Update to post below about Coconut Creek and The Isle
Sorry I didn't get the comments up until after lunch; software issue.
Also meant to include somewhere -- I didn't in the story -- the giveaways both are doing this weekend.
Isle: Memorial Day promotion:
3 p.m.: Red Ford Mustang
5 p.m.: Five $500 IslePlay Winners
6 p.m.: White Ford Mustang
7 p.m.: Five $500 IslePlay Winners
9 p.m. Blue Ford Mustang
(And if you don't want the car, they'll give you $5,000 cash instead, the casino web site says.)
Coconut Creek: Free laser light show at 9 p.m. Sat.-Sun.-Mon. and jet pack aviators, making three daily shows, at noon, 3 and 5 p.m. Sat-Sun-Mon.
Meanwhile, I'm headed out to Mardi Gras tonight for the opening of their third floor "balcony," which I think will have a cool view of the dog racing.
And those of you who want to read about the casino that started it all, my Showtime story about Seminole Casino Hollywood made print today (it was on this blog earlier this week).
May all of your cards be live. I'm back Tuesday. Meanwhile, your job is to comment on a story and bookmark this blog now.
P.S.: Just got the info on Palm Beach Kennel's Memorial Day, and while I don't cover dog racing, I'll put their promotions up.
Here they are:
11 a.m. on: Free admission and classic cars display.
Miss Palm Beach County, Sierra Minott, to sing the National Anthem, accompanied by the Lake Worth High School Color Guard!
Live Radio Remote and Prize Giveaways with Jeff DeForest and WFTL 850 AM! (Does that count as a highlight? And didn't he move over to 640?)
The first 1,000 racing fans thru the turnstiles will receive a coupon good for a Palm Beach Grand Classic T-Shirt! (Coupons redeemable as you leave the track beginning at 3:30 p.m.)
For the Kids, Cookie The Clown with Free Face Paintings and Balloons. (11:30 - 1:30 p.m.)
* Drink Specials! Bud / Bud Light / Bud Select (16 oz. bottles) on sale for $3. (Thru the Fourth of July)
Prize Giveaways: Enter to win a five-day / 4-night vacation at The Cavalier Hotel in South Beach. (After Race 12)
Fuel For Thought: Enter to win one of ten $100 Gas Cards,
NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, moved on to "night baseball" and "pass the trash" during a Dr. Pepper-infused midnight game in the 1980s at the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, and now play in a regular neighborhood Hold 'Em game in Plantation. I have been given the assignment of writing about the gambling life in South Florida casinos for the Sun-Sentinel...which means sitting around watching poker on TV now counts as research.
