Blackjack Arrives at
Casino of the Sun
- TUCSON,AZ - Four months after the Pascua Yaqui Tribe
signed their state gaming compact, Casino
of the Sun began dealing blackjack on May 13. Eight
blackjack tables open at Casino
of the Sun. Games range from low limits at $3 to high
limits up to $25, with maximum wagers of $500.
“Casino
of the Sun is excited to round out its gaming amenities
with blackjack,” said Doug Lentz, chief executive
officer of Casino
of the Sun. “The dealers are trained, the tables
are ready and the demand for blackjack from the community
has been overwhelming. We couldn’t have asked for
a better response from casino patrons.”
Since
approval of the compacts in January, Casino
of the Sun began a free blackjack dealer training
school. Dealers went through a rigorous 125-hour training
course to prepare them to step onto the casino floor to
start dealing. The Casino has currently trained more than
200 dealers through their free blackjack school, and plans
to train and certify 100 more dealers by the end of the
year. The addition of blackjack at Casino
of the Sun has given the Tribe an opportunity to recruit
employees from southern Arizona to fill open positions,
such as blackjack dealers, supervisors
and managers.
Great Canadian Gaming
Gets Final Approval for New Casino
- RICHMOND, CANADA – Great Canadian Gaming Ltd.
has been cleared to build a 300,000 square foot casino
complex in Richmond and plans to start operations at the
former Bridgepoint market site by March 2004.
Richmond
city council last week approved twin bylaws allowing casino
use on the riverside site where Great Canadian plans to
combine gaming operations with marina, show lounge, hotel
and restaurant services.
"It
was one huge challenge putting this thing together and
you had to have vision and patience and foresight and
now we are going at it full throttle," said company
president Michael Scholz. Scholz
said up to about 300 slot machines will be included at
the new facility.
A
second bylaw passed in tandem this week effectively limits
the city to just one casino, meaning that Great Canadian
must close its existing facility in the city in order
to open the riverside complex.