Slot tournaments at Coconut Creek
The Seminole Casino Coconut Creek became the third South Florida casino to offer a slot tournament, held on Sunday.
The tournament, by invitation only, was the start of a series of tournaments that will take place in August.
Earlier this month, The Isle Casino and Racing and Gulfstream Racing and Casino began free tournaments for all Players Club members.
There will be more in August plus the casino is working on satellite rules to lead up to a $500,000 tournament prize pool. Players spin for 3 to 5 minutes
Organizers said the tournaments are not in response to the Isle, but they were waiting for the best tournament games.
A 54-year-old Coconut Creek woman won the first tournament and $20,000.
The casino also said:
The 180 participants of the weekend slot tournament who played for a total of $37,500 were casino VIP Players Club invitees selected by their play criteria or they were personally invited by the casino’s hosts. All played on Bally’s “Playboy” Vegas-style slot machines.
A free-entry $15,000 public slot tournament was also held the following day to kick off the casino’s first-come, first-serve “Funday Monday” series. The top three winners won $2,000 each. There were 24 total winners.
The new slot machine tournaments are part of the casino’s ongoing “Extreme Dream Million Dollar Summer” promotion that kicked off on Memorial Day weekend and will end on Labor Day.
The quote provided by the casino: “This is just the beginning of many more slot tournaments to come at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek,” said Steve Bonner, general manager. “We’re also working on satellite rules that will lead up to a $500,000 tournament prize pool.”
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.
