{"id":2482268,"date":"2026-06-30T17:58:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2482268"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:58:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:58:44","slug":"ontario-great-canadian-entertainment-fined-120000-for-unauthorized-casino-software-use-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ontario-great-canadian-entertainment-fined-120000-for-unauthorized-casino-software-use-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario: Great Canadian Entertainment fined $120,000 for unauthorized casino software use \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-140123 articleHeight\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\nTuesday, June 30, 2026 1:56 PM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull offsiteImage\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"align-right attribution\">\n<p><span title=\"Image aggregated from CP24.\">Image aggregated from CP24.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-8 grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"authorIm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Generic-Author.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"author\">Joshua McGinnis, CP24<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\">\n<p>The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has fined Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) $120,000 after unauthorized gaming software was discovered at four casinos across Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>In a news release Monday, the AGCO said it discovered 40 instances where revoked or unapproved bill validator software had been installed at the casinos Feb. 20 and March 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The AGCO did not specify which casinos were in possession of the unauthorized software.<\/p>\n<p>Bill validators that are part of gaming machines verify the authenticity and value of cash inserted into the machines.<\/p>\n<p>According to AGCO, these validators \u201cmust undergo rigorous testing and approval\u201d so regulators can confirm they operate as intended and \u201cperform critical functions reliably.<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"fooboxshare_post_id\" type=\"hidden\" value=\"140123\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p> <!-- end article section --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-footer\">\n<div class=\"continueText\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/29\/great-canadian-entertainment-fined-120000-by-agco-for-unauthorized-casino-software-use\/\" target=\"_blank\">Article continues on CP24\u00a0<span>\u2b95<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/local\/toronto\/2026\/06\/29\/great-canadian-entertainment-fined-120000-by-agco-for-unauthorized-casino-software-use\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"osButton button\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><center><\/p>\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-3728648654\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"14558\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\">\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-633823933\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"14547\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" data-cdcgaboba-redirect=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/14547\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"QCI-web-220301-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/QCI-web-220301-2.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/center>\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<p> <!-- end article footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source cdcgaming.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Back to Newsroom Tuesday, June 30, 2026 1:56 PM Image aggregated from CP24. Joshua McGinnis, CP24 Email, LinkedIn, and more The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has fined Great Canadian Entertainment (GCE) $120,000 after unauthorized gaming software was discovered at four casinos across Ontario. 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