Table Games Must Be Delayed

The lottery has announced that racetracks will not be able to offer table games because they don’t have the staff to run them. They are in the process of training more individuals to run the games, but for now they just don’t have the manpower, and won’t have it by Labor Day.

The tracks were hoping to start offering table games as of the beginning of September, but now it looks as though it will be more like November. They say that they just don’t have the time to get enough people trained in overseeing the games – and it takes complex accounting, security and regulatory procedures to be able to handle that.

If Kanawha County voters approve table games at the Tri-State Racetrack and Gaming Center in Nitro, the number of people they will need to hire will increase. Which means even more background checks and training will need to happen. They didn’t start the hiring process until the table games were approved at the first track as they didn’t want to hire someone and then tell them they didn’t have a job.

Hancock County Commission says that not only is it disappointing to many in the area not to have them to play, but it is financially hurting those that were counting on a paycheck starting Labor Day. Without the table games, those jobs are not needed yet, and thus there is no paychecks going out to those new employees. For those planning on that money, it will be a very difficult fall for them.


 

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