Des Moines, Iowa — The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission is reviewing the way lifetime gambling bans are handled at Grand Falls Casino near Larchwood and the Hard Rock Casino in Sioux City, as well as the other casinos in the state.
Commission administrator, Brian Ohorilko says a new law will change the time period available for self-bans on July 1st.
There’s also a provision that will allow those on the lifetime ban list to ask to be removed from the list. Backers of the law believe more people may sign up for the self-ban if there is a shorter term involved for the ban. Ohorilko says the commission had a request to review the impact on casinos.
He says they also will look at the penalties and whether they are appropriate. Ohorilko says the regulators agreed to take a look.
That recommendation is expected at the July 13th commission meeting. Ohorilko says there are several things right now that are considered a violation by casinos when dealing with someone on the self-ban list.
The other part of the review will examine the penalties assessed to casinos.
Ohorilko says the Iowa Gaming Association is the custodian of the self-exclusion list for the casinos and the I-G-A is working to update the technology to deal with the new law change.
