Archive for the Poker category
February 26th, 2010
The annual Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards for 2010 were announced last Thursday.
In the Category ‘Casino/specialty venue of the year’, we have the following:
- CAESARS WINDSOR, WINDSOR
CASINO NOVA SCOTIA, NOVA SCOTIA
CASINO RAMA, ORILLIA
CASINO REGINA, REGINA
CLUB REGENT CASINO, WINNIPEG
DEERFOOT CASINO, CALGARY
NIAGARA FALLSVIEW CASINO, NIAGARA FALLS
RIVER CREE, EDMONTON
RIVER ROCK CASINO, RICHMOND
Let’s talk a bit more about Casino Regina.
Casino Regina is located in Regina (Canada). It is part of the historic Union Train Station. This building is considered as a National Heritage Site. It has very nice architecture and décor.
The casino itself is considered as being Saskatchewan’s finest casino and entertainment center. It is the top tourism destination in the whole province with over 2 millions visitors each year.
Visitor at the casino will be able to choose between over 780 slot machines. In Saskatchewan, provincial regulations require that any slot machines pay out at least 85%.
All those slot machines housed at Casino Regina have an average payout of over 92%.
So at Casino Regina, you will be able to choose between specialty machines, video keno, poker and multi-line games. Credits start at 1 cents up to 2 canadian dollars. Some machines accept multi-denomination as well.
Last year (2009), Casino Regina has paid out over 61 millions in slot jackpots.
Besides the slot machines, you will have access to nearly 40 table games like: Roulette, Craps, Caribbean Stud Poker, Texas Hold’em Bonus, Red Dog, Baccarat, Blackjack and more.
The Poker Room has a weekly poker tournament as well.
Like in many casinos, player do have access to a Player’s Club Card. This is a free card that will give you access to rewards, perks and Player privileges. For each 1000 points you’re getting on your card, you’ll receive 5 canadian dollars back.
Besides, this card enables you to:
- Discounts and specials at the restaurants,
- Promotional offers (via mail),
- Invitations to: VIP parties, tournaments, performances, player’s events, and more
The Regina Casino has several dining options:
- The Last Spike Restaurant: known for its relaxed atmosphere
- CR Express: for those looking for a quick lunch,
- CPR Lounge: the place to have drinks, alone or with friends,
- Whistle Stop Café: just if you need a coffee break
The casino has a Show Lounge with performances 2 to 4 times a week.
The Regina Casino is open seven days a week from 9 am in the morning to 4 am. There are several bus tour companies doing Casino trips to the casino, some even outside the province.
For those looking for a stay: there are several hotels with discounts for Casino’s players, as well as special packaged being offered.
The Canadian Music and Broadcast Industry Awards for 2010 will be presented on March 11 in Toronto.
November 28th, 2009
This coming weekend, the Hillcrest Sports Center will host some of the top women’s curling teams in Saskatchewan for the Casino Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour Cash Bonspiel.
Fourteen teams will play against each others for a total of CAD8,500$. The event will start Friday evening. The tournament will go on all the day on Saturday and the final will be at 3pm on Sunday.
The tournament favorite will be six-time former provincial champion Michell Englot of Regina besides Cindy Simmons. Former provincial senior champion and long time Moose Jaw curler Roberta Fonger will take to the ice with Regina’s Linda Kloschinsky.
The Casino Moose Jaw is located in the heart of Moose Jaw’s downtown, Saskatchewan. It has over 200 slot machines and many table games. All of them are surrounded by 20 very nice murals inspired by the art-deco look of the Roaring Twenties. Each mural is depicting a moment in Moose Jaw’s past.
The slot machines include traditional spinning reels, video keno and poker to sophisticated multi-line games. Players can choose to play from 1¢, 2¢, 5¢, 25¢ and $1 denominations as well as multi-denomination machines. In July 2008, Casino Moose Jaw paid out nearly $878,000 in slot jackpots.
Players will also find lots of game tables. Including blackjack, double zero roulette and three card poker.
The casino has for entertainment the The Mae Wilson Theater.
The upcoming promotion at the casino is starting November 30th. It is called Yuletide Treasures. Players have to swipe their Players Club Card every day at the Casino Guest Services Desk to be entered to win one of four amazing weekly gifts. It includes: an exotic cruise for two, an ultimate entertainment package, a home improvement package or even $10,000 cash.
Tourism packages for the casino are available and starts for as low as $99. It might include being able to relax at the Temple Gardens Mineral Spa (mineral thermal pools). Or visiting the Tunnels of Moose Jaw (historic live action tour). Or receiving a voucher for the casino.
Every bus tour going for the casino offers bus tours discounts, offers and mystery prizes, including:
* a “Pay and Play Double” coupon per day – purchase $15, $20 or $25 in slot or table play and receive an equal amount in free slot or table play;
* a $5 food and beverage coupon per day; and
* a buy one, get one free coupon for a Casino Moose Jaw-presented performance at the Mae Wilson Theater
There are bus operators leaving from all over Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. Cities like Saskatoon, Regina, Edmonton, Calgary, Medicine Hat, Winnipeg, Portage La Prairie have all operators going for the casino.
