Ourway removed Piontkowski from its qualifier list, much like Steve Wynn was removed from Wynn's. Piontkowski resigned and the remaining management pulled together in an effort to keep their application alive. It was a tough blow for Ourway Realty (owner of the Plainridge track) who was in the process of applying for a gaming license for slot machines. Piontkowski, had improperly taken $1 million from the harness track’s money room over many years. In 2013, MGC's investigative arm, Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB), discovered Plainridge Racecourse's president, Gary T. In that case, MGC showed great concern over the acts of the CEO, how the company reacted to discovering his actions, the quality of the team who took over leadership and the plan to move forward. What is interesting is how MGC came to a decision in an eerily similar case of a gaming applicant who lost its CEO in a scandal in Massachusetts. MGC will render its own suitability decision in September (Macau and Nevada are also considering Wynn's suitability). There is little doubt that their findings, if credible, will be both horrific and damning.
Wynn concluded its own internal investigation into the matter and the results were presented to the board of directors on August 3.
