About half those positions will be full-time and half part-time, with full benefits offered, according to Rivers general manager Corey Wise. Rivers 78 is a vibrant and dynamic Entertainment District with a casino at its core. The Des Plaines casino, which has already built its soon-to-be sportsbook off Rivers’ main gaming floor, was aiming to hire about 20 people on the spot at its job fair. Rivers is one of three casinos issued temporary sports betting operating permits last month by the Illinois Gaming Board, allowing them to get their books in order before they are awarded their official licenses to start taking bets on sporting events. Relatively small places such as Las Vegas are best known for gambling larger cities such as Chicago are not defined by their casinos in spite of the large. Lakers, you just might be able to get a foot in the door of Illinois’ nascent sports betting industry.ĭozens of job seekers were each given a pen, paper and five minutes to answer those questions and more during the first stage of a job fair Tuesday at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines, as the state’s highest-grossing gaming operation races to bolster its staff and launch one of the state’s first sportsbooks under Gov.
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