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Celebrating 19 Years!
We’re celebrating 19 years’ publishing the Southern California Gaming GuideTM this month. Since
February 2002, we’ve delivered casino and slot news to Southern California casino players
and reported on over $2 billion of jackpots and thousands of winners. If you’re new to the Southern California Gaming GuideTM here’s our brief history.
In 2001 there was an information void about events at Southern California casinos. You could have seen or heard a TV or radio commercial, or tried dialing up on your modem to find news on the Internet, but not until February 2002, when the first issue of the Gaming GuideTM was published, did anyone have any idea of the incredible amenities and fantastic play that awaited Southern California casino guests. Two years prior, in March 2000, California voters had passed Proposition 1A that amended the California Constitution to allow casino-style gaming on Native American lands, and within that short time, Southern California had 15 operating casinos.
First published as The San Diego Gaming GuideTM, it had San Diego County casino listings; slot, poker, and bingo news, players club promotions, big winners, and lots more. Six issues later, in August 2002, due to overwhelming reader and advertiser requests, The San Diego Gaming Guide was expanded to include all Southern California Native American casinos, and renamed the Southern California Gaming GuideTM. Since then, it is Southern California’s only casino player publication, with an estimated readership in 2020 that held steady, despite the covid-19 pandemic, of over 450,000 monthly.
Much has changed in the Southern California casino world since 2002, when there were 15 casinos and only four were casino resorts. Now in 2021, there are 25 casinos and 14 are casino resorts.
Thank you for making the Southern California Gaming Guide your monthly must-read. Of course, we are grateful, indeed, for all our advertisers throughout the years. Some have even been with us all 19 years! They enable us to keep the Southern California Gaming Guide free to you, our appreciated readers. Take a
look at past issues, arranged by year, online at TheGamingGuide.com in easy-to-read flipbooks. Meanwhile, always keep your casino experience entertaining. Keep your play fun, and wager wisely at
the casinos. And above all, stay well and safe.
Volume 20, Number 2 • February 2021
Publisher/Editor
Théon Banos Cross
Associate Publisher Fenn Cross
Publication Design
Burk Design Group
Art Direction
Kevin Burk
Advertising Sales
Théon Banos Cross
Contributors
Gail Anders Maya Winkler Alex Winters
Address
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CALIFORNIA COUNCIL ON PROBLEM
GAMBLING
A statewide, non-profit organization helping people affected by
problem gambling
41743 Enterprise Circle N., Ste. 202 Temecula, CA 92590 Phone: (714) 765-5804
Fax: (951) 266-0072
www.calpg.org help@calpg.org
What is Problem Gambling?
Problem gambling, or gambling addiction, is a progressive disease which causes you to gamble to the point that you experience harmful or devastating consequences to your finances, health, family or mental well-being. Importantly, it is treatable and there is help available at no cost!
The Signs of Problem Gambling
You can help those close to you by being alert to the following danger signs:
• An inability to stop or control your gambling. • A fixation on anything related to gambling.
• Secrecy, lying or personality changes.
• A need to bet or gamble more over time.
According to a major survey, problem gambling affects more than 1 million adults in California alone. Gambling problems can affect anyone, anywhere, anytime — regardless of age, gender or race. Problem gamblers:
• Cost the U.S. $8 billion annually due to crime, bankruptcy and addiction.
• Get arrested about 3 times as often as people without gambling problems.
• Are 2–8 times more likely to binge drink, smoke or do drugs.
• Commit suicide more than any other group of people suffering from addiction.
• Have called the California gambling helpline more than 200,000 times since 1998.
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