Oaklawn President Louis Cella said the casino is \u201cstruggling to fill open positions, and COVID is still hanging on,\u201d according to KTHV-TV<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Arkansas has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the nation, ranking 45th in the number of eligible residents who have been inoculated. Nationwide, 51.9 percent of those eligible are fully vaccinated. In Arkansas, 40.6. of eligible residents have received the maximum number of shots. Vermont leads the nation with 67.7 percent of its eligible residents fully vaccinated.<\/p>\n
Cella said the resort wants the vaccine incentive \u201cto change the financial health of our current and future team members.\u201d<\/p>\n
The vaccine incentive, coming on the heels of the FDA approving the Pfizer vaccine, should move those unvaccinated to become vaccinated,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The vaccine incentive for current employees is available through Dec. 31. New employees hired after Jan. 1, 2022 can provide a valid vaccination card to receive the incentive, KTHV-TV<\/i> reported.<\/p>\n
The resort also is continuing its cash drawing that began in August. The drawing has resulted in $45,000 being awarded to employees with valid vaccination cards, according to KTHV-TV<\/i>.<\/p>\nIllegal Gambling<\/h2>\n
Casino gambling occurred illegally but openly in Hot Springs for decades, until authorities shut it down in the 1960s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nDuring this era, the nation\u2019s most notorious gangsters vacationed in Hot Springs. These included Al Capone, Frank Costello, Benjamin \u201cBugsy\u201d Siegel, and Charles \u201cLucky\u201d Luciano.<\/p>\n
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Oaklawn now is the only place in Hot Springs with legal casino gambling. The connection to its illegal casino past is on display at The Gangster Museum of America in Hot Springs. The museum\u2019s executive director, Robert K. Raines, is author of Hot Springs: From Capone to Costello<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A recently released book by David Hill, The Vapors: A Southern Family, the New York Mob, and the Rise and Fall of Hot Springs, America’s Forgotten Capital of Vice<\/i>, also explores the city\u2019s casino and underworld histories.<\/p>\nSaracen\u2019s Vaccine Incentives<\/h2>\n
In Pine Bluff, about 45 minutes south of Little Rock, Saracen Casino Resort also is providing incentives to encourage employee vaccinations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nSaracen is offering two extra paid vacation days<\/a> for employees who show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination. Those employees also are eligible for a weekly $1,000 drawing. The drawings are held at 3 pm every Wednesday through Sept. 8. About 900 people work at the casino.<\/p>\n\u201cWork at Saracen, and you can win cash for being vaccinated,\u201d Carlton Saffa, the resort\u2019s chief market officer, recently tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Arkansas hotel-casino is giving pay raises to employees who are inoculated against the coronavirus.\u00a0 Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort is raising the minimum wage for vaccinated non-tipped employees to $16 an hour, and to $8.50 an hour for those who receive tips, the resort recently announced. Salaried employees will receive a 3 percent pay raise […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":184269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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