Masks are no longer mandatory for vaccinated visitors to Las Vegas casinos.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board announced Friday that it was removing the mask mandate that had been in place since the state casino market reopened last July.

The change in state policy came shortly after the Centers for Disease Control announced that it was safe for vaccinated people to take off their mask in almost all places. The agency also said unvaccinated people should continue to wear face coverings.

Most casinos follow the same approach.

According to the local Fox , an affiliate, Wynn Resorts became the first casino operator to change its mimicry policy CDC. At both Las Vegas Strip casinos, Encore and Wynn Las Vegas, vaccinated visitors will no longer be required to wear a mask. within hours MGM Resorts and Caesars Entertainment followed suit, meaning that as soon as these three companies made the change, almost the entire Las Vegas Strip would follow the policy. The Cosmopolitan, Venetian and Palazzo also made changes.

Properties will use an honor system and will not force visitors without masks to prove their vaccinated status. NGCB does not prohibit casinos from creating its customers prove that they have been vaccinated, however, doing so would be an arduous process for them.

Every company has a different approach to what it allows its employees to do. MGM currently employs its workers masked while other properties have allowed vaccinated workers to work without face coverings.

With the masks removed after the plexiglass partitions are removed, the poker rooms look as close to normal as they have been since the US pandemic in March 2020.