Speak Up: Harrington Casino closed due to ‘technical difficulties’

Duffy Barber’s plan to celebrate her 73rd birthday with a little gaming action at Harrington Casino & Raceway was foiled Dec. 28, 2022.The Rehoboth Beach woman, other Delawareans and out-of-staters arrived at the casino on the state fairgrounds to find a near-empty parking lot and the casino temporarily closed due to “technical difficulties,” according to a sign posted at the door and on its website.

Helene Keeley, director of the Delaware Lottery, said the facility notified her office that it would be closing early the previous day. “As their regulator, we were notified yesterday at about 12:30 p.m. that they were experiencing technical difficulties and that they would be closing at 1 o’clock,” she said.

• People should just drive 20 more minutes to Dover to the casino there. Stop complaining. — Denise Sloboda Deskiewicz
• No one lost any money gambling. Good! — Jeffrey Eichelberger
• Their network was down, and the slot machines did not work correctly. You could not get a cash-out payment from most machines. All cash-outs had to be hand-paid, and those slips could be redeemed at cashier windows on that day only. So long, long lines. There were only five or six attendants able to produce the hand-pay slips. It was a real mess, for sure! — Holly Hitzig