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Extras muddle the picture By John Grochowski Evaluating a video poker machine is usually pretty straightforward. A 9-6 Jacks or Better machine where full houses pay 9-for-1 and flushes 6-for-1, will return more to players than an 8-5 machine. A 10-7-5 Double Bonus Poker game, where full houses pay 10-for-1, flushes 7-for-1 and straights […]
By John Grochowski Carrie has been playing slot machines for longer than she cares to remember. She and her husband Bill had already been annual Las Vegas visitors for nearly a decade when I met them in the early 1980s, several years before my own first Vegas visit. “There was no video then, just the […]
Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City made Joanne T. of Brooklyn, New York a millionaire on Sunday, September 1 in Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena. The million-dollar promotion was announced on June 28 in celebration of the property’s first anniversary. Customers earned entries all summer long and were required to be in Hard […]
One bingo player and two slot players at both Arizona Charlie’s Decatur and Arizona Charlie’s Boulder in Las Vegas won more than $80,000 in September. A Las Vegas local won $50,753 at Arizona Charlie’s Boulder while playing Charlie’s Double Progressive bingo, a coverall game that can only be won within the posted number of balls, […]
A lot of people might say a full moon, especially on a Friday the 13th, would bring one bad luck. Quite the opposite came true for Fidel Ramos of Murrieta, CA. Pechanga Resort Casino hosted its annual Harvest Moon Festival with a night full of cash and EasyPlay drawings on Friday, September 13. As the […]
Just days after the Plaza Hotel & Casino in downtown Las Vegas announced it would be holding two casino contests in October offering local residents the opportunity to win a coin operated slot, Keno or video poker machine, Eric Santos of Kahului, Hawaii hit it big playing a vintage progressive Keno game. On Sept. 20, […]
“All the struggling I have had to do… I will never have to struggle again,” said Manuel F. as he stood in shock after winning the progressive jackpot on the Wheel of Fortune, an IGT $5 slot machine. On just a normal Wednesday afternoon for Manuel, AKA, “Manny,” he realized he had forgotten something up in […]
A South Florida resident won big last month at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood, as the lucky guest hit a jackpot for $486,959.50 on the Lucky Lions slot machine. On Fri., Aug. 16, the Seminole Wild Card member was playing the 25- cent slot machine and wagered a $10 bet before the jackpot hit. […]
On August 8, one lucky guest at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ, had his life changed forever after winning more than three-quarters of a million dollars from the Citywide Progressive Jackpot on the Elvis: Shake Rattling Reels slot machine.Gene Norris of North Car- olina was grinning from ear to ear after receiving a […]
Misha Matorin details a life in the circus and beyond By Tim Wassberg Misha Matorin knows a thing or two about the circus. Growing up in the Moscow Circus before progressing onto his own producing gigs and performances (and before ascending up to Cirque du Solei Alegria and later Mystere in Las Vegas) he […]