Indian casino settles charges over high-rollers

Friday, March 16, 2001 | 11:39 a.m.

MASHANTUCKET, Conn. -- Foxwoods Resort Casino has paid $30,000 and six casino executives have signed consent decrees to end a state investigation of alleged regulation violations related to the recruitment of high-rolling clientele.

Two executives were accused of giving a patron and his girlfriend $45,000 in cash compensation vouchers, while a fake receipt was submitted in an effort to validate the transaction, one consent decree said.

Another executive allegedly approved large amounts of credit to a junket operator knowing that the money was being loaned to junket patrons for gambling, another consent decree said.

All six executives have been reprimanded by the Mashantucket Gaming Commission.

The alleged violations occurred in the late 1990s when state regulations prohibited the so-called "cash comps." But giving comps is standard practice in the gambling industry, and they are now legal in Connecticut.