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January 2009 Gaming News
TCelebrating the Year of the Ox—Lunar New Year Celebrations
raditional festivities, fantastic food, and good luck promotions Countdown to Lunar New Year at Sycuan Casino! Celebrate the Year of the Ox as are just some of the exciting events to celebrate the beginning Sycuan Casino counts down to Lunar New Year. Beginning January 1st, earn stamps
of the Lunar New Year on January 26th—The Year of the Ox. e Ox, or the Bu alo sign symbolizes prosperity through fortitude and hard work. is year will no doubt bear fruit, but the motto is: “No work, no pay!” is Ox year will bring stability and growth where
patience and diligence pays o . Check your favorite casino
for exciting Lunar New Year celebrations. Here are a few
not to miss.
Win a new Mercedes during Barona’s Year of the Ox celebration! Play with your Club Barona Plus card during the Lunar New Year celebration from January 26th through February 9th, and you could start your year o with quite a bang! Club Barona members receive one free entry every day by visiting a Club Barona booth and one entry for every 250 mypoints earned during the promotional period. Join Barona on February 9th at 8 p.m. for the Grand Finale drawing and you could drive o in a 2009 Mercedes-Benz SLK280 Roadster!
Plus join Barona on January 26th and on February 9th at 7 p.m.
for the Lion and Dragon Dance, a performance showcasing an elaborate
dragon costume carried by animated dancers. And from January 26th to
February 9th, your play at Barona’s exciting table games will get you into a drawing where your good luck may really pay o . Receive one drawing entry for each qualifying hand you receive at select table games. On February 9th be present at 8 p.m. for the Grand Finale drawing and take home your share of $25,000 in cash! For more information, visit www.barona.com or call 1(888) 7-barona.
Sycuan Casino’s
25th Anniversary Luxury Car Winners
by playing your favorite table games or poker during the Lucky 8s Giveaway. en be present at the drawings for your chance to win a share of over $16,000. Drawings will begin at 7 p.m. during Lunar New Year ( January 26th, 27th and 28th) with one winner on January 28th winning $8,888! Also, get your lucky red envelopes and
commemorative t-shirts beginning on January 26th. And don’t forget to feed the lucky lion during Lion Dance performances on January 26th
and 28th.
Harrah’s Rincon Casino & Resort will ring in the Year of the Ox
with a two-day celebration on January 31st and February 1st right on the casino oor. e excitement includes a Lucky Lion Dance at 1 p.m., on both Saturday and Sunday starting in the hotel lobby. en, Chinese acrobats. including ribbon, ag and fan dancers and jugglers, will launch a performing parade. e parade will be followed by Kung Fu performers, and fan dancers. All of these shows will be free to the public. Show times are 1 p.m., 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Please note, the Lucky Lion Dance will only be at the 1 p.m. performance. Don’t miss the Lunar New Year fun at Harrah’s
Rincon!
Viejas Casino is celebrating the Year of the Ox. Spin the Wheel and
win up to $10,000! Start earning entries on January 23rd at 10:30 a.m. for your chance to spin the God of Fortune Wheel. Beginning January 26th at 12:01 a.m., qualifying Asian Table Games players will receive lucky Red Envelopes and Year of the Ox T-shirts (while supplies last). e God of Fortune Ceremony will be held on January 26th at 11 a.m. in the China Camp restaurant. If you’re selected to spin the wheel on Friday, January 30th, you could win up to $10,000!
Bob Dancer Certifies Barona Valley
anch Best Video Poker in San Diego
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merica’s premier video poker player, writer and teacher, Bob Dancer, has o cially certi ed Barona Valley Ranch Resort and Casino as o ering the “Best Video Poker in San Diego.” e certi cation was
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Concepcion Zamura (top) won the BMW in the Bingo Celebration and Ida Munoz (bottom) Won a Cadillac Escalade during Sycuan Casino’s 25th Anniversary Event.
determined through an extensive review of the video poker options at Barona and nine other area casinos. Dancer’s expertise has been highly regarded in the gaming industry since he began his professional gambling career in 1994 and subsequently authored Million Dollar Video Poker to recount and share his winning secrets.
“After completing a thorough analysis of San Diego’s casinos, I have determined that Barona has the best video poker in the area,” said Dancer.“Barona Casino consistently provides players with excellent chances of winning and a wide variety of gaming options for all levels of play from 25 cents to $1 to high-limit machines.”
Barona features over 250 video poker machines with more than 120 multi-hand video poker machines, including Triple Play, Five Play, Ten Play, Multi-Strike Poker, Fifty Play and One Hundred Play Poker. ese machines include the following popular video poker games: Deuces
Wild, Double Double Bonus Poker, Joker’s Wild, Double Bonus Poker, All Star Poker, Jacks or Better, Ace$ Bonus Poker, Joker Poker and Deuces Wild Bonus Poker.
To summarize his analysis of video poker games in greater San Diego, Dancer categorized the casinos based on the number and type of video poker games o ered and divided the games into three categories based on the monetary denomination needed for game play: “Less than $1,” “$1” and “Greater than $1.” e casinos then received ratings of “Excellent,” “Very Good,”
“Good,”“Decent” or“Not Good” in each category. Based on this methodology, Barona achieved a rst place ranking among the reviewed casinos and was the only casino noted for its “Excellent” liberal o erings in all three categories.
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