Cascades Casino open again

By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com

Cascades Casino in Chatham reopened recently after going dark for more than two weeks.

Closed since mid-April after parent company Gateway was the victim of a cyber attack, the Richmond Street facility reopened May 4.

Match Eatery reopened the same day as well, but with a limited menu.

Gateway was hit with a ransomware attack in April, which forced the closure of their operations across Ontario.

“We responded to a cyber incident and we made the decision to err on the side of cuation and close all 14 of our sites,” Rob Mitchell, director of communications for Gateway, told The Voice.

The company working with its regulators, opted to take a graduated reopening effort, reopening several casinos each day rather than all at once, he said.

Mitchell said Gateway officials are quite relieved to be back operational. He added that officials believe no private information was accessed in the cyber attack.

“We’ve notified relevant privacy officials, law enforcement and government regulators. We will continue to keep them apprised,” Mitchell said of the attack. “To the best of our knowledge, we’re not aware of any private information being compromised.”