In the Gulf Coast area, the Hollywood Casino in nearby Bay St. But since the pandemic began, only six have reopened.

Mississippi’s slow poker reopening in progressĪt the start of 2020, Mississippi had nine poker rooms. Neither the IP Biloxi nor the Beau Rivage have any tournament series scheduled in the near future. The nearby Beau Rivage Resort & Casino, put out a statement on its Facebook page on Friday, explaining how this lifting of restrictions won’t yet alter the casino’s protocols:

“We’re following the guidelines of the CDC (Center for Disease Control),” an IP Biloxi representative told CardsChat News. At the Imperial Palace in Biloxi, home to a 10-table poker room, the casino will adhere to federal safety standards. Mask mandates to remain in place at Mississippi casinosĭespite the MGC’s lifting of all COVID restrictions, Mississippi casinos seem intent on keeping mask-wearing rules in place, at least for now. The July 2020 standards were updated in March 2021, upping a casino’s capacity limits to 75%.

Plexiglass barriers and masks became the norm. Poker rooms reopened in October 2020, and played 5-handed. But customers weren’t required to wear masks until July. They reopened two months later, in May, at 50% capacity and with cleaning protocols in place. Mississippi’s 36 casinos (and nine poker rooms) went dark in March 2020. The commission released a statement on Thursday that negated all previous directives, and urged licensees to follow local and state pandemic guidelines instead. But poker rooms are sticking by federal guidelines (at least for now) that still call for masks to keep such gatherings safe. Mississippi’s gaming regulators relaxed mask-wearing rules. But don’t expect the state’s poker rooms to begin operating maskless any time soon. The Mississippi Gaming Commission rescinded previous COVID-related casino restrictions on Friday, including occupancy limits and a mask mandate for casino workers and patrons. How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?.

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