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LINCOLN, R.I. -- Ardent gamblers may be cheering this week's decision by the state's Lottery director to approve 24-hour gambling seven days a week at Twin River, but the slot parlor's late-night denizens better bring along their own snacks because most of eateries there won't change their hours any time soon.

"The full-service restaurants like Fred & Steve's and Fado will maintain existing hours," Twin River spokeswoman Patti Doyle wrote in an e-mail to The Journal. "Some of the food court vendors such as Dunkin Donuts may extend hours."

Twin River's current hours of operation are 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Monday through Thursday, and round-the-clock on weekends and holidays, with liquor service cut off between 12:30 and 12:45 a.m.

Earlier this week, Lottery Director Gerald Aubin approved round-the-clock gambling at Twin River, with the extended hours to begin in about two weeks.

After years when slow business pushed one restaurant company to close its Twin River outlet and forced the slot parlor to shut some of its own dining operations, food vendors there don't seem to be in a rush to extend their operating hours deep into the night.

"A lot of logistics are still being worked out, but largely no," Doyle wrote when asked whether the private food vendors would open longer after the changeover.

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