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October 2006 Gaming News
Corona Real Estate Broker Closes on $596,440 Labor Day LWheel of Fortune® MegaJackpot®
abor Day proved lucky for Estelle-Amour Asensi when she won a $596,440 MegaJackpot® AwardTM on a Wheel of Fortune® dollar slot machine at Pala Casino Spa Resort on
September 4th.
e Labor Day holiday was a day of following the signs for the Corona resident.“Every time I drive by I notice the Pala Casino sign,” said the 58-year-old real estate broker.“I felt like it was telling me to go into the casino, so I did!”
e lucky winner was playing a di erent slot machine when she noticed the Wheel of Fortune® sign. “I felt as though that would be the machine I would win on,” she said. She was right. Asensi’s win will allow her to pay her bills, save and make investments.
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino Hosts Second Annual $75,000 Dick Van Patten Celebrity Charity Texas Hold’em Tournament
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Look for Ms. Asensi, along with her check, pictured on page 30.
Wheel of Fortune® is part of the Native American Progressive Systems (NAPS) network that links slot machines from various casinos to build a progressive jackpot that is generally larger than what an individual casino would be able to o er on its own.
All MegaJackpots® top awards are paid in annual installments upon veri cation, except MegaJackpots Instant Winners Jackpots® and Rapid Riches
MegaJackpots® awards, which are paid in their entirety upon veri cation.
ick Van Patten of TV’s Eight is Enough will return to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino to host the 2nd Annual Celebrity Charity Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament November 10th through November 12th, 2006. e tournament will bene t the U.S. Marine Corps Community Service at Twenty-Nine Palms.
Buy-in for the tournament is $300, and registration begins on Friday, November 10th at 7 p.m. in the Fantasy Lounge.FantasySpringswillalsohosta Mixer from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Tournament play begins on Saturday, November 11th with the rst session from 9 a.m. to noon, the second session from 1p.m. to 4p.m. and the third session from 4:30 p.m. t0 7 p.m. A re-buy
Valley View Casino Awards Lucky Guest $66,891 Colossal Coin WJackpot on September 18th
round (fourth session) will be played from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Play continues on Sunday, November 12thwiththesemi- nalsheldfrom9a.m.
to noon, and the nals from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. e Winners Circle will be held from 4 p.m. t0 5 p.m., and will include presentations to the winning players andthepresentationofthechecktothe
Marine Corps Honor Group.
All events will be held in the Fantasy Lounge. A list of participating celebrities was not available at press time.
Fantasy Springs Resort Casino will also host the annual Holiday Party for the children and familes at the Twenty- Nine Palms Marine Corps Base.
For more information, call Fantasy SpringsResortCasinoat800-827-2946.
hen eresa P. rode the free Valley View Casino shuttle bus up to the casino, she didn’t know she’d be riding home a giant jackpot winner. On September 18th eresa’s
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spin on a Wheel of Fortune slot machine set o the Colossal Coin Jackpot for over
$66,891. After the initial excitement of winning, eresa said that she plans on spending the money on her children.
The Colossal Coin Jackpot is a progressive bonus jackpot that starts at $10,000 and continually increases up to $100,000, on every single Valley
View Casino slot machine. To win, Valley View Casino guests simply play with their Players Club card inserted into any slot machine they are playing in the casino. Since the Colossal Coin Jackpot is guaranteed to hit before it reaches $100,000, guests know that it’s only a matter of time before the next big winner.
Once the Colossal Coin Jackpot is awarded, it automatically resets to $10,000 and starts growing again. Valley View Casino has already awarded
over $2,150,000 in cash and moreplayTM to guests through the Colossal Coin Jackpot since May 2005. “What makes our Colossal Coin Jackpot so unique
is that anyone can win at anytime, as long as they are using their Players Club card,” said Bruce Howard, general manager of Valley View Casino. “ eresa won the big jackpot today, but someone could hit it big again tomorrow! It makes for a very exciting casino oor.”
To get a Players Club card and be eligible to win the next Colossal Coin Jackpot, guests simply need to sign up for their card at the Players Club located in Valley View Casino’s smoke-free pavilion. Membership is free. Guests need to be certain they
Theresa won a $66,891 Colossal Coin Jackpot at Valley View Casino on September 18th.
use their card every time they play and they could be the next winner to take home up to $100,000 on the Colossal Coin Jackpot.
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