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Happy New Year—2008!
Volume 7, Number 1 • January 2008
What is in store for you in 2008? is is a leap year, with 366 days and with leap day on February 29th. e Lunar New Year, starting on February 7th, will be the Year of the Rat. And it is an election year—a year of change. Here’s hoping all your changes in 2008 will be positive—in the casino and
in all areas of your life.
And at the Southern California Gaming Guide, we have an exciting year of issues planned for 2008 to
keep you current on what’s going on at Southern California casinos. We begin the New Year by featuring a sensational new slot, Press Your LuckTM Big Event®. Are you ready for some Big Bucks? is new community slot delivers big bonus thrills. When one player goes to the Big Event bonus, all eligible players go as well. Press Your Luck Big Event is one of a growing number of community play slots, where players join together during thrilling bonus rounds to rack up the cash. You can read about Community GamingTM and the exciting Press Your Luck Big Event slot starting on page 18.
Check out About Gambling by gambling Internet guru, Bill Burton. is month he features casino playing goals—not resolutions—for 2008. Research shows most people don’t follow through on New Year’s resolutions, so Bill Burton is making goals for the New Year. To increase your casino enjoyment, you may want to adopt a few of his objectives. You can read about them on page 6.
Don’t miss Jean Scott: The Frugal GamblerTM this month on page 30. In preparation for ling your income taxes this year, you will de nitely want to read about and even purchase her latest book, the expanded version of Tax Help for Gamblers, co-authored by CPA, Marissa Chien. If you won any casino jackpots $1,200 or over in 2007, you need to know all you can about taxes and gambling. Her column this month contains an excerpt from the newly expanded tax book.
Both Bill Burton and Jean Scott advise maintaining an annual logbook of your winnings and casino play, so in response to readers’ requests over the past few months, we asked Gail Anders to update her article, Start a Casino Logbook, which appeared in the January 2007 issue. We highly recommend you create this invaluable tracking tool of your casino play. It will save your tax dollars and provide you with an insight into your casino playing. Read about starting a logbook on page 32.
Don’t miss next month’s 2008 casino dining issue. You won’t want to miss out on reading about the fantastic casino bu ets, and delicious fare that makes Southern California casinos some of the best in the country.
Here at the Southern California Gaming Guide, we wish you all a fantastic 2008. May you have good health, good luck and may all your casino dreams come true.
Remember to wager wisely, and always keep your play fun at the casinos!
January 2008
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