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This Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 file photo shows one of the spacious the 6th floor suites in the Soboba Casino Resort as construction is almost complete. Soboba reopened its hotel in June and is operating it at 70 percent capacity (File photo by Terry Pierson, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG)

If you’re in need of a quick getaway, you may be wondering which casino hotels are open that you can stay at safely.

Many of Southern California’s resort casinos have begun to reopen reservations while others have limited hotel capacity to invited guests.

In both cases, it’s a whole new world full of sanitizer, social distancing and modifications. Read more. 

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Beyond Southern California… 

We’re in a nationwide coin shortage caused by businesses shuttered due to COVID-19. It also doesn’t help that people aren’t really keen on touching coins and bills during the pandemic so they aren’t paying with cash. That’s sent some Las Vegas casinos with classic coin slot machines scrambling for change. The Las Vegas Sun has more.