The casino is open 7 days a week. Sunday to Thursday from 9 am to 2 am and Friday to Saturday from 9 am to 3 am.
November 19th, 2009
Since a while, a project has been tossed up to power the Caesar Windsor casino. It was a dedicated energy plant. So far, it has cost taxpayers $81millions dollars. And we just learned it might be worth nothing ! According to a report. The initial price tag was to be 40 million dollars. The construction so far has gone well.
The plant was built by the OLG (Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation). They are the Ontario regulator for gambling and lotteries. They built the energy center in order to ensure sufficient power to the Caesars Windsor casino. The latest one having gone through a massive expansion over the last years.
Then on Nov. 21, 2008, a report from Cole Valuation Partners said that “under all scenarios, the [net present value] is well below the cost of the Energy Centre of more than $80 million.” While the report explicitly states it is not intended to be a final valuation of the project, it is billed as a “preliminary financial analysis.” It appraises the value of the facility under a number of scenarios based on differing returns from the sale of energy to the casino and to the provincial power grid.
It finds out that the energy center would fetch at most 21 millions dollars if sold in the private market. And in the worst case scenario: it would be worthless.
The Caesar Windsor casino is located in Windsor, Canada. It has lots of slots machines, including Monopoly-related ones !
The Poker Room is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is located on the second floor. There are 14 tables offering Texas Hold’em, Omaha and Seven Card Stud. Table limits vary, starting from $3 to $6 (CAD) up to unlimited amounts. This room offers a cashier cage and cocktail service.
Some features: World Series of Poker (25,000 dollars guaranteed pool), Ladies only poker tournament, and more.
Table slots include the : Canadian Club Salon . This luxurious venue offers opulent surroundings for Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat and Pai Gow Poker including a private redemption window. And the High Limit Slots : it includes more than 200 slot machines ranging from $2 to $100 (CAD) per play.
Gaming sports betting is allowed: sports included in Game Picks are American Professional Football, North American Professional Hockey, Pro Baseball, American college football and basketball.
The casino has hotel, dining places, pool, nightlife and shopping places !
So the OLG originally hired Buttcon Energy Inc. to design, build and operate the plant, but Buttcon filed a $355-million lawsuit in September against the OLG, alleging breach of contract, deceit and misrepresentation.
Buttcon has now stopped operation of the plant. The province has hired Angus Consulting Management Ltd. to operate it temporarily.
The government has said it is now searching for a permanent operator, and that contract will be open to competitive bids.
October 5th, 2009
We all know that gambling means lots of money for the government. While for problems gamblers, it means losing, health and work and family problems.
In its defense against a gambler, who recently sued the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation after losing almost $500,000 Canadian dollars, the corporation holds that casino gambling is a form of entertainment and that patrons pay for casino “entertainment” through wagering “just as theater patrons pay for a ticket to a play or sports fans pay for a ticket to a game.”
A research from Statistics Canada shows that net revenue from Canadian government-run lotteries, video lottery terminals, casinos and slot machines (not in casinos) rose steadily from $2.73 billion in 1992, to $13.67 billion in 2008.
It means the average gambling revenue per person 18 years old and over in 2008, were from $114 in the three territories to $825 in Saskatchewan, with a Canadian average of $528.20.
Ontario Lottery and the Gaming Corp. stats show that the revenue generated from legalized gambling in Ontario alone was $6.4 billion in the 2008-2009 fiscal year, compared to $6.2 billion during for 2007-2008.
Big gamblers are losing more than $1-million a year apiece and others are dropping hundreds of thousands of dollars at some Canadian casinos, according to documents that reveal for the first time the magnitude of gamblers’ betting habits.
Documents obtained under Freedom of Information legislation show the top gamblers in British Columbia and Ontario are losing as much as $1.8-million and $701,000, respectively, while many others are blowing sums in the low six figures. Loto-Québec refused to provide similar data, saying it constitutes commercial information that is competitively sensitive, and that even unnamed players could possibly be identified.
Research has established that about one-third of government gambling revenue comes from problem gamblers. Data found on player’s cards is not used to help potential problem gamblers, but often to reward them - and to keep them coming back for more. Player’s cards resemble hotel keys and are inserted into slot machines or handed over to dealers by the gamblers themselves to collect various rewards (like free hotel rooms, dinner, merchandise, cash back and so on).
Here are some points to consider whether you have gambling problems or not:
* Constantly thinking or talking about gambling.
* Spending more time or money on gambling than you can afford.
* Finding it difficult to control, stop, or even cut down gambling.
* Gambling more in order to win back losses or getting out of financial trouble.
* Thinking that your gambling will get under control as soon you have a “big” win.
* Borrowing money, selling things, or committing criminal acts in order to get money for gambling.
