Casino City’s Friday Five: Two steps forward, one step back edition
In June, IGT awarded two huge jackpots to players of Wheel of Fortune Slots and Powerbucks slots. Intertops Poker's Safari Sam 2 is the slot of the month. Workers at Las Vegas casinos are required to wear masks again due to the rise in cases of Delta variant of virus. David Peters won a third-career gold bracelet. The annual poker series is returning to a Las Las Vegas casino.
13th annual Grand Poker Series is coming to Golden Nugget Las Vegas. It will be held from 28 September to 18 October. There will also be 50 poker tournaments spread across 21 days.
The Golden Nugget is hosting the 13th annual Grand Poker Series. The event is worth $1.2 million. David Peters won $283,940 after 10 hours of play. The Clark County Commission voted to reinstate mandatory mask wearing for all Vegas casino workers. Several casinos already have such a mandate. Venetian has returned to mandatory weekly testing of employees. Vegas casinos will be inspected to ensure the mandate is being complied with. Poker pro David "dpeters17" Peters is seventh on the all-time money list with $34,806,289 in total live earnings.