A notice filed with Pasco Mayor Charles Grimm states that Crazy Moose Casino, at 510 S. 20th St., will either close by Nov. 30 or continue operating under new ownership, according to CDC Gaming. The notice came from RunItOnTime LLC, the parent company of Maverick Gaming Inc., which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this year.
The Pasco casino employs 137 workers, including several represented by Teamsters Local 839, CDC Gaming reported. Staff members in Pasco told the outlet they expect the casino to stay open and that nothing will change, but no buyer has been publicly confirmed and the company's own filing lays out closure as one of two possible outcomes.
A Pasco councilmember has suggested the casino will find new owners rather than shut down, according to a headline from NEWStalk 870, though the station's full reporting and any direct quote were not available for this story. Residents watching the situation should expect more clarity as the Nov. 30 deadline approaches.
A second Tri-City casino also owned by Maverick
Maverick Gaming also owns Coyote Bob's at 3014 Kennewick Ave. in Kennewick. It's not yet confirmed whether Coyote Bob's faces the same Nov. 30 close-or-sell deadline as Crazy Moose, or a different timeline. Both properties remain open for business, Tri-Cities Business News reported.
State gambling data cited by Tri-Cities Business News shows a sharp decline at both locations. Crazy Moose recorded nearly $325,000 in gambling receipts in the first quarter of 2024; a year later, in the first quarter of 2025, that figure had dropped to nearly $231,000. Coyote Bob's fell even further, from more than $429,000 in receipts in early 2024 to about $108,000 in the same period this year.
Maverick Gaming, based in Kirkland, bought both Tri-City properties from Washington Gold in 2019, according to 610 KONA. At its peak the company operated 17 cardrooms statewide, plus casino hotels in Nevada and Colorado.
Part of a statewide wind-down
The Tri-Cities properties are caught up in a much larger retreat. Maverick has already closed the Dragon Tiger Casino in Mountlake Terrace, the Palace Casino in Lakewood, the Silver Dollar in Renton and the Roman Casino in Seattle, per 610 KONA. The company also filed WARN notices saying it would close its Great American Casino and Riverside Casino in Tukwila by Nov. 1, laying off 238 workers, according to Yahoo Finance. Other recent closures cited by CDC Gaming eliminated 123 jobs at two more Washington cardrooms and 65 jobs at a location near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
In bankruptcy court filings tied to the Tukwila closures, Maverick pointed to labor costs as a driver of the shutdowns — that city's minimum wage rose 46% between 2022 and 2025, compared with a 15% increase across the rest of the state, according to the WARN filings reviewed by Yahoo Finance. Whether similar cost pressures factor into the Crazy Moose and Coyote Bob's finances isn't addressed in the company's filings reviewed so far.
Company officials have said the Chapter 11 restructuring could result in the sale of individual properties rather than closures across the board. Maverick estimates total assets and liabilities of between $100 million and $500 million and says it has continued paying its roughly 2,900 employees and vendors during the process, per Tri-Cities Business News. The filing followed a years-long legal fight over Washington sports betting law that ended with Maverick losing at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, according to 610 KONA.
What residents should watch for
The Nov. 30 deadline is the clearest date on the calendar. Whether that results in a sale, a continued operation under new management, or a closure affecting 137 Pasco jobs should become apparent in the coming weeks. Coyote Bob's status in Kennewick, the identity of any prospective buyer, and whether Franklin or Benton county officials have assessed the tax-revenue impact of a closure all remain open questions as the case moves through bankruptcy court.
