Krum said Encore "simply cannot find enough dealers" or other workers and has been running dealer schools "almost non-stop." "Because of this labor crunch, reopening poker right now would necessitate the closure of other table games. "We know that table games provide more jobs than slot machines." Poker rooms are closed in Rhode Island and Maine but open in Connecticut and New Hampshire, he said. Three of seven poker rooms in New York are open, three of 10 in New Jersey are open, one of two in Delaware is open, seven of Pennsylvania's 11 poker rooms are operating, all four poker rooms in Maryland are operational, Florida has 25 of 27 poker rooms open, there are 37 open poker rooms out of 48 total in California, and Nevada has 28 of its 43 poker rooms open, Band said.

Source: MetroXpress July 30, 2021 13:41 UTC