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have won nationwide industry awards to prove it. Take a look at some of the big casino promotion winners from the past few months. Cars, cash, and travel prizes are huge player favorites.
Sycuan Casino made a lot of its players very happy in the past few months with its literally awesome Road to Riches, a $1,300,000 year-long on-going promotion with a weekly giveaway of a di erent trip each month. Trips to China, Rio de Janeiro, Ireland, and the Caribbean have been awarded so far, with seven more months
of travel giveaways to come, culminating in a year-end $100,000 grand prize drawing! Weekly travel winners receive a “Golden Passport” entry ticket for the nal prize
drawing (see page 33).
Valley View Casino & Hotel’s fantastic
car giveaways are wildly popular events. Just ask Sushila who won a brand-new 2012 BMW 328i free of sales tax and licensing fees. Valley View Casino & Hotel partnered with Penske Automotive’s BMW of San Diego dealership to award the car. e giveaway was the nale in a
two-month long promotion that awarded cash, free play, free hotel stays, and of course, the new BMW 328i to Valley View Casino & Hotel guests. Sushila, a Ventura County full-time mother of two, visits Valley View Casino & Hotel monthly and described winning the BMW as a dream.
Margaret and her husband won’t soon forget their 59th wedding anniversary. ey went to Fantasy Springs Resort Casino to celebrate the big day, and left with a brand new luxury car. e Coachella Valley resident was the grand prize winner of the
Escape the Everyday Jaguar XF Giveaway. She was given a choice between the Jaguar or a cash prize of $40,000, and selected the car. Margaret said she and her husband visit Fantasy Springs often, but it was the rst time she cashed out and got to drive a car home!
We all love winning—and winners. I hope you get to see my photo in one of these features, or on page 34, the Winners page. And I want to see yours! Have fun at the casino—good luck at winning.
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