http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/ Gambling in Miami, Broward, Palm Beach Counties en Copyright 2008 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:03:25 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss A Miami woman hit the highest jackpot ever at Mardi Gras, going over $100,000. The woman, who Mardi Gras officials said didn't want to be identified, hit at 2:17 a.m. on July 2 in the High Roller room on the Wheel of Fortune machine. She played the machine several times, got up a couple times and she finally hit the jackpot on her third sitting, going $10 per push, according to the casino. The previous Mardi Gras jackpot high was over $70,000, Mardi Gras staff said. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/record_jackpot_at_mardi_gras.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/record_jackpot_at_mardi_gras.html News Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:03:25 -0500 Tuesdays: Money in Motion: Rolling Prize Wheel visits Hot Seat Winners, 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Fridays: Shake, Roll & Win: Five contestants per hour roll five dice to win $500 - $10,000 at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. Saturdays: Wild Card Lotto: Match 4 randomly selected numbers exactly with the last four digits of your Players' Club card and win your share of $5,000. Match the numbers in any order, win $100. Numbers roll 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. & 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. Thursdays: Chevy Giveaway: 50 bonus entries for the two corvette giveaways on July 31 and $100 gas card giveaway six per hour. 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. (total $3,000 / week) + 2008 Chevrolet Impala winner drawn at 10 p.m. July 19: Big Deal Day: 20 contestants win their share of $30,000.00 in cash and merchandise in this TV type game show. All contestants will be selected at 8 p.m. July 21-22: Bingo Under The Big Tent: West Lot Pavilion 5 one-hour games at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. $6 admission – sold at the door. Biggest jackpot more than $1,000 For bus group packages call 954-283-2751 July 31: “Two Coolvettes” Giveaway Event West lot Pavilion – 10 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. 50’s Surfer type Band, Cash Bar, Drawing for 2 new Corvettes Drawing will take place at approx. 10:30 pm. Aug. 8, 2008: From 8 a.m. until 8 p.m., every 8 minutes an $888 giveaway ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/seminole_coconut_creek_promoti.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/seminole_coconut_creek_promoti.html News Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:47:06 -0500 The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino is hosting the second in a series of $3,000 buy-in charity poker tournaments, and this one benefits the Hollywood Police Athletic League. The tournament is July 18-20 at the poker room. Players can pick between two first days of play, either Friday, July 18 or Saturday, July 19 at 10 a.m. The second day of play begins at 10 a.m. July 20. Each player receives 20,000 starting units in non-negotiable tournament chips with the purchase of a buy-in. Janet Fortgang, president of the Hollywood Police Athletic League, said the funds will benefit the various programs at PAL. The Hollywood PAL has boxing, baseball and football teams, as well as individual activities and homework help. PAL offers structure and personal guidance in a variety of activities for over 300 children a day, six days a week, offering boxing, boys’ and girls’ basketball, football, cheerleading, after-school programs, tutoring and drop-out prevention, she said. The Seminole Hard Rock’s inaugural tournament in May had 126 participants and raised $40,000 for the Miami Beach Health Foundation. August and September tournaments will benefit other local charities. Registration begins Friday in the Poker Room at Seminole Paradise. Cash only. For more information, call 954-327-7625. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/second_big_charity_poker_tourn.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/second_big_charity_poker_tourn.html News Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:14:36 -0500 Joe "Mojo" Conti, the host on Poker Talk America I speak to each Friday, survived the first day in his first World Series of Poker. He's in the main event. Conti has 12,700 chips (he started with 20,000) and finished day 1-D in 1,176th place. Sunday started with 2,461 entants. So that means he finished among the top half of players. The WSOP, which will attract about 9,000 players, has grown so large that it has four "first days," with players flighted in 1A, 1B, 1C or 1D days. They then coagulate into playing out the main event. Too many South Floridians to list survived, but there's one notable: Doron Malinasky, who won the first Hard Rock $3,000 charity poker tournament (although in a negotiated chop). Malinasky, of Hollywood, sat 37th in 1D, with 104,950 chips. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/joe_conti_better_than_average.