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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAMING GUIDE June 2008
Are you ready for a chance to win cash or thrilling Phantom EFX casino games? Be sure you vote in our Sixth Annual Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Choice survey. On pages 5 and 6, you’ll nd the 2008 Reader’s Poll survey. Fill it out completely and mail it back to the Southern California Gaming Guide, and you may win an exciting prize!
Our prizes this year are your favorite—cash! You will have a chance to win one of 44 prizes, including two top prizes of $1,000 each, two prizes of $500 each, and 40 copies of the hottest casino computer games from award- winning Phantom EFX. Remember you can also ll out the survey online at www. eGamingGuide.com. All surveys must be returned no later than July 31st for the drawing for the prizes on September 15th. Cash prize winners will be contacted by telephone or e-mail, and winners of the Phantom EFX games will receive prizes in the mail. All contest winners will be listed in the October 2008 issue, and online, along with the awards of the 2008 Best of Southern California Gaming Reader’s Choice. e survey and contest rules are on pages 5 and 6.
Casinos Lineup Incredible Entertainment
Performers tour from Spring through the Fall and Southern California casinos attract some of the best musical and stand-up entertainment around. Take a look at the incredible entertainment appearing at your favorite casinos from June through October on our cover and starting on page 18. You can spend starry nights in open-air venues or cool o in comfortable indoor theaters enjoying a wide variety of fantastic entertainment. Grammy-award winners, comedy icons, country music stars, classic rock groups—Southern California casinos have it all! And this year’s Casino Entertainment Guide is on page 20, listing some of the highlights of casino entertainment this year.
Don’t forget dad this month on Father’s Day, Sunday June 15th. ere are lots of fun events at Southern California casinos—Father’s Day bu ets, bingo specials and poker tournaments. Or treat dad to a show at the casino on the weekend, or an afternoon playing his favorite casino games.
is month, our extended Southern California Gaming Guide family welcomes back home servicemen and women who have been in Iraq and Afghanistan. We take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank them and all military personnel and their families for their sacri ces.
Stay cool in June, and keep your play fun at the casinos!
June 2008 Gaming News
Volume 7, Number 6 • June 2008
Lucky Ontario Players Win Over $1.3 Million on Wheel of Fortune® at Morongo Casino and SanTManuel Casino
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wo very lucky casino players from Ontario, CA, won Wheel of Fortune® MegaJackpots® during April and May. On April 26th, Ontario resident Guadalupe Rico (pictured left) caught Saturday night MegaJackpot® fever with
a $677,879 Wheel of Fortune® win at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.
Ms. Rico was visiting Morongo Casino for a Saturday night out with friends. After playing a short time on a Wheel of Fortune dollar slot machine, she turned $60 into a $677,879 MegaJackpots win!
“Icouldn’tbelieveithadhappened.Istilldon’t!It’ssoexciting,”saidMs.Rico,whosenamecoincidentally happens to mean “rich” in Spanish. “Wheel of Fortune is the game!”
e lucky 33-year-old winner plans to keep her retail management job, but hasn’t decided how she will use her MegaJackpots winnings.
And on ursday, May 8th a lucky Ontario man found $638,982 reasons to enjoy his evening at San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino, hitting another $638,982 MegaJackpot on another Wheel of Fortune dollar slot machine.
e anonymous winner said he was enjoying “just an average day at the casino,” when he was drawn to the winning machine. A few spins and $20 later on the Wheel of Fortune slot, he felt a tap on his shoulder from another casino guest.
“I didn’t know I won until another player told me,” said the stunned winner.“Neither one of us knew just how big the jackpot was. We thought it was only for $1,200!”
e lucky 47-year-old construction worker will continue to work his current job. He plans to use his winnings to pay bills and part of his mortgage.
All IGT MegaJackpots® 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.
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