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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
Features
10 Amazing New Progre$$ives!
Fabulous Reinvented Favorites and Exciting New Half & Quarter Million Progre$$ive Slots are Coming Soon!
C8olumns
Video Poker with Bob Dancer
Can Normal People Gra is? 16 Best of Casino Dining
Barona Oaks Steakhouse: Award- Winning Upscale Casino Dining
Departments
5 Southern California Gaming News
6 Bingo Calendar
6 Table Games and Slot Tournaments 12 Southern California Casino Directory
16 Tribes in the News
17 Entertainment Calendar
18 Driving Directions
19 Bus Schedules
20 Player’s Club Promotions
21 Winners
On the Cover: Pat Sajak and Vanna White with the Special EditionTM Wheel of Fortune® progressive slot machine at the 2002 Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas.
TFrom the Publisher... his month contributor, Billie Lee Bartell, that
peripatetic casino-loving snowbird, tells you about the
new, fun wide-area progressives coming to Southern California casinos soon. ey are full of bells and wheels and the jackpots start at $100,000 to a cool $1.5 million! Read about these exciting games on page 10.
Spring is here, and springtime in Southern California seems to bring out the classic car bu s; and cars and casinos go together well, right? Find out where you can go to play
and admire classic cars and motorcycles — and just have fun! ere are three casino venues with Classic Car Shows in April. Read about them on page 7.
When we created the Gaming Guide almost two and half years ago, we established the newspaper as an advocate for Responsible Gaming. Making news available about Southern California casinos and slot machines seemed a boon to casino players, and judging from your frequent letters phone calls, and e-mails, we know the Southern California Gaming Guide provides a welcome service. Each month we strive to remind readers that gaming is intended to be entertainment and fun. In recognition of “National Problem Gambling Awareness Week” in March, we urge other gaming publications across the country to do the same. Statistics show that 4 – 6% of casino players have gambling problems. A primary focus of our e ort is to promote the fact that treatment works, and is available in the state of California. See page 6 for details about the California Council on Problem Gambling.
Until next month, have fun, and wager wisely at the casinos!
Volume 3, Number 4 • April 2004
April 2004 • Vol. 3 Number 4
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April 2004
Publisher/Editor
Théon Banos Cross
Publication Design
Burk Design Group
Art Direction
Kevin Burk
Distribution
Fenn Cross
Advertising
T. B. Cross • Carolyn C. Vargas
Contributors
Billie Lee Bartell Bob Dancer
Address
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The Southern California Gaming Guide is published monthly for a total of 12 issues per year. Readers are recommended to make appropriate inquiries before wagering any sum in relation to any ad, article, or feature published herein. The Gaming Guide shall not be liable to any person for loss or damage incurred or suffered as a result of his/her accepting, offering to accept or following any invitation or advice contained in any ad, article or feature published herein.
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