, Station Casino did not stop its sportsbook app from taking in wagers after events had already concluded.
The Nevada Gaming Control Board filed a two-count, 13-page complaint last September against Station and its parent company, Red Rock Resorts.
A complaint lodged by Senior Deputy Attorney General John Michela alleged that Station accepted 35 wagers on five concluded events on June 1, 2018.
The company self-reported the incident, stating a computer software glitch was responsible. The Control Board sent out a regulation violation letter on August 3, 2018.
The following year, Station’s system accepted 116 wagers on events that had already ended. The board issued another violation letter on March 7, 2019.
Regulators followed up with Station on August 29, 2019, by asking the company to provide a reason why it should not be subject to disciplinary measures.
Station replied on December 2, 2019 with the following: “[We need to] have redundant monitoring processes to ensure it does not accept money or its equivalent ostensibly as a wager upon an event whose outcome has already been determined, including for wagering events administered by third-party wagering programs.”
The company claimed it had solved its computer issues. However, two more incidents occurred, which results in the most recent complaint and a stipulation of settlement, which was signed on June 10, 2022.
Station did not deny or confirm any of the allegations made in the latest, under the terms of the settlement.
However, officials with Station did admit that they did not conduct proper maintenance on its virtual servers, which controlled the computer software that allowed bets to come in after events had started. The company attributed part of the cause of the issue to lack of computer memory and said that there were defects in the software from Las Vegas-based Stadium Technology Group LLC’s Stadium Live program.
Station also acknowledged that its computer software had been certified by regulators and tested when first introduced. The company also said its players should not have attempted to bet on events and games that had already started.
The company said all illegal bets were tracked downs, nullified, and that bets were returned to all players once they had been discovered.
