Casino Control Commission Update

John Izzo attended the Casino Control Commission Meeting on November 20, 2013.  Ernst and Young were approved to conduct Penn National’s 2013 audit.  Changes to internal controls at the casinos were approved.  Four disciplinary matters were brought before the Commission.  There were two cases where a hearing was not requested; one applicant’s request for a license was denied a and a licensee’s license was revoked.  The Commission adopted a Report and Recommendation that recommended denying an applicant’s request for a license.  The Commission, for the first time Mr. Izzo can remember, issued a penalty that was neither a revocation nor a denial of a license.  Deputy Executive Director John Baron explained that a hearing examiner was thinking out of the box, and issued a stayed revocation with a review at the next renewal of the license.  The Commission unanimously approved this.