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BetRivers.com will offer players the chance to be among the first sports fans to ever place legal online bets in the state of Illinois.

New protocols at the Chicago property require a minimal increase in on-site staffing and strict adherence to social distancing and other health safety guidelines.

The Illinois Gaming Board has extended the suspension of all licensed video gaming and casino gambling operations until further notice to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The suspension will be at all Illinois locations until further notice.

Majestic Hall announced it will be temporarily closed through the end of April.

The Illinois Gaming Board has extended the suspension of all video gaming operations and all casino gambling operations in the state until at least 30 April.

The Illinois Gaming Board has extended the suspension of all video gaming operations and all casino gambling operations in Illinois until at least 8 April.

The two Caesars Entertainment properties will suspend gambling operations for 14 days, beginning 16 March.

As a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., casinos across the country have announced temporary closures. These resorts will continue to assess the situation over the next two weeks and reevaluate the closures.

Belterra Casino Resort and Blue Chip Casino Hotel and Spa in Indiana; Belterra Park in Ohio; and Par-A-Dice Casino Hotel in Illinois have closed in effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Per an order from the Illinois Gaming Board, the three Penn National casinos in the state must temporarily suspend operations for 14 days, beginning Monday as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.

The state's 10 casinos must suspend gambling operations for 14 days beginning Monday, 16 March.

Trade show cancellations are pouring in, sportsbooks that would have been jam packed next week for March Madness will now be empty, and with a travel ban to the U.S. in place, visitation numbers will plummet.

The supplier enabled partners Rush Street Interactive and Penn National Gaming to take the first legal wagers in the states of Illinois and Michigan respectively.

With the launch of BetRivers Sportsbook today at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, the Prairie State became the 15th U.S. state to introduce legal sports betting.

Rivers Casino Des Plaines will be the first casino in Illinois to open a retail sportsbook when the 4,840 square-foot state-of-the-art venue with a 47-foot-wide video wall is unveiled.

We take a look at some new features and additions that casinos around the country have been working on to bring in the new year.

The Illinois property has also added a new table-game area on the casino floor adjacent to the BetRivers SportsBar. Additional slot machines and table games have been added throughout the facility.

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Rush Street Interactive through its partnership with French Lick Resort, will launch the Hoosier State’s first licensed online and mobile sportsbook, BetRivers, today.

Kline was most recently the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Resorts World Catskills Casino and Monticello Raceway for Empire Resorts in New York.