Gulfstream promotions for December
Gulfstream is giving away a car at 12:30 a.m. Jan. 1. Five Players' Club members' names will be called, and all will receive envelopes. Four get $500; the fifth gets a 2009 Chrysler Sebring Limited.
Slot tournaments continue from noon to 4 p.m. on Fridays. Players spin for five minutes. First prize is $1,000 cash.
Coach and cash giveaway, 2-10 p.m. every 20 minutes Dec. 13 and 27. Winners receive a Coach purse and cash or free play.
Nintendo Wii giveaway, every 20 minutes, 2-10 p.m. Dec. 6 and 20.
$15,000 slot tournament: 4-8 p.m. Dec. 28. Entry fee is $25. Limited to 300 players. $5,000 for first prize on down to $50 for places 51 through 100.
Last minute shopping spree: 2-10 p.m. Dec. 24, every 20 minutes. Prizes include Cusinarts, Lobster grams, iPods, digital frames and Waterford Crystal.
$500 drawings every 20 minutes: 3-11 p.m. Dec. 4, 11, 18 and 25.
Grab a gift card giveaway: 10 a.m. to midnight, Dec. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Earn 50 points for play and receive a $25 gift card to Macy's Target or Home Depot.
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.
