Dover Downs' Crown Royal Poker Room Is The Real Deal

DOVER, July 8, 2010: Dover Downs Hotel & Casino is scheduled to open its newest amenity – the Crown Royal Poker Room, on Monday, July 12, from noon to 8 p.m., to undergo a two-day requisite period of testing for Delaware Lottery. Pending approval by Lottery officials, 24-hour daily operations will begin on Wednesday, July 14, beginning at noon. The Crown Royal Poker Room is located on the third floor and features 12 tables offering popular poker games, including Texas Hold ‘Em.

“The opening of the Crown Royal Poker Room is the next big step in our pursuit to offer full scale gaming choices, and we really hit the mark with it,” said Ed Sutor, president and CEO of Dover Downs Hotel & Casino. “This is a true poker room and we are more than ready to begin the action of poker play, which has become widely popular as entertainment all over the world. Poker tournaments are just around the corner.”

Full cocktail and wait service is provided with options from Tony Luke’s Cheese Steaks, Dietz & Watson Italian Grinders and Grotto Pizza to Budweiser and light snacks. Individual rolling hospitality tables allow servers to deliver drinks, pizza, etc. directly to players at their seats. Eleven flat screens broadcast sports events and flank a 26’ feature wall highlighted with the famous purple Crown Royal logo.

Approximately 50 positions were created to run the operations of the Crown Royal Poker Room, including dealers, cashiers, foodservice workers and administrative staff. These new hires join more than 300 employees recently employed by the company to run its table game operations in the casino, consisting of Blackjack, Craps, Roulette, Pai Gow Poker, Spanish 21, Baccarat, and 3-Card Poker. Delaware Lottery approved table games operations at Dover Downs Hotel & Casino on June 24, and the ceremonial first roll of the dice was thrown by Lottery Director Wayne Lemons on June 25.