“They had all the required plexiglass shields installed to separate machines properly. Investigations and Enforcement Bureau Assistant Director Bruce Band said the Plainville slots parlor reopened July 8 with 701 gaming positions. “We’re in uncharted waters, of course, and with casino gaming you don’t know what could happen tomorrow, but fingers crossed that we keep going and everything works out well.” “We’ve had a successful opening,” Burke Cain, assistant chief of the Gaming Commission’s Gaming Agents Division, said. Players have been good about keeping their masks on and keeping distance from one another at the slots parlor and casinos that have reopened in recent days, gambling regulators said Thursday.Īfter four months being closed, Plainridge Park Casino, MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor have reopened since the middle of last week under new restrictions meant to keep workers and players safe - no poker, craps or roulette until further notice, gaming tables capped at three players, and players must wear something to cover their nose and mouth upon entry and while in the gaming area, except to have a drink.
