Hawaiian Keno Player Wins Big on Keno In Las Vegas

09/28/19 • 3 min

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The Plaza Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas was in the news a few weeks ago for its vintage progressive Keno video game. The game offered a long-running progressive jackpot that was finally hit by one lucky player. Eric Santos of Kahului, Hawaii walked away with the $96,000 jackpot on Saturday, Sept.21.
The Keno game at the Plaza actually originated at the Western Casino. The video game was relocated to the Las Vegas Club with the jackpot still intact. The game made its way to the Plaza where the jackpot was then transferred to a newer machine. The original Keno machine operated on coins.
As a vintage gambling machine, it will be raffled off in an October contest at the Plaza. This will be part of a special promotion at the Las Vegas casino resort. There will be two separate contests that month with plans to giveaway a dozen classic coin machines. Popular titles such as Joker Poker, Deuces Wild and Catch the Heat will be part of the collection. These vintage machines have quite a bit of nostalgic popularity. However, their antiquated technology is no longer compatible with newer slot machines.
Caesars Sells Its Las Vegas Casino Rio for $516 Million
The Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino has been sold for $516 million. Caesars Entertainment currently owns the Rio. The new owner will be a real estate investment company that is part of Imperial Companies. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval from the Nevada Gaming Commission.
As part of the terms of the deal, Caesars will continue to operate the Rio for two years. The Las Vegas gaming giant will pay $45 million annually in rent. The deal also includes a $7 million third-year option for Caesars’ continued management services.
The Rio is located off the Las Vegas Strip. The buyer has also left open an option for continued Caesars management after the terms of the current agreement expires. The Rio will remain part of the Caesars rewards program as part of the deal.
There is also an agreement to keep the World Series of Poker at this location through 2020. Ownership of this highly popular event is not part of the agreement. Caesars will maintain ownership of WSP as a proprietary event.
Imperial Companies is a real estate investment firm based in New York. Earlier this year, Caesars announced that it would merge with Eldorado Resorts out of Reno. That deal was valued at more than $17 billion.

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This Week In Gambling Episode September 25, 2019

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When the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas completes its transformation into the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas in November of next year, it’ll have a new entity operating the casino.
Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment, which also owns the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, will manage the 60,000-square foot casino, and it will be something of a landmark, as it will be the first time in the Las Vegas area that a tribe will operate a casino.
Virgin is engaging in a plan to renovate each of the hotel's 1500 rooms, as well as The Joint, the popular live music venue. The property will stay open through the Super Bowl, and shortly thereafter will close in order to execute the transformation more efficiently. They are slated to re-open in November 2020, after Election Day.
And in an effort to help them re-stock the casino operation with seasoned employees, they are offering a retention bonus for anyone who sticks around until they close, and will have a job for those employees when they open again, without having to re-apply.
The Mohegans are also involved with casinos in the Poconos and Atlantic City; they are experiencing a decline in revenues in Connecticut, because of increased competition in New England.
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The National Basketball Association has always been the most gambling-conscious professional sports league, and now they have announced a rule change that is widely considered to have sports bettors in mind.
Commissioner Adam Silver says that all teams will have to submit their starting lineups for public consumption at least thirty minutes before the scheduled tip-off, as opposed to the previous deadline of ten minutes. As more legalized sports betting is introduced, and there are more and more in the way of potential gambling-related partnerships, there is also more need for transparency in terms of potentially important information that is revealed close to game time.
After all, this would present the opportunity for too few people to take advantage of a late-breaking piece of info about a player's availability, before other bettors and even the sportsbooks have a chance to react to it. So it's indeed a chance to have that information out there for as many people as possible.
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And to continue with the NBA, the regular season gets underway on October 22. And at BetAnySports, the Los Angeles Clippers are a one-point favorite over the Los Angeles Lakers, while the defending champion Toronto Raptors are five and a half point favorites over the New Orleans Pelicans, in what will be Zion Williamson's pro debut. Both games will be televised on TNT...... You can also place advance bets on Christmas Day games, when the Clippers and Lakers face off again, and the Golden State Warriors play host to James Harden, Russell Westbrook and the Houston Rockets, laying a single point.
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Gambling Podcast #8 - Southern Nevada Movie Goer Wins $935,000 Las Vegas Jackpot

Hi, this is The Weekly Gambling News Roundup. The news today is brought to you by EasyMobileCasino.com and PlaySlots4RealMoney.Com. Sometimes it pays to be lucky even if you are not a big gambler. The local NBC affiliate in Las Vegas shared the story of this big win. A southern Nevada resident visiting Las Vegas walked away almost $1 million dollars richer after hitting a slots progressive jackpot.
He was actually catching a movie at Aliante Casino Hotel’s movie theatre while staying there as a guest. Known only as Clint, he decided to put $20 into a .25 cent Wheel of Fortune slot machine. A few spins later, he turned a $1.25 into a $935,176 jackpot hit. The big win took place on Saturday, Sept. 21.
In a tweet by Aliante Casino (@aliantecasino), the hotel, casino and spa property added:
Clint, a new Southern Nevada resident, turned a visit to the movie theater into a $935,176 payday when he hit the jackpot on @IGT Jackpots “Wheel of Fortune” slots Saturday, Sept 21!
He parlayed a $1.25 spin into the life-changing prize at 8:15 p.m.
Aliante Casino Hotel & Spa is a North Las Vegas property owned and operated by Boyd Gaming. It is situated on more than 40 acres as part of the Aliante master-planned community. It is a AAA Four Diamond resort with more than 100,000 square feet of gaming space.
Mohegan Sun Pocono Opens Its Sportsbook
Legal sports betting in Pennsylvania has expanded to the Mohegan Sun Pocono. In a soft opening on Sept. 24, the racino welcomed the first patrons to their in-house sportsbook.
The new 1,130-square-foot Unibet Sportsbook betting lounge offers a 28-foot wide video wall. There are six sports betting terminals along with two actual teller booths. The lounge also offers a bar and additional seating for around 40 guests.
Jonathan Aiwazian is the vice president of Sportsbook for Unibet. He joined fellow Unibet employee William Pyk in the lounge to share in the opening festivities.
Pyk is a senior project manager of retail for Unibet. He went on to add “Something new is happening and the regular customers are checking it out.” Aiwazian weighed in with the comment, “Everybody in general is pretty excited. The response to the design of the Sportsbook has been great.”
The soft launch continued through Sept. 25 as reported by Easy Mobile Casino Dot-com . Once approved by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board, the Mohegan Sun Pocono sports betting lounge will be open daily from 11 a.m. through midnight.
The PA. racino is located in Plains Township near the city of Wilkes-Barre. The casino features over 2,300 slot machines and live tables for Blackjack, Roulette and Poker. Remember to visit EasyMobileCasino.com and PlaySlots4RealMoney.Com. (remember, that's the numeral 4) for more updates and that's your Weekly Gambling News Roundup!