Harrington Casino temporarily closed
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HARRINGTON — The Harrington Raceway & Casino is temporarily closed due to “technical difficulties,” although it is unclear what exactly the issue is or when the casino will reopen.
Harrington Raceway & Casino administrative staff was not immediately available for a comment. The Kent County “racino” was closed for two days, as of Wednesday afternoon, as first reported by WBOC.
Launched as a harkness racing track in 1946 and later supported by the casino in 1996, Harrington Raceway & Casino has roughly $6 million in slot machines with 1,327 machines to play, according to Harrington officials. In addition, the casino has table games and sports betting as well as an entertainment venue that draws in about 1.5 million people every 10 months.
Full House Resorts financed the casino’s build in 1996, but later ceded daily operations to Harrington Raceway Inc. — a majority-owned company owned by the nonprofit Delaware State Fair — and the agreement expired in 2011.
Harrington Raceway & Casino draws about 1.5 million people every 10 months. As of November 2022, iGaming — which includes table games and video lottery — at the casino brought in $2.94 million in net revenue, according to the Delaware Lottery.
Delaware used to be one of the few states that allow sports betting since 2018, but only allows wagers to be made in person. At Harrington Raceway & Casino, last available data from June 2022 shows that net proceeds from the sportsbook was $523,786. Comparatively, that was just over a third of the proceeds from the larger Delaware Park.
