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Your Seat is Reserved: TournEvent of Champions®
The Million Dollar Event®
Casino slot tournaments are fun, thrilling events that casino players love. And there’s nothing
to compare with Everi’s TournEvent of Champions®, featured this month that we are proud to
sponsor again this year. Now in its seventh year, the slot tournament phenomenon searches for the Best Slot Tournament Player in North America in The Million Dollar Event®. Over $1.3 million is up for grabs in the National TournEvent of Champions in Las Vegas in October. With Everi’s TournEvent system, casinos can hold slot tournaments with ease, using banks of slots already on the casino floor that have built-in electronic tote boards and personalized video screens for players in tournament rounds. Even the Spin button no longer reigns supreme, as players now focus on on-screen special ways to elevate their scores in an instant. Find out where and when you can play in qualifying tournaments at participating casinos throughout California so you can have a chance to be a casino representative and a chance at the $1,000,000 top prize. The TournEvent of Champions feature begins on page 16.
Slot players, we want your opinions — and your votes — for the Southern California Gaming GuideTM Reader’s Choice 2019 Best Slots. Everyone has favorite slot games. Here is your chance to influence slot makers by voicing your slot choices, and you could also have a chance to win cash! Complete your online ballot at TheGamingGuide.com from June 1st to June 30th, for a chance to win up to $1,000 in a random drawing of eligible and complete ballots. Choose your favorite slots: the games that you like to play in Southern California casinos and you think are the 2019 Best Slots. An independent source will tally the results of all completed ballots received by the deadline and the Southern California Gaming Guide Reader’s Choice 2019 Best Slots will be announced in the August 2019 issue. See page 20 for details.
On Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16th, there are fun events at featured Southern California casinos. Check out Gaming News on page 10 and treat Dad to a day at the casino. Summer is almost here. Its official starting date is June 21st, the summer solstice. And summer always brings cool ways for hot casino fun. See Players Club Promotions on page 26 and Extra Casino Values on page 14.
Meanwhile, stay cool in June, and always keep your play fun at the casinos!
$1,664,509.91 Wheel of Fortune® AJackpot at Valley View Casino & Hotel
local casino guest recently struck gold and hit a jackpot at Valley View Casino & Hotel for more than $1.6 million dollars. The guest won an incredible payout of $1,664,509.91 on an IGT Wheel of Fortune Ultra Wheels penny slot machine, marking yet another once-in-a-
lifetime experience at Valley View.
Robert S. (pictured left), a frequent guest at Valley View Casino & Hotel, hit the million-dollar
jackpot after betting on the penny slots. Robert had arrived earlier on the Luxury Line bus, not realizing his dream would become a reality that day. After hitting it big, Robert felt he was in a fantasy. “I’m still in shock. I couldn’t sleep for two days. I was up tossing and turning and thought they
would call me and say the machine malfunctioned,” said Robert, a loyal Valley View Casino & Hotel guest.
Robert shared his gratitude with the entire team at Valley View Casino & Hotel for making his life-changing experience one that he will never forget. As for his winnings, he plans to invest his money for the future and is excited for this early, unexpected start to his retirement.
“We’re always so thrilled when our guests win big at Valley View Casino & Hotel,” said Randy Reedy, Vice President of Gaming Operations at Valley View Casino & Hotel. “It’s an amazing experience and when luck strikes, we’re the lucky ones that get to be a part of it with our amazing guests. Robert has been a loyal guest for many years and we’re all so happy for him.”
This comes just six weeks away from the grand opening of the $50 million expansion and renovation at Valley View Casino & Hotel. For more information, visit ValleyViewCasino.com. All guests 21 and older are invited to enjoy the casino, hotel and restaurants.
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Volume 18, Number 6 • June 2019
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