Nick Sortal's gambling: Great odds on Sunday car giveaway

If last week is any indication, the best chances of winning a Mini Cooper will be Sunday morning at Seminole Casino Coconut Creek.

The casino, as part of its "Car A Day in May" giveaway, is running inserts in newspapers. Last week was the Palm Beach Post; this week, they'll were in Thursday's SunSentinel.

One of the inserts is good for a new car; you go to the casino on Thursday, Friday or Saturday and check to see if you've won. But that means your odds are, say, 1 in 180,000 or so.

The real payoff then could come Sunday, "Second Chance Day." You bring back your drawing entry between 9 a.m. and noon and place the "second chance" portion in a barrel. Presuming no one won the car Thursday, Friday or Saturday, the casino will draw a second-chance name for the car.

Last week (the Palm Beach Post week), there were only 32 entrants for the noon drawing. For a guaranteed car.

It went to Virginia Aguero from Jupiter.

Meanwhile, the casino is also having the "Ultimate Player Million Dollar Summer," with $100,000 weekends scattered through the months.

So Saturday and Sunday they're giving away $1,000 every 15 minutes from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

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NICK SORTAL began playing 3-card "gut" and "Indian poker" on high school band trips, early training for his... < More >