Smoking was temporarily banned in all casinos due to COVID after they reopened in mid-2020 from mandated shutdowns, but that prohibition was dropped as public health concerns eased. While casinos have the right to allow smoking on up to 50% of their gaming floor under an exception for them in Pennsylvania’s Clean Indoor Air Act of 2008, there is no requirement that they permit it. Counterparts have reopened indoor smokingĪt one point, Parx had companionship in its no-smoking policy from Mount Airy Casino Resort and Rivers Philadelphia, but that changed last year. Like Greenwood Gaming & Entertainment’s flagship Parx property, located in Bucks County, and unlike other Pennsylvania casinos, the facility is non-smoking. It also has electronic table games, sports betting kiosks, and a sports bar/restaurant. Using 73,000 square feet of space in a former Lowe’s store off of Interstate 81’s Exit 29 southwest of Harrisburg, Parx is offering just 549 slot machines instead of the maximum, in order to give customers more space. The Shippensburg facility is the fourth mini-casino - limited to a maximum of 750 slot machines - and the third in south-central Pennsylvania. 3 for the state’s first new gaming venue in more than a year. Parx did not promote Thursday’s “soft opening” of its mini-casino, instead focusing attention on a grand opening celebration planned at 10 a.m. It also approved a license Wednesday for a future mini-casino near State College, and multiple other casinos have been tweaking operations. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board’s green light given to the Parx mini-casino in Cumberland County was just one of numerous recent developments in the state’s ever-growing gaming industry. Thursday after the venue successfully completed two mandated test days this week. Pennsylvania has its 17 th casino with the opening of Parx Casino Shippensburg at 10 a.m.

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