As one Pennsylvania casino poker room has been drawing attention for reaching a record U.S. jackpot level, another has quietly disclosed its permanent closure.
In a Facebook post this month, Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course revealed an update concerning its poker room, which never reopened after a March 2020 COVID-19 shutdown.
“We wanted to provide everyone with an update that the poker room will not reopen,” the casino reported on July 1.
While that might be bad news for those accustomed to patronizing the 17-table poker room in the past, the consolation is the casino announced it will hold drawings at the end of July to give away over $440,000 that’s been built up in its poker “bad beat” jackpot.