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$5,000 Scratch-Off Instant Winner at Golden Acorn Casino
In December, Francis from Westmoreland walked away with the top prize in Lucky’s $5000 Scratch-Off. Arms waving and jumping up and down, Francis could not believe she had just won the top prize.
HWorld Series of PokerTM at Harrah’s Rincon Casino
$116,526.69 Cartoon JackpotsTM GWon at Soboba Casino
abriela S. Gonzales of Colton, California, won the latest instant- winner jackpot of $116,526.69 on the Cartoon JackpotsTM wide-area progressive system on December 16, 2004. Ms Gonzales hit the jackpot
on a twenty- ve cent “Blondie Roaring 20s” slot at Soboba Casino. Blondie & Dagwood-themed slots have now produced a total of $9,233,537.81 in top awards paid instantly to lucky players. (See Gabriela pictured on page 25!)
e wide-area progressive system o ers a $100,000 initial jackpot that increases in relationship to money wagered by players. Cartoon Jackpots also features Bally Gaming’s unique multi-denomination feature that enables games of di erent denomination to contribute to and compete for a common
jackpot. Cartoon Jackpots games include Blondie and Dagwood, Betty Boop, Popeye, plus the new Rocky & BullwinkleTM, Boris & NatashaTM, Dudley D0-RightTM, Mr. Peabody and ShermanTM, and Felix e CatTM.
arrah’s Entertainment announced its schedule for the World Series of Each event will be taped and aired on ESPN. e World Series of Poker PokerTM Tournament Circuit, a series of ve poker tournaments that runs founder, Jack Binion, will host some of the events.
prior to the World Series of Poker, which is scheduled from June 2 through Players earn points based on performance in the circuit tournaments, and the
July 15, 2005 at e Rio and Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas.
e rst event on the tour will be held January 7 – 18 at Harrah’s Atlantic City,
followed by February 20 – March 1st at Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort. Other events will be held March 12–22 at the Rio in Las Vegas, April 26–May 10 at Harveys Lake Tahoe and May 21 – 30 at Harrah’s New Orleans.
top 100 point earners will receive a free invitation to the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where a single player will take home the top prize of $2,000.000!
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