Issue 22
February 7 - 13, 2001
Volume 1
page 2
 

2 Hotels Host Second Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open

TUNICA, MS - Horseshoe Casino & Hotel and Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica, Mississippi are hosting the Second Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open March 26 through April 13, 2001.

Master poker players from around the world competed for a purse valued at more than $3.3 million. Doyle Brunson, Johnny Chan, Phil Hellmuth Jr., Russ Hamilton and Scotty Nguyen were among the 3,000+ entrants to last year's tournament.

Ron Williams, 55, an antique car restorer who has played tournament poker for just three years, captured the No Limit Hold'Em Championship last year. He won $238,620.

"It's exciting,'' Williams said. "Anyone with heart and perseverance can win a tournament with the idea of never giving up. He recalled the famous poker dictum attributed to former World Champion Jack ''Treetop" Strauss, ''If you have a chip and a chair you can win."

Play begins at Gold Strike Casino Resort on Monday, March 26. All tournaments will be open to the public to persons ages 21 or older, and buy-ins vary from $300 to $5000 for each event. Each event will be played in normal "freezeout'' style with play continuing until one player possesses all of the tournament chips. Tables will be combined as players are eliminated and the last remaining player at the final table will be declared the winner of the event. All tournaments will begin at noon. With approximately 50 tables available for tournament play, these tables will also be available for live action play after each scheduled event.

Day 15 of the tournament will be the Women's Championship Hold'em tournament. A respected British poker professional, Lucy Rokach, took first- place in the Women's tournament during the First Annual Jack Binion World Poker Open. The tournament drew 132 entries and more than $12,000 in prize money.

Foxwoods Celebrates 9 Years

MASHANTUCKET, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino will celebrate its ninth anniversary on February 15 and plans to reward both its guests and employees.

On Thursday, Feb. 15, on the stage of the Atrium Nite Club next to Rainmaker Square, Foxwoods guests can win prizes at the 9th Anniversary Celebration. Raffle tickets will be distributed starting at 10:00 a.m. Keeping with tradition, free cake and coffee will be served to all guests.

To top things off, Foxwoods presents a free concert by the Magical Mystery Tour on Friday, Feb. 16, in the Fox Theater at 7:00 p.m. for team members and 10:00 p.m. for Foxwoods patrons. The Magical Mystery Tour presents music of The Beatles, recognized as the most popular recording artists in the last 50 years. Free tickets are available at the Foxwoods Box Office while they are available.

Throughout the month of February, great entertainers like Art Garfunkel, comedians Louie Anderson and Pat Cooper, Regis Philbin, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Jo Dee Messina and Diana Krall will join in the festivities. Also, some lucky Wampum Club members will be able to win thousands of dollars in cash and big prizes in the Foxwoods 9th Anniversary Giveaway.

In 1992, Foxwoods opened a 250,000 square foot facility and a 46,000 square foot casino to complement the successful Bingo operation opened in 1986. Today, Foxwoods is a 4.7 million square foot complex containing five main casinos under one roof with 320,000 square feet of gaming space, 28 places to dine, shops, meeting rooms, nightclubs and spas. It is the largest casino in North America and is owned by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.

Isle Of Capri Casinos, Inc. Donates Over $1 Million To United Way With Company-Wide Drive - BILOXI, MS - Isle of Capri properties raised $1,008,174 during a five-month company-wide United Way campaign. "Throughout my career in the gaming industry, I have been involved with United Way. However, I have never seen a staff of this size contribute not just time, but resources so freely. I am extremely proud of the impact the Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. can make through the generosity of our employees and management staff,'' said John M. Gallaway, president and chief operating officer.

The contributions will be distributed to the United Way chapters in the communities of the Isle properties that raised the funds.

Web Gaming Company Playsys.com Closes Its Vegas Office - LAS VEGAS, NV - Financial troubles have forced an Internet business that caters to the casino industry to shut its Las Vegas office, while leading to the departure of Chief Executive Officer Larry Woolf, who once held the same post with MGM Grand.

Israeli entrepreneur Zvika Greenboim started playsys.com in 1999 as a Web-based business that offers gamblers information about casino comp packages around the world for an annual $100 membership fee. The company's South Africa office also was closed. The company is keeping its offices in London and Israel, which serves as the headquarters. The company now has about 12 employees, most of whom are based in Israel.

Aztar Gambles On Casino Plan; $175 Million Expansion In NJ -By Peter Corbett, The Arizona Republic - A $175 million Atlantic City casino expansion plan announced February 1, would add slot machines and hotel rooms, along with a dining and entertainment complex to theTropicana Casino and Resort Hotel & Casino patterned after the Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace and the Venetian's Canal Shops, both in Las Vegas. With Atlantic City hotel occupancy at 92 percent last year, casino observers call it a safe bet that will help boost the New Jersey gambling mecca's efforts to lure more visitors with non-gaming attractions. Aztar estimates the project will generate more than $40 million in additional cash flow. Aztar's 500-room expansion of its Tropicana Casino and Resort joins a wave of Atlantic City development that includes the $1 billion Borgata Resort, a 40-story, 2,000-room hotel set to open at the end of 2003. Harrah's and the Showboat casinos also are expanding. Altogether, Atlantic City is expecting a 25 percent increase in rooms, to 20,000, local tourism officials say. About 33 million visitors try their luck in Atlantic City each year.

Winston Cup Racing 2001

The NASCAR Winston Cup racing series makes its fourth trip to Vegas on March 4, 2001 with the UAW-DaimlerChrysler 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway..

The Winston Cup race has been the largest same-day sporting event in Nevada in each of its previous three stops in the state.

The race is one of three race series featured over March 1-4, 2001 at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The action begins March 1 with the first of three nights of Pennzoil World of Outlaws action.

As the Outlaws wind down at the speedway's half-mile dirt oval on March 3, the Sam's Town 300 Busch Series revs up at the superspeedway.

DATE: Sunday, March 4, 2001

TIME: 11:30 am PT

TICKETS: Call 702-644-4443 or 800-644-4444

ROTATION: Third race in the 36-race 2001 NASCAR schedule

TELEVISION: Live broadcast on Fox
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