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WMerry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Lucky 2020!
e enjoy the holidays at the Southern California Gaming GuideTM every year. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day there’s so much holiday fun at Southern California casinos. Check out the Holiday Casino Guide beginning on page 14 that lists featured casinos’ fun holiday
giveaways, exciting entertainment, and festive feasts. There are even great opportunities to help casinos give back to the community in this issue. Check them out in Gaming News (below) where you can read about the nationwide charity Toys for Tots. Did you know that it was begun in Los Angeles and that Walt Disney Studios designed the charity’s original famous toy train logo?
We’re all about to usher in a bold new decade with 2020! And as casinos are the ultimate party planners, don’t miss a chance to go to one of the best events around and have a lot of fun at a most excellent New Year’s Eve party. You can read about featured casinos’ December 31st events in NYE at the Casinos: Countdown to 2020 starting on page 16.
The end of the year is time for reflection, and each year, we think about what we accomplished. In 2019 we celebrated 17 years of publishing the Southern California Gaming Guide. We added more monthly content to TheGamingGuide.com, including Hot Slot videos of exciting and award-winning
slot games you can play in many SoCal casinos. We’re pleased to maintain our position as the #1 resource for casino news in Southern California. We thank you for all your emails, calls and notes (yes, we receive and welcome snail mail) and we value your feedback, so please continue letting us know what you would like to see.
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Special greetings and thanks to all servicemen and women and their families. We send safekeeping wishes for all who are overseas and we hope for their speedy and safe return.
We wish you a safe, joyful and happy holiday season and a healthy, happy and lucky 2020! Remember, always wager wisely, and keep your play fun at the casinos.
IHoliday Giving Back at the Casinos
Volume 18, Number 12 • December 2019
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n the spirit of the season, Southern California casinos are helping their guests to join in on some holiday charity giving. Check out these
featured casinos’ special giving back events, both for the benefit of Toys for Tots.
At Pala Casino Resort Spa, it’s Pala Cares Charity Slot Tournament to benefit Toys for Tots on Tuesday, December 10th, with registration from
3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and the Qualifier Round that begins at 4 p.m. The Final Round is at 8 p.m. The entry fee is $20 and provides $25 in free play (Added Play) to each entrant. Pala Casino will match all entry fees paid and donate all proceeds to Toys for Tots. Tournament players will have a chance to win a share of $20,000 in Added Play prizes, including the top amount of $10,000 Added Play. To participate in this event or for more information, please call the Pala Casino Special Events team at (760) 510-4555, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Plus, Casino Pauma is collecting gifts for Toys for Tots and is giving a gift to its guests who bring in a toy for the charity from now to December 12th. Join in the spirit of the season and donate an unwrapped toy valued at $10 or more ($10 value amount before
tax, also, please bring receipt) to the Players Club, from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and receive $10 in Pauma Play for your kind donation. See the Players Club for complete details and official rules.
Do you know that Toys for Tots had its inception right here in Southern California? It began in 1947 as a Los Angeles-based charity when U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Major Bill Hendricks was inspired by his wife Diane Hendricks when she tried to donate a homemade Raggedy Ann doll to a needy child, but couldn’t find any organization to help her. At her suggestion, he gathered a group of local Marine Reservists, including Lieutenant Colonel John Hampton, who coordinated and collected some 5,000 toys for local children that year from collection bins placed outside Warner Brothers movie theaters. Their efforts were so successful that, in 1948, Toys for Tots was launched as a national
campaign. Hendricks used his position as director of public relations for Warner Brothers Studio to enlist celebrity support, as well as have Walt Disney Studios design the red toy train logo. In 1991, the Secretary of Defense authorized the creation and affiliation with Toys for Tots. In 1995, the Secretary of Defense approved Toys for Tots as an official mission of the Marine Corps Reserve.
The mission of Toys for Tots “is to collect new, unwrapped toys during October, November and December each year, and distribute those toys as Christmas gifts to needy children in the community in which the campaign is conducted.”
Over 97% of donations go directly to the Toys for Tots mission of providing toys, books, and other gifts to less fortunate children. The 3% spent on support principally covers fund-raising expenses: not one donated dollar goes to salaries or any other manpower costs.
As of 2016, the Toys for Tots Program and Foundation have collected and distributed more than 512 million toys. You can find out even more about Toys for Tots at ToysForTots.org.
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