The Nevada Gaming Commission on Thursday in a 4-1 vote ordered a $7.8 million fine for Caesars Entertainment Inc. for allowing an illegal bookmaker to gamble at its properties.

Commissioner Rosa Solis-Rainey opposed the motion, wanting a higher fine assessed and saying it shouldn’t have taken seven years for Caesars to discover the wrongdoing.

It was the third disciplinary action taken this year involving convicted illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer with fines of $10.5 million assessed to Resorts World Las Vegas and its parent company, Genting Berhad, in March, and an $8.5 million fine against MGM Resorts International in April.

The $7.8 million fine was the fifth highest against a Nevada licensee in history.

Payment of the fine settles a five-count complaint filed by the Nevada Gaming Co

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