Page 4 - July 2005 • Southern California Gaming Guide

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
Volume 4, Number 7 • July 2005
Publisher/Editor
Théon Banos Cross
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Burk Design Group
Art Direction
Kevin Burk
Director of Operations
Fenn Cross
Advertising Sales
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Contributors
Bill Burton • Bob Dancer • Jim Mercurio Maya Winkler
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Features
6 Third Annual Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Poll
Youcouldwinanexcitingprize!
14 Casino Coming Attractions
Sizzling Summer Entertainment!
Columns
16 Jim Mercurio: Wired Aces and River Rats
Coming to Terms with Poker
23Video Poker with Bob Dancer
Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
24 About Gambling with Bill Burton
Casino Money Management Can Make You a Winner!
Departments
9 Poker Plays
10 Bingo Calendar
10 Table Game and Slot Tournaments
11 Southern California Gaming News
17 Tribes in the News
18 Featured Southern California Casinos
19 Southern California Casino Directory
20 Driving Directions
21 Bus Schedules
25 Player’s Club Promotions
26 Winners
From the Publisher...
Make sure you get to see one of the hot entertainment acts at Southern California casinos this summer. e choice of entertainment is truly awesome and includes superstar headliners, Grammy-award winners, comic icons, blues legends, championship sports events—Southern California casinos have it all! See page 14 for a summer lineup of entertainment at Southern California casinos.
On page 6 we feature the ird Annual Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Poll and an exciting list of prizes you could win by just submitting a completed survey form (on pages 7 & 8). We have some fantastic prizes again this year, including $1000 in cash, a fabulous cruise, a sensational casino resort stay, plus some of the hottest casino computer games! Remember: You can also ll out the survey online at www. eGamingGuide.com. All surveys must be returned no later than August 15th this year!
is month we introduce a new column, Wired Aces and River Rats by Jim Mercurio, whose article about Poker Fantasy Camp we ran last month. A self-described poker amateur, Mercurio is a Los Angeles-based writer/ lmmaker who is actually a ne poker player and has a unique take on the game. See for yourself when you read the rst of his monthly poker columns on page 16.
Check your favorite casino for July Fourth celebrations! Meanwhile, stay cool, wager wisely, and have fun at the casinos!
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Vol. 4 Number 7 • July 2005