Evolution fined $25,000 in Pennsylvania over lost surveillance footage

Evolution has been handed a $25,000 fine from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board after failing to save surveillance videos over a near-two-day period.

The five-figure penalty was confirmed during the state regulator’s public meeting yesterday, December 18.

Under Pennsylvania regulations, surveillance footage at live studios must be collected and saved.

The regulator said the failure to retain footage was due to a power outage in one of Evolution’s studios.

While live cameras remained operational at the 14 tables at the studio, the outage caused a computer server failure which led to surveillance footage being lost.

The fine was approved after being brought to the meeting by the regulator’s office of enforcement counsel.

The fine represents Evolution’s second penalty in less than six months from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board.

In August, the supplier giant was hit with a $7,500 fine after permitting an “unauthorized person” to gain access to its studio in Philadelphia.

The unidentified male was able to access various locations within the studio, including an employee dressing room.

Aside from the Evolution fine, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said two persons had been added to its involuntary igaming exclusion list for fraudulent behavior.

In one case, an individual created eight separate online casino accounts, besides his own, using the personal information of others.

The second case saw an individual create several accounts and proceed to gamble on them before illegally requesting and receiving chargebacks to a credit card totaling $15,336.

The regulator said: “The board’s actions in these matters stem from its commitment to keep individuals who have committed fraud from gaming online in Pennsylvania.

“The additions made today brought the total number of individuals who are currently on the igaming involuntary exclusion list to 53.”