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Written by Marcus | Thursday, July 16th, 2009
The latest court case in the gambling industry involves the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas which has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine to the Nevada gambling regulators. This decision came over the breach of ‘lacks policing of illegal activity inside an independently operated nightclub at the resort’.
In an additional settlement with the Nevada Gaming Control Board, Planet Hollywood has agreed to pay out another $250,000 in a year’s time if changes are not made in the operation of the nightclub Prive. The mentioned nightclub leases space inside the resort and it was agreed that if no additional complaints are filed by that date, the $250,000 payment will be cancelled out.
Eventhough they don’t own the nightclub, Planet Hollywood have to acknowledge that it was at fault for problems that went on inside the venue. The Nevada State gambling regulators have been very strict on those terms and are pushing the concerned resort industry to stabilise more control the actions of such nightclubs. The Prive employees were accused of moving some drunk customers and leaving them in the casino while unattended, and there are also charges of physically and sexual assault towards customers. Surprisingly in fact, The Prive was also accused of admitting minors and employing people who hold a criminal record.
The level of prostitution increased around the club and no one did anything to discourage or change the situation. Together with the Planet Hollywood, other hotel-casinos are now under investigation over the activities happening inside their nightclubs and other entertainment venues.
Meanwhile the current property lease between Planet Hollywood and Prive has had to be changed and rewritten and the Planet Hollywood security officers can now enter the nightclub without being accompanied by a club employee. This is done in an aim to reduce illegal activities in their own property.
Planet Hollywood’s lawyer Frank Schreck stated, “We didn’t execute proper supervision and we’re the message being sent to the rest of the industry”. The vote on the settlement will be done by the Gaming Commission is scheduled on the 23rd of July. Randy Sayre, Control Board member also commented “Sadly, they should have addressed some of these events sooner.”
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