Eight more of Maverick Gaming’s Washington casinos face closure
Maverick Gaming’s shrinking Washington casino business could lose another eight properties as the operator continues restructuring under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Maverick Washington has filed notices covering approximately 850 employees at eight cardrooms, with the properties currently expected to close in late November.
The affected venues include cardrooms operating under the Palace, Macau and other Maverick brands across Washington, but the closures aren’t necessarily final.
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Maverick told Washington authorities that properties could remain open if they are transferred to new owners or operators during the bankruptcy process.
“Maverick Washington LLC is currently subject to a bankruptcy proceeding and, as part of that proceeding, there could be a potential change of operator and/or owner for the site,” Human Resources Director Christine Wisniewski said.
“If the site is transitioned to a new owner/operator, the above-referenced closure may not occur, or alternatively, the closure could be delayed.”
The uncertainty comes after a prolonged contraction of Maverick’s Washington portfolio, with another two Tukwila casinos already scheduled to close on November 1, affecting around 238 workers.
Maverick has announced 13 Washington closures since April, according to local reporting, after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in July 2025.
Court documents attributed its financial difficulties to substantial debt, operational issues, wider industry conditions and what the company described as “significant competition from tribal casinos in their key Washington market.”
Washington has an unusual gambling landscape, with tribal casinos able to offer substantially larger gaming operations, while commercial cardrooms operate under much tighter restrictions.
Maverick has also fought unsuccessfully to gain access to Washington’s sports betting market, with it legalised in 2020 but restricted to the tribal casinos, a point which Maverick argued extensively.
Maverick has also criticised Washington regulators over the rejection of a centralised surveillance proposal that it said would have helped smaller cardrooms compete.
Several Maverick properties have already changed hands through the bankruptcy process rather than closing altogether.
That means November’s proposed closures could still produce buyers, but there are no guarantees for the rapidly shrinking Maverick portfolio.
