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- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · Pennsylvania
- Level
- Sector regulator
- Authority
- 4 Pa.C.S. § 1202 ('the Board's authority as the general and sole regulatory authority over the conduct of gaming and related activities')
- Issued
- 2020-05-19 May 19, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-05-19 (governed each casino's Board-approved reopening in the Green Phase, June 9 - July 2020) (read as 2020-05-19)
- End
- Amended as State orders changed; casinos closed again Dec. 12, 2020 - Jan. 4, 2021 by the Governor's Dec. 10, 2020 order; conditions continued to the Commonwealth's lifting of mitigation orders (May 31, 2021) and mask order (June 28, 2021) (read as 2021-06-30)
- In force
- May 19, 2020 to June 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Business closureCapacity limitGathering capFace-covering requirementWorkplace rules
- Addressees
- Pennsylvania's twelve licensed casinos
- Functions reached
- 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
- Collection
- State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING
Operative words
Pennsylvania's 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's Director of Casino Compliance; 4 Pa.C.S. §§ 1202(b), 1518
Notes
The regulator's statement that all twelve casinos closed in mid-March 2020 and 'placed thousands of Pennsylvania's casino-related employees in unemployed status.'
Retrieval noteLive URL now returns 404; retrieved from the May 24, 2020 capture.