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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE
Features
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24 Freestyle Cruising: A Sure Bet
Norwegian Cruise Line Casinos at Sea
Columns
10 Poker: Wired Aces and River Rats by Jim Mercurio
World Series of Poker® on $240 a Day (Part 4)
TVote and Win!
his summer casino entertainment sizzles!
Make sure you get to see one of the exciting
entertainment headliners at Southern California casinos between now and September. e range of entertainment includes hip-hop artists, rock superstars, Grammy-award winners, comic icons, blues legends, boxing events — Southern California casinos have it all! See pages 16–19 for the coming attractions of the 2006 Summer Casino Entertainment Guide.
Are you ready to Vote and Win? On page 5 you’ll nd the 2006 Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Poll. Fill out the survey and mail it back to the Gaming Guide, and you may win an exciting prize! How do $1,000 in cash, a fabulous Norwegian Cruise Line cruise to the Mexican Riviera, plus some of the hottest casino computer games sound? Remember you can also ll out the survey online at www. eGamingGuide.com. All surveys must be returned no later than July 31st.
Planning on playing in the World Series of Poker® this month? On June 25th the event kicks o at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. Check out the full schedule at www.worldseriesofpoker.com, and make sure you read Jim Mercurio’s nal installment of his four-part series of playing big tournament
poker on page 10.
Meanwhile, stay cool, wager wisely, and have fun
at the casinos!
Volume 5, Number 6 • June 2006
Publisher/Editor
Théon Banos Cross
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Burk Design Group
Art Direction
Kevin Burk
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Departments
7 Southern California Gaming News
11 June Poker Plays
14 Table Game and Slot Tournaments
20 Featured Southern California Casinos
21 Southern California Casino Directory
23 Tribes in the News
25 Player’s Club Promotions
26 Driving Directions
27 Bus Schedules
29 June Bingo Calendar
30 Winners
Video Poker with Bob Dancer
Winning and Whining Loose Slot Myths
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Vol. 5 Number 6 • June 2006