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H. Scot Krause

Combining your poker play with a stop at almost any Harrah’s Total Rewards club booth across the US could possibly make you a million dollar winner later this summer. At the very least, you won’t be thirsty and you can catch a free flick! “Winning Will Find You” is the new Harrah’s nationwide promotion which also includes the Rio in Las Vegas. Casino guests visiting any of the 19 participating Harrah’s-operated casinos can simply show or sign up for a Total Rewards loyalty club card to receive their choice of a free 12-pack of Coke or Diet Coke and a voucher for a free Blockbuster movie rental. Some casinos will also issue a collectible “WinFinder” key chain that could be worth up to $1,000. One in every seven “WinFinders” distributed at the casinos will light up within two hours and award customers up to $1,000 in cash.

Thirty-eight specially marked cans of Coca-Cola classic are inside 12- packs distributed at the participating casinos. Each eligible recipient of a winning can will receive a place in Harrah’s 2005 $1 million “Winning Will Find You” event to be held at Showboat in Atlantic City later this summer.

Each participant in the 2005 $1 million “Winning Will Find You” drawing is guaranteed to win at least $2,500, and one person will walk away with $1 million. Each participating casino is guaranteed to distribute two winning cans throughout the course of the promotion. Customers can also play online at http://www.harrahs. com/wwfy/ where they will have another chance to be entered to win the $1 million.

Next door to Harrah’s Las Vegas on the Strip, the Imperial Palacewill give the June “Gift of the Month” to players who earn 200 or more Player’s Club points during a 24 hour period. The gift is a logo Pilsner Beer Glass. All Station Casinos and Fiesta brand casinos (in Henderson and on Rancho Dr., next door to Texas Station) in Las Vegas have upped your chances to win some extra cash with their popular Jumbo Jackpots casino wide promotion. As of May 22, every time the Jumbo Jackpot (randomly awards up to $150,000 instantly to slot and video poker players) hits at any Station Casino or Fiesta, everyone playing with their card wins $50 in free slot play. Station Casinos also feature Jumbo Jackpots for bad beats in their poker rooms.

In North Las Vegas, the Speedway Casino at the Ramada Inn (Cheyenne and I-15) is running No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em at 4:00 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. You’ll also receive a free t-shirt when you sign up for their Pit Pass players club card, and they run excellent coffee shop specials like a $3.99 Prime Rib dinner and $1.99 Sunrise Breakfast special.

Nearby neighboring casino, The Cannery in North Las Vegas continues to expand its poker operations and is now offering Ladies Poker Day where ladies can feel more comfortable learning to play. Ladies Poker Day lessons including Hold’Em demonstrations are offered free atnoon on the third Thursday of each month. The complimentary demonstrations will be followed by a 1:00 p.m. live game for the newcomers. Feel free to phone the poker room at 702-507-5835 for more information. That’s it for this week!

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