MIKE SCHIFFER, a gaming industry pit pro, has joined me on the GOODTIMES RADIO SHOW as co-host and producer. He brings a lot of hands-on experience in gambling to the show and is most welcome. You can hear us at 730YAHOOSPORTS.COM live audio streaming every Friday night from 6-8 pm and again on Saturdays from 6-8 a.m. The show is also archived at Audiovegas.com and is now in its 19th consecutive year as the longest running live casino gambling format in the country, if not the whole dang world. Give Mike a call on the show at (901) 522-9730.
There is still time to enter the HOT HANDS II blackjack tournament at the FITZ, but the competition just got stiffer as I have decided to give the event a second crack after being humiliated in the first tournament. Why do I put myself under scornful scrutiny, there are $20,000 reasons why. Yup, that’s the first place money and its all CASH. Register on Feb. 24 from 5 to 8 p.m. or the next morning from 8-10 a.m. You qualify for a free room, but call (866) 351-2515 to make reservations.
At SAM’S TOWN, you can get into the $50,000 buy-in slot tournament for only $200. It takes place Feb. 24-25 and includes a two night hotel stay. Registration is Feb. 24. Call (800) 946-0711 and mention code E212ST2.
You can go for the green, some $50,000 of it, on March 15-17 in the blackjack tournament at GOLD STRIKE. The entry fee is $100 and registration takes place Friday, March 15 from 5-8 p.m. with late registration the next morning. Play begins at 10 on the 16th with finals on Sunday. Poker players will be flooding the ball room at Gold Strike when the DELTA GOLD CLASSIC kicks off March 23 through April 2. For reservations, call(888) 245-7529, ext 1136. In the meantime, play SCRATCH IT RICH for your share of up to $2,000,000 in freeplay and prizes with 900 total winners. Drawings every Wednesday and Saturday from 6-10 p.m.
Speaking of poker, the poker room at the Isle of Capri Casino Hotel Lula is reopening this Saturday. A grand opening is set for a week later, Saturday, March 3, when the room will host a free $2,500 Texas Hold’em Tournament. See the story in this issue of Jackpot!
If you haven’t checked it out already, you should. I’m talking about the new GATEWAY TO THE BLUES VISITORS CENTER on Highway 61. It’s located in a turn-of-the-century wood-frame train depot. It was moved from Dundee, Miss. and renovated to become the new center. Atop the depot is the new “Gateway to the Blues” sign. The red, white and blue sign is the same shape as a Highway 61 road sign. The visitor center is just the beginning. Preparations are already underway for an adjoining museum. Check out the story on the front page of this issue.
March 17 can be a lucky day, even if you’re not Irish, at Bally’s with its $25,000 POT OF GOLD giveaway. Start earning entries now and you would one of 25 winners of cash or free slot play. On March 31, Bally’s is holding a FREE $20,000 slot tournament from 2 to 8 p.m.
Everybody who is a serious wine drinker wished they had the knowledge of a sommelier and now you can. On a recent dining experience at the new PHILLIP M’s restaurant in SILVER STAR CASINO at Pearl River Resort, Sommelier Scott Sutherland proudly showed us his new toy that makes his job much easier. He has an iPad programmed with CELLAR TRACKER that organizes the inventory there. The app searches the inventory by price, region, varietals, drinkability, rating or alphabetically. You can even write in your own rating. It allows diners to make educated decisions about their selections. It is cool. See the complete review of Phillip M’s elsewhere in this issue.
The $10,000 CASH DROP continues on Saturdays at HOLLYWOOD this month when every 30 minute between 6 p.m. and midnight just five correct answers stand between you and $10,000. Earn entries daily with 5X entries on Fridays.
Chief Phyllis Anderson is making things happen for the Choctaws even though she has only been in office about five months. She e recently hosted Congressional representatives and briefed them on tribal projects, use of federal funding awards and the expanding needs of the 10,000-member tribe. The Mississippi delegation viewed the Choctaw Health Center, Choctaw TechPark and the Beaver Dam road project. It was also announced that the Choctaws have received federal grants totaling over $2 million to fund the construction of a new transit maintenance facility and enhance the Choctaw Transit Authority Service.
Want to take a vacation closer to home and reachable by automobiles? Get a free copy of TRUE SOUTH, the new official Mississippi Tour Guide. Go to www.visitmississippi.org or call (888) SEE-MISS for a hard copy.
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