The appellant casino appealed an Order of Monetary Penalty (OMP) of $12,500 imposed by the Registrar for permitting a 17-year-old minor to enter and gamble on the gaming site on four separate occasions.
The minor used a valid driver's license belonging to a 19-year-old friend.
The Tribunal found that the appellant's security staff failed to follow internal identification verification policies and ought to have known the minor was not the individual pictured on the identification.
The Tribunal rejected the appellant's due diligence defence, holding it inapplicable in this administrative regulatory context, and confirmed the OMP.