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/joe_conti_better_than_average.html News Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:21:55 -0500 Monday Bonus Bucks: Check your mailbox to see if you qualify for bonus bucks. Seniors Day Tuesdays: On Senior Day Tuesdays, Player’s Club members over 55 can receive $10. In addition, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, members have a chance to win $55 in free casino play every 20 minutes. Scratch & Win Gulfstream Gold on Wednesday: Cash in your Gulfstream Gold tickets for cash or free play every Wednesday this month. 25 $500 winners every Thursday: Every Thursday during the month of June, Gulfstream Park will award $500 in cash giveaways every 20 minutes from 2 p.m. - 10 p.m. The drawings are for Good Luck Player’s Club members only. Slot tournamaments: Every hour from noon to 3 p.m., players enter a slot tournament for prizes. $1,000 is first prize, and 19 other prizes are awarded. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/gulfstream_promotions_for_july.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/gulfstream_promotions_for_july.html News Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:01:22 -0500 Heavy rain and severe weather forced the Palm Beach Kennel Club to postpone 14 races today and reschedule them for 12:40 p.m. Monday. The races will be Monday afternoon, including the running of the Budweiser All-Star Classic, according to the kennel club's Jeff Prince. The club got off the first race, but races 2 through 15, were, well, a wash. The club will still have simulcasting, the poker room will remain open and the club will try to have its scheduled race card at 7:30 tonight. For information, call 561-683-2222. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/storms_force_pb_kennel_to_post.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/storms_force_pb_kennel_to_post.html News Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:49:20 -0500 Time magazine profiles the candidates' favorite games. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/its_craps_for_mccain_poker_for.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/its_craps_for_mccain_poker_for.html News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:00 -0500 Monday July 7, 14, 21, & 28: Sun Fun Scratch Card – Win up to $1,000 Cash Tuesday July 1, 8, 15, & 22: Summer Cash on Fat Tuesday – Win your share of $25,000 cash or Bonus Play Wednesday July 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30: Surf n’ Jester Jamboree – Win up to $250 Bonus Play every half hour 1pm-9pm Thursday July 3, 10, 17, 24, & 31: Summer Lovin - Win your share of $4,500 cash or Bonus Play. Spin The Sizzling Wheel – Win up to $2,000 cash 2 p.m.-6 p.m. every hour Friday July 4: Stars & Stripes Interactive Game: Match 4 stripes or 4 stars and win up to $4,000 cash or $400 Bonus Play. Uncle Sam’s Jamboree: Win $100 Bonus Play Sunday July 6, 13, 20 & 27: Summer Spinning – Win $2,000 cash every hour 1 p.m.-8 p.m. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/mardi_gras_promotions_for_july.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/mardi_gras_promotions_for_july.html News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:39:04 -0500 The Florida Lottery announced Thursday that it will join the Multi-State Lottery Association and add POWERBALL. It starts January 2009 and makes Florida the 30th state to join the multi-state lottery game (also there's the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands). The authority to join a multi-state game is covered in the Florida Public Education Lottery Act, according to a news release. Powerball drawings are held twice weekly and broadcast to nationwide live at 10:59 p.m., Eastern Time, currently from West Des Moines, Iowa. Will you play? Will it affect your gambling dollars? Read the rest of the press release below: http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/powerball_comes_to_florida_jan.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/powerball_comes_to_florida_jan.html News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:04:37 -0500 21 Grand for 21 Days Giveaway: The casino is giving away $21,000 every day for 21 days from July 7 – July 30 (excluding Saturdays), the casino says. It will be three $700 cash giveaways every hour from noon – 9 p.m. But it's for slot players, and you have to join their Players Club (which is free). Also: $60,000 Independence Day Weekend Giveaway: Player’s Club members can win up to $20,000 each day July 4 –July 6 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Cash prize of $1,776 awarded hourly to one winner. Grand prize drawing at 7 p.m. for $4, 016. $15,000 Concert Night Giveaways: $3,000 after five select concerts in Hard Rock Live. On Tuesdays, July 1 & 15 and Thursdays, July 3, 10 and 24 at 11 p.m. Three, $1,000 cash and memorabilia giveaways. Visitors need to swipe their Players' Club card on concert days from 5 p.m. – 10:45 p.m. to enter. Free Slot Machine Play: On Tuesdays, July 8, 15, 22 and 29 and Wednesdays, July 9, 16, 23 and 30 from 8 a.m. – 8 p.m. Players Club members can redeem points for free slot machine play. