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Ex. AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING-026 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Press release: Gaming Control Board Suspends Gaming Operations For All Casinos

Board instructs the six casinos still open to conclude all gaming activities and patron entry by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17, 2020 (the other six having already closed)

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board · Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) (Sector regulator)

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Jurisdiction
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (State gaming regulator) · Pennsylvania
Level
Sector regulator
Authority
4 Pa.C.S. § 1202
Issued
2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
Effective
2020-03-17 6:00 a.m. (read as 2020-03-17)
End
Casinos reopened under Board-approved protocols from June 9, 2020 (Green Phase counties) through July 2020 (read as 2020-06-09)
In force
Mar. 17, 2020 to June 9, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureEvents and venues
Addressees
  • Hollywood Casino at Penn National, Mount Airy, Mohegan Sun Pocono, Lady Luck Nemacolin, Meadows, Presque Isle (ordered); Valley Forge, Harrah's Philadelphia, Parx, Rivers Philadelphia, Rivers Pittsburgh, Wind Creek Bethlehem (already closed)
Functions reached
  • SF all twelve casino gaming floors closed
  • AM racetrack casinos' simulcast and gaming closed
  • LG, FB, EVT casino hotels, restaurants and venues closed with the Governor's Mar. 19 order
Character
context
Collection
State gaming and racing regulators AGY-ST-GAMING-RACING

Operative words

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today instructed the six Pennsylvania casinos that are open as of today to begin closing procedures so that all gaming activities and entry to patrons is concluded by 6:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 17. The order to close follows the rapid expansion of reported COVID-19 cases and is aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. While the closure of the casinos is temporary, there is no specific indication of when reopening will occur.

Enforcement

'The order to close' issued under the Board's sole regulatory authority (4 Pa.C.S. § 1202); license discipline under § 1518

Notes

The Board's own closure action, two days before the Governor's statewide order of Mar. 19, 2020.

Retrieval note

Rendered from the raw July 11, 2020 capture of the Board's release page.

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