Cardless, contactless and cashless technology: Take a look inside Hollywood Casino York
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Hollywood Casino York will open at noon on August 12. It will be the state's newest casino. The casino will have a 125-seat sit-down restaurant, 125 televisions, a bar, slot machines, table games and a racebook. Patrons can use their smartphones to direct cash to slot machine and table game. The $120 million casino is located at the York Galleria Mall in Springettsbury Township. Penn National Gaming officials showed off the new casino to the media on Wednesday. They wanted to protect its "mother-ship" facility in Pennsylvania, Hollywood Casino at Penn. National Race Course.
Hollywood Casino York is a new casino with a lot of slot machines and table games. It will have 510 slot machine and 24 table game games initially. There will be room for expansion with the capacity to move up to 750 slot devices and 40 table gaming games in the future.
You can download money to your smartphone and transfer it to the machine. The technology is available for slots and table games where the dealer uses an iPad. Surveillance approves the transaction and you receive your chips at the table. If you forget to cash out, the machines will cash money back to you as soon as you walk away.
The MyChoice app on the phone acts as a player card and can be used at slot machines. Penn National's 42 casinos can use the app to transfer rewards to the card reader.
Hollywood Casino York has the state's first Barstool Sportsbook. The sportsbook area has a bar and a giant 9-foot-tall by 32-ft-wide video wall. You can also put money on a trifecta at the casino's racebook. Penn National Gaming's OTBs in the York and Lancaster area have closed.
Hollywood Casino York offers food and alcohol around the clock. Diner & Drinks is a 125-seat casual sit-down restaurant and bar. The Classic Grill is an eatery that serves food 24 hours a day.
There are 125 televisions at the casino.
York Galleria Mall has a casino at its mall. It's not the first mall to have a gambling center. Live! Casino Pittsburgh opened at the Westmoreland Mall last year. Bally’s is planning to open at Nittany Mall near Penn State University's main campus.
