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outhern California casino players are football crazy and love casino football promotion fun. Here’s a brief rundown of some awesome casino football cash and prize promotions, including tickets to e Big Game! Super Bowl 50 will be hosted on February 7, 2016 in
the city of Santa Clara in the San Francisco Bay area at Levi’s Stadium.
At Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa and Spa Resort Casino, don’t miss the $100,000 Ultimate Football Challenge. Every day, ending on January 3rd, 2016, Paradise
Rewards Club members who earn 100 points may swipe at either of the
two Paradise Rewards Club kiosks to make their game day picks for a chance to win up to $1,500 cash every week.
e top ten Paradise Rewards Club
members who pick the most winning
teams each week will win their share
of $36,000 in cash and prizes, and theGrandPrizewinnerreceivesatrip
to the 2016 Super Bowl valued between $10,000
and $15,000, plus $3,500 spending cash. See Paradise Rewards Club for details.
And now through December 28th, join in Football Fever Monday Nights at 5 p.m. when guests can enjoy fun giveaways and drink specials and cheer on their favorite football team with their favorite radio personalities from Q102.3 at Spa Resort Casino in the Cascade Lounge and from 106.9 at Agua Caliente Casino in The Lounge. At Spa Resort Casino, for every
$12 Tailgate Bu et purchased, players may receive $6 in Paradise Cash Play. Must be or become a Paradise Rewards Club member to redeem o er. Guests that attend will also have a chance to win a grand prize at the end of the season. See Paradise Rewards Club for details.
California Wants to Regulate Daily Fantasy Sports
And in Football Frenzy at Valley View Casino & Hotel, win thousands of dollars in free slot play all season long, while you
watch all the games at on the 18-foot led wall and 120 big screen tvs
throughout the casino. On Sundays, Mondays, and ursdays at 9 p.m., ten winners will be selected to win
from $100 to $1,000 moreplay®. Just swipe your Players Club card at the designated kiosks at the Main Stage Bar to enter. See Players
Club for details. Get in on
17 weeks of football action and
weekly cash prizes in Sycuan
Casino’s $100,000 Football
Challenge! Play your favorite
casino games, then enter
your daily $100,000 Football
Challenge picks from 10 a.m.
on Tuesday through 10 a.m. on
Sunday at any Club Sycuan kiosk.
Win your share of over $2,500 in
weekly cash prizes, a trip to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii, or a complete Super Bowl package plus $5,000 in cash!
And here’s an exciting plus: Each week, legendary San Diego Chargers running back, LaDainian Tomlinson (LT), will submit his weekly picks and Club Sycuan guests are encouraged to submit their picks to beat
LT’s score! ose who score higher than LT will be automatically entered into a secondary drawing to win autographed memorabilia from the football superstar. To kick o the 17-week long promotion, the casino held a private, invitation-only event with Tomlinson and their top-tier players.
“Sycuan Casino has such an amazing reputation in the community, from being the place for top-notch entertainment and gaming action, to being one of the
most charitable organizations in the market,”saidTomlinson.“Iamtruly excited to be a partner to them. is is such a fun, interactive promotion. I can’t wait to hear how the casino guests do each week. If
you beat me, or even if you don’t, post it on social media using
#IBeatLT or #LTBeatMe.”
And watch Monday and ursday Night Football action at GameDay Sports Bar and Grill and win a
Sycuan gift card, Sycuan gear, Chargers tickets and more. Take a seat in GameDay Football Hot Seats during any Monday or ursday night regular season NFL game and at the end of each quarter, if you’re in the Hot Seat, you win! Plus, the prizes double during all San Diego Chargers games. See Club Sycuan for details.
Fantasy Sports Fund that would be established by the State Treasury. e Fantasy Sports Fund would be appropriated to cover the cost of license oversight, state regulation, consumer protection and other purposes in relation to the bill.
Every operator would also have to pay a one- time fee for licensing which would be placed into the General Fund. The amount has not been announced. The license fee would then be credited against quarterly fees which are equivalent to a percentage of the operator’s gross income that can be attributed to the operation of the website in the state of California.
DFS and online poker will be discussed as soon as the 2016 legislative session begins in California.
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alifornia State Assemblyman Adam Gray innovative technology provides to sports-loving has amended legislation to regulate the residents and the California economy,” said Paul Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) industry. Charchian, President of the Fantasy Sports Trade
e amended version of AB 1437, now titled the Fantasy Sports Game Protection Act, would require DFS sites to be licensed and regulated in the state. Oversight of the DFS industry would be handled by the California Department of Justice. e bill would require DFS businesses to pay a licensing fee to the state that would be credited against quarterly payments based on a percentage of the operator’s gross revenue, though those fees are currently not speci ed.
“Wearestillreviewingthebill,butwelookforward to working with Chairman Gray in 2016 to educate him on fantasy sports and the bene ts that our
Association.
California is now the 12th state in 2015 to consider
daily fantasy sports legislation, according to Legal Sports Report. Only Kansas has actually passed a DFS bill into law, when it legalized DFS earlier this year.
New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone recently called for a congressional hearing to explore the legal status of fantasy sports in the U.S. If passed, players would have to be a minimum 21 years old to play in daily fantasy sites.
Information on the bill states that an operator who is licensed to o er DFS would have to pay an annual regulatory fee which would go towards the
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