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SAN DIEGO GAMING GUIDE
Features
7 Blackjack Bonanza!
Everything you wanted to know about Blackjack in San Diego!
16 San Diego’s Best Blackjack Game
Max Rubin helps you to nd your ideal Blackjack table in San Diego Casinos.
D5epartments
Gaming News
The latest San Diego Casino and Product Gaming News
6 Tribes in the News
Matt LaChappa Scholarship Fund Golf Tournament & the Sycuan Fire Dept.
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Advertisers
14 Tournament & Entertainment Calendar
Slot Tournaments and Entertainment for March
15 San Diego Casino Bingo Calendar
B-I-N-G-O in San D-I-E-G-O
17 Casino Player’s Club Promotions
Don’t miss out on the great March promotions at your favorite casinos.
18 Winners
Recent Big Winners in San Diego Casinos
C5olumns
The Unknown Gamer
Volume 1, Number 2 • March 2002 Publisher/Editor: Théon Banos Cross Publication Design: Burk Design Group Art Direction: Kevin Burk
Contributors
Ameila Banos • Kevin Burk • Karla Held
Gus C. Pappas • Max Rubin • J. Kenneth White
Address
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Slot Spotlight
It’s Raining Diamonds!
Casino Directory
Our two-page listing of San Diego Casinos
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The Unknown Gamer Hits the Decks.
Native American Hosts
Read about the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.
Dining Review
Barona’s ’Iipay Corner Café has something for everyone.
Huntington Press Golden Acorn Casino Sycuan Casino & Resort
Table Games
Learn Blackjack Strategy!
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e’re excited about the positive reception of The San Diego Gaming Guide complete with driving directions and lists of casino
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games, features, and amenities. Check out the big Winners on page 18. Next month your photo could be there!
We begin a new feature this month—our Slot Spot- light. This month we focus on the exciting Raining Diamonds nickel slot. This is a favorite with Barona Casino gamers who have been playing this machine for many months and loving those diamonds. The diamonds are real, certi ed, up to three carats in total weight. Read about the details of this exciting slot, which was just voted “The Most Innovative Gaming Product of the Year” by the gaming industry.
And coming in April, our rst Slot issue—Slot Mania. We’ll tell you all about the different kinds of slot machines, from the TV- and board game-themed multi- featured slots, to the classics. And we’ll tell you about some fun, exciting and new slots. We’ll also tell you about the wide-area progressives that generate stagger- ing jackpots and how best to play all these fun games in San Diego casinos!
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This month’s issue is devoted to Blackjack—one of the oldest card games in America! We have two features this month and one entire page on how to play, including strategies culled from the pros. A lot of gamers don’t play Blackjack—but they’re missing out on one of the best games for players. Our guest contributor, Max Rubin, talks about nding the Blackjack game of your dreams in San Diego. Max knows gaming, and we’re pleased to have his perspective of playing in San Diego. Check out our regular features. The Unknown Gamer talks about where he likes to play Black- jack and offers some of his unabashed tips. Read all about Gaming News with both local and
product features. Find out who’s in the news of San Diego tribes in Tribes in the News. Learn about the history of the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation in our Native American Hosts feature. Find out why some people make the trip to the ’Iipay Corner Café at Barona Casino—just for the food in our Dining Review. And check out the Tournament and Entertainment section so you’ll know about these special events. Learn all about your favorite casino’s promotions for March that you won’t want to miss. Check out the Barona coupon on page 17 for extra entries to Barona’s March Blinko Bonanza promotion! Pull-out and keep our two-page, county-wide casino directory,
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Gaming Guide Editorial Contents: March 2002 • Vol. 1 No. 2