{"id":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-025","kind":"order","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator)","state":"PA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-GAMING-RACING","eco":"","issuer":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Executive Director Kevin O\u0027Toole)","authority":"4 Pa.C.S. § 1202 (\u0027the Board\u0027s authority as the general and sole regulatory authority over the conduct of gaming and related activities\u0027)","instrument":"COVID-19 Casino Reopening Protocols","title":"Minimum requirements to be fulfilled prior to re-opening a casino for gaming operations (Pandemic Safety Officer; masks; distancing; slot spacing by disabling machines; table-game limits; poker rooms not authorized; cage and food restrictions)","dateIssued":"2020-05-19","effective":"2020-05-19 (governed each casino\u0027s Board-approved reopening in the Green Phase, June 9 - July 2020)","end":"Amended as State orders changed; casinos closed again Dec. 12, 2020 - Jan. 4, 2021 by the Governor\u0027s Dec. 10, 2020 order; conditions continued to the Commonwealth\u0027s lifting of mitigation orders (May 31, 2021) and mask order (June 28, 2021)","startDate":"2020-05-19","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["CLOSE","CAP","MASK","EMP","GATH"],"addressees":["Pennsylvania\u0027s twelve licensed casinos"],"clause":"Pennsylvania\u0027s twelve operating casinos closed in Mid-March 2020 due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic... the protocols and restrictions contained herein reflect the minimum requirements required to be fulfilled prior to re-opening the casino for gaming operations... Casinos shall promote social distancing between slot machines by one or more of the following methods: 1. Installing a plexiglass barrier between machines 2. Removing chairs from certain machines 3. Disabling certain slot machines to create distance between operating machines.... Poker rooms are not authorized to operate due to players handling cards and chips.","enforcement":"Board approval required before reopening; Pandemic Safety Officer reporting to the Board\u0027s Director of Casino Compliance; 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b), 1518","functions":["SF slot floors thinned by disabling machines; table games limited; poker rooms closed","FB casino restaurants under PA DOH occupancy rules","CB masks, screening, refusal of admittance for symptoms","HR/EMP Pandemic Safety Officer, training, staggered breaks","OP casino compliance and surveillance procedures"],"notes":"The regulator\u0027s statement that all twelve casinos closed in mid-March 2020 and \u0027placed thousands of Pennsylvania\u0027s casino-related employees in unemployed status.\u0027","sourceUrl":"http://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/files/communications/COVID-19_Casino_Reopening_Protocols.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200524125413/https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/files/communications/COVID-19_Casino_Reopening_Protocols.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":152229,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-025","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-025","citation":"Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Executive Director Kevin O\u0027Toole), COVID-19 Casino Reopening Protocols (May 19, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-025)","stateName":"Pennsylvania","related":["AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-027"]}