Summary:
- Hollywood Casino at Penn National will hire 30 poker dealers.
- Morgantown is also hiring poker dealers.
- Live poker has been non-existent since the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020.
Live poker is returning to casinos in Pennsylvania. This week, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course announced it is prepping to bring back the games with the hiring of live dealers.
The Morgantown location will also be back in business when it comes to live poker. Employees will be paid during training, and players can enjoy live poker for the first time in 2020.
Closed due to Covid
The poker room at Hollywood Casino closed in 2020 due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the poker rooms have remained closed, and fans of the game have been out of luck. Earlier this year, officials confirmed that poker would be making a comeback; we just didn’t know when.
COVID hit casinos hard, causing many of the live and interpersonal services to shut down for an extended period of time.
Surprisingly, Hollywood Casinos in Pennsylvania have waited this long to return the games, some four years since the pandemic began.
Players have been wondering when the live games would return. The casinos feature live poker cash games and events, with special tournaments held throughout the year. Now, with the game’s return, the hope is that poker will return to its normalcy in the Hollywood venues.
Slow Start
For now, the Penn National location would like to hire 30 live casino dealers. The Morgantown location will have a bit less at 20 dealers. Employees will be trained and receive $13 an hour with training. The employee can keep any tips earned during the training process. No experience is necessary, but having experience is a plus.
Live poker will begin at Penn National with a few tables located near the sportsbook. Players will be able to play Texas Hold’em from Friday to Sunday, with specific hours of operation yet to be announced.
It seems that the casinos will want to gauge how well players will receive the games before offering a full five to seven days of services. The casinos will most likely offer limited poker gaming initially and then start offering more days or hours based on participation. The games are expected to be received well, so it would not be surprising to see more hours of operation early on after the games are up and running.
The casinos must locate dealers and train them before offering the live poker games again. We expect an update in a few weeks on the progress of bringing live poker back to Hollywood Casinos. Hopefully, players won’t have to wait too long to enjoy games.
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