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/hard_rock_promotions_for_july.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/hard_rock_promotions_for_july.html News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:35:18 -0500 Early Saturday morning, at approximately 12:15 a.m. in Palm Beach Kennel Club’s Poker Room, Greenacre resident Kyle Gray became the track’s second-largest Poker Room winner as his "losing" poker hand paid off a hefty $86,625, the kennel club says. A "Bad Beat" jackpot happens when a player with a seemingly unbeatable hand is beaten by an even better hand. The bad beat loser gets 50 percent of the jackpot, the hand winner gets 25 percent and the rest of the players split the remaining 25 percent. Saturday morning, in a game of $1-$2 No Limit, Gray had Aces full of Queens (A,A,A,Q,Q). But Frank Marchese had a Royal Flush in diamonds (A,K,Q,J,10). Marchese received $43,312 while the other players at the table each took home $6,187. The recently hit "Bad Beat" jackpot began accumulating on April 22 of this year. The current backup jackpot, which is now the main jackpot, at this moment stands at $83,513, the club said. The state record payoff for a bad beat occurred in February as Loxahatchee resident Charles Infantolino collected $116,714 for his four Queens while his opponent showed a straight flush. A-2-3-4-5 of spades. The Isle's bad beat also hit at over $100,000 during a cash game during the Florida State Poker Championships. Again, it involved Aces and Queens; Aces full of Queens lost to Quad queens. So if I have queens, I'm playing them to the river. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/bad_beat_hits_at_pb_kennel.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/bad_beat_hits_at_pb_kennel.html News Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:11:16 -0500 Jacobo Fernandez of Hollywood has slipped from first to third in the World Series of Poker Player of the Year standings. More correctly, he got passed. By Erick Lindgren (245 points), and Barry Greenstein (235 points). Two pretty good names who are also having good tournaments. So, to win POY, Jacobo needs to cash again. He's already cashed seven times, for $658,100. Meanwhile, event 49, yet another $1,5000 No-Limit Hold 'em, saw six locals cash: Steven Schaet, Davie, 68th, $7,420; Allan Bieler, Plantation, 117th, $4,081; Paul Balzano, Sunrise, 159th, $3,524; Greg Silverstein, Davie, 202nd, $2,968; Bruce Simberg, Boca Raton, 242nd, $2,782; William Soffin, Delray Beach, 245th, $2,782. Also, if you're going to play in the main event, you better get on your plane. And good luck. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/jacobo_falls_to_third_in_poy_s.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/07/jacobo_falls_to_third_in_poy_s.html News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 10:37:38 -0500 Event 44, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold 'em with Rebuys: Stuart Paterson, again, of Boca Raton, cashes in 55th, taking home $9,720. Event 46: $5,000 Six-handed No-Limit Hold 'em Jason Mercier of Davie, 51st, $10,972; Michael Glasser, Boca Raton, $9,080 Event 47: $1,500 7-Card Stud Hi-Low, 8 or better No South Florida cashes. Event 48: $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em, drawing a record 2,317 players Richard Blanchar, Fort Lauderdale, 86th, $6,747; Jacobo Fernandez, again -- his ninth cash of the tournament -- Hollywood, $5,060; Raymond Milliard, Davie, 139th, $4,216. Event 49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold 'em Steven Schaet, Davie, 68th, $7,420; Allen Bieler, Plantation, 117th, $4,081; Paul Balzano, Sunrise, 159th, $3,524; Greg Silverstein, Davie, 202nd, $2968; Bruce Simberg, Boca Raton, $2,782; William Soffin, Delray Beach, 245th, $2,782. Closing in on the big one, folks. Just a few more days... If you're in it, email me, and when you're out there, let me know how you do. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/more_cashes_at_wsop.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/more_cashes_at_wsop.html News Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:07:27 -0500 World Series of Golf involves poker-type bets -- raise, check or fold -- with how you're playing a particular hole. ]]> http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/betting_on_golf_like_its_poker.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/betting_on_golf_like_its_poker.html Lottery Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:31:42 -0500 Looks like Jacobo Fernandez of Hollywood added to his player of the year points lead at the World Series of Poker. He came in 30th, in Event 43, a $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament (Split 8). He won $4,619. Mark Gallo of Lake Worth was 13th, with $9,928 to show for it; Damon Songer of Coral Springs was 49th, earning $3,341. http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/jacobo_jacobo_jacobo.html http://blogs.trb.com/entertainment/news/gambling/blog/2008/06/jacobo_jacobo_jacobo.html News Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:58:54 -0500