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California slot players, get ready to play in participating California casinos’ qualifying slot tournaments for the 2018 National TournEvent of Champions®, the gaming industry’s premier slot tournament competition featuring a championship playoff with over $1.4 million in total cash prizes! If you love playing in thrilling casino slot tournaments, be sure to get into a qualifying event for a chance to become a representative from a participating
California casino with a spot in Everi’s TournEvent of Champions. You could be the 2018 TournEvent Champion and win the top prize of $1,000,000!
Each winning casino representative will receive airfare to Las Vegas for themselves and a guest, three-nights of hotel accommodation
at the Wynn/Encore, $500 for food and beverage purchases, and, most importantly, a seat at the championship event. The Million Dollar
Event® championship will take place on Wednesday, October 10th, at the XS Nightclub in the Wynn/Encore Las Vegas Resort. The Money Man®, the official mascot for TournEvent of Champions, will be on the floor to cheer on participating casino representatives from all over North America as they compete for a share of over $1.4 million in cash prizes, including the $1,000,000 top prize.
Arrive a Winner: Leave a Legend
Now in its seventh year, TournEvent of Champions is a unique collaboration between Everi, the casino industry’s single source provider of gaming, payments, and intelligence solutions, and top casinos in North America to bring unprecedented fun competition and unbelievable excitement to casino floors through a patented slot tournament campaign. With over $1.4 million total in cash prizes up for grabs again this year, you can understand why TournEvent of Champions has become the most exciting slot tournament event on the planet!
2017 National TournEvent of Champions Winner
Following the thrilling slot tournament competition on October 4th 2017, at the XS Nightclub in the Wynn/Encore Resort, James W. representing
Potawatomi Hotel & Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin bested 172 competitors to win the 2017 TournEvent of Champions grand prize of $1,000,000
and a cruise for two on a Norwegian Cruise Line® ship. The 2017 event included more than 225,000 players at 107 casinos from across the U.S. and Canada who participated in qualifying slot tournaments to earn a
spot at the championship in Las Vegas.
As a precursor to the 2017 The Million Dollar Event,
the fourth annual TournEvent for Charities celebrity slot tournament took place on October 4th in Everi’s booth at the Global Gaming Expo®. TournEvent for Charities featured 20 celebrities including Penn & Teller and Robin Leach, competing in a fun-filled slot tournament on behalf of their favorite charities. In the end, Ricardo Laguna, professional BMX rider and star of MTV Tr3s’ The Ricardo Laguna Project, claimed victory and the $10,000 winner’s check on behalf of his charity, Nevada SPCA. The remaining charitable organizations selected by the participating celebrities were winners in their own right, sharing