Plexiglass screens and dividers are seen on gaming tables in an outdoor setting at Artichoke Joe's Casino on Septemin San Bruno. That $5 million is also the largest amount assessed against a California card room by federal regulators. The state penalty is in addition to a $5 million federal settlement for failing to have an effective anti-money laundering program and failing to report certain suspicious activity between 20, state officials said. SAN BRUNO (AP) - One of California's more profitable card rooms agreed Thursday to a record $5.3 million penalty for misleading gambling regulators and violating a federal law designed to deter money laundering, the state attorney general's office said.Īrtichoke Joe's Casino in San Bruno failed to properly report an investigation by the federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, leading to the largest agreed-upon penalty in the history of California gambling regulation, officials said.
