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July 2011 Gaming News (Continued)
Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa First with Allergy-Friendly Guest Rooms
gua Caliente Casino Resort Spa in Rancho e PURE guest rooms at Agua Caliente Casino Mirage is the rst casino resort in the country to Resort Spa are all located on the same oor in the hotel, o er guests allergy-friendly guest rooms treated e ectively creating an entire oor that is allergy friendly.
by PURE Solutions.
e PURE guest rooms are treated with state-of-
the-art puri cation techniques pioneered by PURE Solutions, a company based in New York. e seven- step treatment process removes allergens and irritants from all surfaces, fabrics, and air ow. e result is a room that is up to 98% free of bacteria and viruses.
WAorld Series of Poker® Update
ttendance at the 2011 World Series of Poker® is up 9.2 percent from last year. e prize pool has grown 6 percent. And if numbers hold, the 42nd World Series of Poker will break its all-time
records.
e tournament’s rst 28 events drew 28,989 players competing
for more than $51.5 million in prize money. Nine of the events had a record number of entries or a record prize pool.
At the beginning of this year’s World Series of Poker on May 31st at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, o cials were uncertain if there would be an impact from the April 15th U.S. Department of Justice indictments on three of the world’s largest online gaming sites, making the sites unavailable to American players.
As of press time, two of the sites, Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker, have not refunded American poker players any money that they had on account. PokerStars said it has repaid American players more than $100 million.
e $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em World Championship Main Event begins play on July 7th. Last year’s Main Event drew 7,319 players, the second largest eld since 2006’s 8,773 entries. Last year’s WSOP drew a cumulative record 72,966 players from 117 countries and o ered a prize pool of $187.1 million. For up-to-date World
Series of Poker news go to WSOP.com.
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e rooms are available now to guests for an additional $20. To reserve a PURE room, please contact the hotel reservations team at 866-923-7244. For more information on the PURE Solutions system, please visit pureroom.com.
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