By the end of the day, two poker rooms will have opened up in West Virginia, and the rooms were approved by the residents in the counties where the casinos resides.
Mountaineer Racetrack in Chester opens its 37-table River Poker Room at 4 p.m. ET today, and Wheeling Island opened its 20-table room this morning. Both rooms will be open 24 hours a day and will spread games found in most casinos: Limit games starts as low as $2-$4, and no-limit starts as low as $1-$2 with $50 minimum buy-ins ($200 max).
The rooms will also run daily tournaments, but the schedules have not been finalized yet.
The poker rooms are the first stage in expanding the gaming at the tracks, where, for years, only wagering on the dogs or the ponies and playing slot machines was offered. Soon, the casinos will be getting blackjack, roulette, and craps, as well.
Voters in the two counties where the casinos are located voted to approve the gaming expansion this summer. Voters in Jefferson County voted to not allow table gaming at the Charles Town casino in southern West Virginia.
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