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CIelebrate Dad at the Casino on Father’s Day
t’s Dad’s turn to be the special guest this month at Southern California casinos. Take Dad — or the special man in your life — for a day at the casino on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 17th, and enjoy a special Father’s Day bu et, a favorite slot, or one of several special Bingo events, or
even a fantastic spa experience. Check with your favorite casino for bu et times, and don’t miss the following at featured casinos.
Sunstone Spa at Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa has several spa specials just for Dads. e Pamper Dad Package includes an 80-minute head-to-toe body massage with a scalp treatment and foot scrub, and a 25 minute mini-facial for $249. Dad will feel like a new man! And Scrub-a-Dub Dad includes a full body sugar scrub infused with nourishing and hydrating coconut oil, and a mini back massage — 50 minutes for $115. Call 760-202-2121 for more information.
Celebrate dear old Dad this Father’s Day at Sycuan Casino. Win a slot jackpot (hand pay, taxable, $1,200 or more) and receive a $500 cash bonus from 9 a.m. to
GIas Card Giveaways & Casino Shuttles
and Tuesday in June! ere will be 50 winners of $50
Gas Cards each day, with ve winners every hour from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Just play your favorite slot machine or table game with your Palm Club card and you could be
randomly selected to win.
And poker players, don’t miss the $6,000 Gas Card Giveaway
on Mondays in June at Barona Resort & Casino’s Poker Room. Players can earn entries by making a qualifying hand between
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players. See Poker Room for details.
Don’t let the cost of gas put a damper on your casino trip.
Take the shuttle and let the casino do the driving. Many Southern California casinos have shuttle routes to make it convenient for players going to the casino. Check out the Shuttle Bus Schedules on pages 11 to 14 in every issue of the Southern California Gaming GuideTM, for a shuttle pick-up location close to you.
midnight. Visit the Poker Room for a chance at $7,000 in jackpot bonuses. e money added stays in the jackpot until it hits! Treat Dad to a delicious Surf & Turf lunch or dinner at Paipa’s Buffet, open at 11:30 a.m. for lunch. Bingo players receive a special Father’s Day gift with every buy-in while supplies last, and make a Date with Dad for Bingo Matinee i, ii and iii. Bring Dad to Bingo and receive a free Bonus Pack with buy- in! Free Breakfast during Matinee i from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. e $45 Dad’s Delight Pack includes 96 Level i cards, 24 Level ii cards, one of each jackpot excluding Bonanzas—a $64 value. Plus in the Evening Session, a
special package will be available just for our Dads. Each guest will receive one free Star Pack. e $65 Dad’s Delight Pack includes 72 Level i Regular Game cards, 48 Level ii Regular Game cards, 24 Level iii Regular Game cards, 12 Level i Early Birds, one of each Jackpot, excluding Bonanzas — a $99 value.
n Casino Pauma’s Gas Card Hot Seat Bonus, you can win Free Gas every Monday 5 p.m. and 11 p.m. Fifteen $100 Arco Gas Cards will be awarded to fteen di erent
he world’s biggest, richest, longest-running and most prestigious gaming event, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), will run this year from May 27th through July 16th, at the Rio® All-Suite Hotel in Las Vegas. A total of 61 gold bracelets is at stake — three more than last year — and
the Rio’s tournament arena has been expanded by nearly 100 tables. e Main Event
Main Event, which begins play Saturday, July 7th, and will reach its nal table of nine players on Monday, July 16th,
at which time play will be halted. e delayed nal table will return one week earlier
than in previous years. With the U.S. Presidential Election slated for
the rst Tuesday in November, the WSOP Main Event nal
table will be held in two stages, from nine players playing
down to two on Sunday, October 28th, with heads up play on Tuesday, October 30th. Once again, the Penn
& Teller Theater at the Rio will host the nale, in front of an anticipated live television
Championship begins July 7th. e annual poker extravaganza is televised exclusively on ESPN.
Featuring a comprehensive slate of tournaments in every major poker variation, the WSOP is poker’s longest running tournament in the world, dating back to 1970. In 2011, the event attracted 75,672 entrants from 105 di erent nations, and awarded more than $192 million in prize money.
Poker history will also be made on July 1st, when the WSOP will hold the highest buy-in poker tournament in history — $1,000,000 buy-in, Big One For ONE DROP. Never before has a player had to pony up $1,000,000 just to enter a poker tournament. Typically this is what
players are accustomed to winning, but for the rst time, the WSOP will put on a $1,000,000 buy-in bracelet event. e event will begin
at 1:11 p.m. on Sunday, July 1st, and play out as a three-day event. It will likely award the largest rst place prize in poker history. e event will be televised by ESPN. 11.1% of the buy-in will support onedrop.org.
e 43rd annual WSOP will conclude
with the grandest spectacle in all of gaming, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold’em Championship, aka The
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