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September 2008 Gaming News
Blackjack with GuaranteeHd PlayTM Only at Barona Casino
ave you always wanted to play Blackjack at the casino? Here’s a chance to play with a major edge. In Blackjack with Guaranteed PlayTM, for one low buy-in price, you have the opportunity to play at least 30 hands, while the sky is the limit for how much you can win. What a great way to stretch your dollars at the casino. In Blackjack with Guaranteed Play, players can buy-in at $20, and receive $150 worth of Guaranteed Play Chips to be wagered at a $5 table, assuring at least 30 hands of play. A $40 buy-in gets a player $300 worth of $10 Guaranteed Play Chips. And a $60 buy-in gets a player $450 worth of Guaranteed Play
Chips to be wagered at $15 a hand. Players can take home anything over their Guaranteed Play Chip amount. Created by Jay Walker, one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs who created Priceline.com, Blackjack with Guaranteed PlayTM is debuting in the U.S. at Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino. And the guaranteed
play concept doesn’t end with Blackjack. Barona already also introduced Video Poker with Guaranteed PlayTM, where, like its Blackjack counterpart, players are assured dozens of hands at one low price.
WFree Buffet for New Club Sycuan Members
hat’s for dinner? Join Sycuan Casino for a free riches with over $100,000 in total cash and prizes in the bu et! For a limited time only, players can join King’s Ransom promotion every Monday night beginning Club Sycuan and receive a free bu et at the award- on September 2nd. Plus you could strike it rich during
winning Paipa’s Oasis. And as a Club Sycuan member you can redeem points for Instant Cash Back, meals, merchandise and even concert tickets. e o er is open to new Club Sycuan members only. Visit any Club Sycuan booth to sign up. And this month at Sycuan Casino get your share of the king’s
PNew Non-Smoking Addition at Valley View Casino
Silver Strike. Play your favorite table games now through October 23rd to earn a chance to win up to $25,000 in silver. Every Tuesday and ursday, 25 winners will win
“Silver” prizes including iPods, coins, jewelry, and cash. See page 28 for more information.
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lay smoke-free at Valley View Casino! e completion, it will also house its own Players Club, “At Valley View Casino we make it a priority to rst phase of the new non-smoking casino cashier, restrooms and restaurant. cater to all of our guests,” said Joe Navarro, president addition at Valley View Casino opened at is is the rst part of a multi-stage expansion project and CEO of the San Pasqual Casino Development
the end of July. is phase adds six new table games including Blackjack, multi-deck Blackjack and the introduction of three-card draw poker as well as approximately 167 slot machines. e nal phase of the non-smoking casino will add six more table games, a state-of-the-art automated poker pit with ten tables and approximately 271 slot machines. Upon
that also includes the addition of a Four-Diamond hotel and spa. e hotel and spa are slated to open at the end of rst quarter in 2010. e remainder of the non-smoking casino addition is scheduled to open by the end of this year. When complete, the 25,000 square foot non-smoking addition will supplement the action on the existing casino oor.
Group, Inc. “We are looking forward to o ering a full- service smoke-free casino amenity complementing our existing casino to accommodate our non-smoking guests. e opening of this rst phase of growth gets us closer to that goal.”
WSycuan’s Silver Car Giveaway a Runaway Success
hat began as a way for Sycuan Casino to share and celebrate its silver anniversary with its customers, turned into a record-breaking promotion. During the ve-week bonanza, more than $330,000 was given away to more than 150 winners. Five of them
drove away in a silver luxury vehicle: Eva of San Diego, an Acura MDX; Claire of Chula Vista, a Porsche Boxster; Mario of Chula Vista, a Mercedes C300; Ruth of San Diego, an In niti G37 Coupe; and Romeo of Chula Vista, a Honda Ridgeline.
Romeo from Chula Vista (left) won a 2008 Honda Ridgeline and Mario from Chula Vista (right) won a Mercedes C300.
“ is has been our most successful promotion this year,” said Bobbi Johnson, Assistant Director of Marketing for Sycuan Casino. “It was wonderful to see the casino packed with players, excited about the chance to win a Porsche or a Mercedes.”
Players who visited Sycuan Casino from July 15th through August 18th received free entries for the drawings. Many earned more entries by playing slots, table games, poker and bingo. Other promotions are planned as Sycuan Casino gears up for its Silver 25th Anniversary Extravaganza on November 22nd, 2008.
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