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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
Features
10ClassicReelSlotsGoVideo!
Slot makers have created new video slots from their famous reel slot brands, resulting in exciting new games with familiar, classic appeal!
Columns
8 Video Poker with Bob Dancer
Why Do Di erent Pay Tables Require Di erent Strategies?
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Casino Directory
San Diego County and Inland Empire Casinos
16 EntertainmentCalendar
Hall & Oates, Merle Haggard, and Tony Bennett in February!
17 Tribes in the News
Tribal Gaming Builds Strong Nations
18 Driving Directions
Volume 3, Number 2 • February 2004
19 9 The Frugal Gambler — Jean Scott
Map and Driving Dire ions to Southern California Casinos
Bus Schedules
Casino Bus Schedules and Routes
Bingo Calendar
Play Bingo at Barona, Sycuan, Soboba, Fantasy Springs and San Manuel!
Publisher/Editor: Publication Design: Art Direction: Distribution: Advertising:
Théon Banos Cross Burk Design Group Kevin Burk
Fenn Cross
T. B. Cross Carolyn C. Vargas
Everything You Wanted to Know about Gambling and Taxes...
14 About Gambling with Bill Burton
Video or Reel Slot Machines — How Many Coins Should You Play?
Departments
4 From the Publisher
Celebrating Two years of the Gaming Guide
5 Southern California Gaming News
e Beverly HillbilliesTM arrive in Southern
California, Bob Eubanks comes to Sycuan,
6 and more!
Tournaments
9 TournamentCalendarforFebruary
Best of Casino Dining
Soboba Steakhouse
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Contributors
Bill Burton • Bob Dancer Rob Schmidt • Jean Scott Address
P. O. Box 19267 • San Diego, CA 92159 General Information: (619) 462-5891
Advertising
E-Mail: Ads@TheGamingGuide.com Advertising Information: (619) 462-5891
The Southern California Gaming Guide is published monthly for a total of 12 issues per year. The Southern California Gaming Guide actively promotes tribal gaming and supports responsible gaming both in the publication and by donating 10% of the annual profit from the publication to responsible gaming organizations. The Southern California Gaming Guide is distributed only by the Gaming Guide’s authorized distribution companies.
@2004 Gaming Guide. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this publication may be reproduced without expressed written permission from the publisher. The Gaming Guide logo is a registered trademark of the Gaming Guide.
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22 Winners
Player’s Club Promotions
Rolex® Watches, Hot Cars, a New House and Lots of Cash in February!
Six Big Wheel of Fortune® Winners!
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...as well as Hotels, Motels, Car Rental Agencies, Bottle Shops, and Independent Groceries — Over 3,000 Locations in Los Angeles (including the San Fernando Valley), Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and San Diego Counties, and on Oahu, Hawaii at select locations!
TCelebrating Two Years of the Gaming GuideTM!
his February we celebrate our second anniversary! Two years ago this month we began publishing the Gaming Guide! First as a San Diego monthly, and then, in response to
reader requests, we expanded to the Southern California Gaming Guide in August 2002, including news of all Tribal government casinos in Southern California! We also expanded our distribution throughout Southern California to Los Angeles County, including the San Fernando Valley, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, and of course, San Diego County. And two years later we have a readership of well over 300,000 monthly, and readers as far away as Hawaii! We look forward to bringing readers California gaming news for many more years!
is is our rst slot issue of 2004, featuring some of gaming’s classic reel slots, and their recent reincarnation as exciting video games! Read about “Classic Reel Slots Gone Video” on page 10.
2004 is a Leap Year with an extra day this month, and Valentine’s Day opportunities for romantic celebrations at casinos.
And a group of lucky winners are celebrated on our Winner’s page this month — six Wheel of Fortune® winners in one month! Also check out the fantastic player’s club promotions on page 21. You could win a new house, Rolex® watches and lots of cash!
On page 17, Rob Schmidt brings us up to date on the state of Tribal government gaming in California. Did you know that Tribal gaming has brought unprecedented economic growth to California?
Let us know what you want to see in the Southern California Gaming Guide in the coming months! Meanwhile, always wager wisely and have fun at the casinos!
A look back at the covers from the second year of the Southern California Gaming Guide!
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From the Publisher February 2004 • Vol. 3 Number 2