“Since the coronavirus threat began, we have implemented stringent CDC-recommended protocols throughout our enterprise, including increased daily cleaning regimens, maximizing air circulation, cancelling or postponing all live events, and we’re in the process of reducing the number of chairs at our dining facilities, table games and poker rooms, as well as the number of slot machines in play at any one time, to increase social distancing, among other initiatives.

“The health and well-being of our guests and team members will always be our paramount concern,” said Jay Snowden, President and CEO of Penn National Gaming. The DPS and the MGCB will be continuing to work with the state’s licensed casinos, as well as local, state and federal health authorities to determine safe protocols for when operations may resume.

tonight as a precautionary measure against the ongoing spread of COVID-19. (NASDAQ: PENN) (“Penn National” or the “Company”) announced today that Hollywood Casino Hotel & Raceway in Bangor, Maine, has received notification from the Maine Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) and the Maine Gambling Control Board (“MGCB”) to temporarily suspend operations for a period of two weeks beginning at 6:00 p.m.

WYOMISSING, Pa.-( BUSINESS WIRE)-Penn National Gaming, Inc.

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