Maverick Cares Celebrates First Anniversary, Holiday Season by Providing Meals for 16,000 People

In partnership with local community leaders, Maverick Cares, a ‘good neighbor’ program of Maverick Gaming that is managed by its team members, is providing free holiday meals for 16,000 people to local families. The pre-packaged meals will include items such as: Ham, Mashed Potatoes, Green Beans, Dinner Rolls, Pumpkin Pie. To learn more about previous Maverick Cares community events, you may access media coverage and details on its website. Maverick Cares was launched in Fall 2019, hosting its first event on December 23, 2019.

The care packages will be distributed on December 23 via a voucher program issued in advance for participating families and respecting all public health measures helping curb the spread of COVID-19.

In accordance with public health allowances, Maverick Gaming currently operates 17 of its 19 locations outdoors. Participating families will be able pick up their holiday meal in the parking lots of designated locations listed below.
Members of the media are invited to report on the effort as a part of scheduled holiday community outreach coverage.

“Just over a year ago, our teammates were ready to prove that Maverick Gaming was committed to giving back where we live and work. We had no idea just how critical community partnerships would be through all the world-changing events of the past year,” said Maverick Gaming CEO and co-founder Eric Persson. “At Maverick Cares, we are humbled by the support of more than 35 local organizations across the state that elevate the ability of our team to help those most in need. This holiday season, as we all strive to keep our families safe while celebrating the holiday, we hope that these meals will help make things just a little bit easier as we together weather the public health and economic storms of 2020.”

WHERE: Royal Casino (Everett), Crazy Moose Casino (Mountlake Terrace), Silver Dollar Casino (Bothell), Club Hollywood (Shoreline), Caribbean Casino (Kirkland), Roman Casino (Seattle), Great American Casino (Tukwila), Silver Dollar Casino (Renton), Silver Dollar Casino (SeaTac), Wizards Casino (Burien), Macau Casino (Lakewood), Crazy Moose Casino (Pasco), Caribbean Casino (Yakima).

WHEN: For day-of coverage, the care packages will be provided to families with vouchers distributed by partner community organizations between the hours of 3 PM to 7 PM on Tuesday December 23. For stories in advance of the event, please contact Maverick Cares to assist in coordinating.

WHO: Maverick Cares is the philanthropic arm of Maverick Gaming, a gaming company established recently by Hoquiam native, Eric Persson. Maverick Cares is managed by its team members and reflects the values and priorities of the communities where the Maverick team lives, works and plays. Local community partners are working with each respective Maverick Gaming location. Additional charitable efforts by Maverick Cares included an employee-driven donation to Toys for Tots during the 2019 holiday season, a July 4th Giveaway earlier in 2020
and free Thanksgiving meals in November. Learn more online.

Maverick Gaming operates card rooms in Washington located from Kirkland to Tukwila to Lakewood to Kennewick as well as the Wendover Nugget, Red Garter Hotel, Red Lion Casino and Gold Country Casino in Nevada, as well as three properties in Colorado. Maverick Gaming currently employs more than 2,000 team members in Washington State and intends to invest $500 million in licensed card rooms and planned entertainment developments across the state.

At the core of Maverick Gaming’s Responsible Gambling approach is its ‘self-exclusion’ policy, which gives self-identified problem gamblers opportunity to avoid risking their wallets and their well-being. Washington has passed a law requiring the State Gambling Commission to finalize a self-exclusion system by 2021, but Maverick Gaming has already implemented centralized self-exclusion statewide, restricting access to problem gamblers in all its card rooms.

To learn more about Maverick Gaming, please visit its website.