This includes Region 10, home to Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, the highest-performing casino among the 10 in Illinois. Pritzker’s move to unfreeze regions resulted in nine of them moving forward into at least Tier 2, which allows for the opening of casinos. Under the previous system, the metrics in two of the state’s regions allowed the Illinois Gaming Board to permit the opening of Par-A-Dice Casino in East Peoria, Jumer’s Casino in Rock Island, and Harrah’s Metropolis to open Saturday with limited hours of operation at 25% capacity. 17, when the second wave of the pandemic resulted in increased positive cases throughout the state. Gaming in all forms had been suspended since Nov. Pritzker to unfreeze the state’s 11 regions in Tier 3 of its COVID-19 mitigation plan has resulted in three additional casinos across the state to be eligible for opening at limited capacity starting Tuesday, raising the total number to six.
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