* Gambling until all of your money is gone.
* Gambling to escape personal problems or to relieve feelings of anxiety, depression, anger, or other negative emotions.
* Having arguments with friends or family about money and gambling.
* Gambling instead of attend family or other social functions.
* Neglecting work or school because of gambling.
September 20th, 2009
Upcoming this Saturday September 26th, the River Cree Marriot Resort and Casino will hold the Black and White Celebrity Poker Safari.
This tournament is sponsored by the Zebra center. This center is located in Edmonton, Canada. It is the first centre of its kind in Canada. It enables the community to respond to child abuse with a professional, compassionate and highly integrated program of healing and justice. The Zebra Centre brings together a multi-disciplinary community of professionals : Edmonton Police Service, Alberta Children’s Services, Crown Prosecutors, Child at Risk Response Teams, medical and trauma screening professionals and volunteer Child and Family Advocates. All of them into an environment that nurtures the hurt child and uses all the wisdom of its partnership to see that justice is done.
The tournament will begin at 3pm. The entry cost is 500 Canadian dollars per couples. Like said before, all the profits will go toward the Zebra Center. This includes an afternoon of playing cards with some local celebrities followed at 6pm by cocktails, comedy and the dinner at 7 pm for two.
The River Cree Casino is located in Edmonton, Canada. It has more than 35 game tables on the casino floor. One can find the Roulette, Blackjack, Craps, Baccarat plus many other exciting games.
Over 800 slot machines can be found in the casino with a variety of games.
The poker room has 12 tables offering a number of cash and tournament events. Besides the Black and White Celebrity Poker Safari, some of the events include:
- Monday Madness: Monday nights at 7:30 PM. Player Point Re-buy Tournament Conditional Unlimited $10 re-buys in the first hour and a $10 Add-On at the break.
- Edmonton Poker League: the EPL (Edmonton Poker League) is opened to anyone! On the third Sunday of the month, register for the league in the room on the day of the event and enjoy multi-table, NLTH action !
- Enoch Open Poker Classic – Every second Wednesday evening at 7:30 PM, this NLTH tournament features a $175 + $10 buy-in for 13500 chips. You also have the option of purchasing a $10 add-on from the organizers for another 1500 in chips. $20 of each buy-in goes towards a grand prize poker trip package. The Enoch Open also features a full re-buy-in if you’re knocked out in the first four rounds of action.
- Guaranteed Prize Pool Series VIII – Daily cash tournaments to qualify for the Series Final on September 27, 2009. Earn points through tournament series play, and sign up with the Houseman to earn points for cash play time. The final will feature 40 minute rounds and as many chips as you can qualify for through the series. The Guaranteed prize pool is $30,000 again. Now the winners of the finals are going to be playing for a trip to the WSOP Main Event.
The casino has a lot more to offer: hotel, restaurants, nightlife !
Be sure to take part in one of those events !
September 7th, 2009
Bodog is finally opening a Canadian website (www.bodog.ca) for their Canadian, and others, customers. The Bodog brand is one of the leading brands for US players and soon to be Canadians featuring an online casino, poker room, sportsbook and race book.
Founded in 1994, Bodog has its head office, and is licensed in, the Caribbean nation of Antigua.
For Canadians, they will need to go to Bodog Canada (visit Bodog.ca) to open an account. The Bodog.com main website will not accept Canadian-based players. The payment methods available for Bodog Canadian players will include credit cards and UsemyBank (www.usemybank.com). Both of which are extremely easy to use. The minimum deposit for Canadian Bodog players is set at $20 Canadian.
The Bodog Poker room uses proprietary software created exclusively for Bodog Poker and is known for their incredibly sick overlays while the casino is powered by Real Time Gaming and features 80 different slot machines along with side games.
One of the most recognized entertainment brands on Earth, a host of world-class entertainment services operate and have operated worldwide under the Bodog banner, including online gaming, which continues to grow at an impressive rate; an international record label; a publishing enterprise (with an online magazine, Bodog Nation, and blog, Bodog Beat); and an international television production company (Bodog TV), which has produced reality television series such as Bodog Fight and Calvin Ayre Wild Card Poker.
Bodog offers its players a simple, feature-rich sports betting product, offering a vast selection of sports betting opportunities across all major leagues, tournaments and events around the world.
Bodog’s exciting and fast-growing multi-player online poker community features Texas Holdem, Omaha, Omaha Hi/Lo, 7-Card Stud, 7-Card Stud Hi/Lo and 5-Card Stud.
Bodog has several branches covering the international market, the European one, the Chinese one besides the Canadian one with Bodog.ca .
Bodog does not offer online gaming services within the United States of America. Morris Mohawk Gaming Group (MMGG), located in the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake and led by Olympic gold medalist and First Nations leader Alwyn Morris, is the exclusive licensee of the Bodog brand for online gaming services in that jurisdiction.
BodogBrand.com, created in 2005, is an entirely new model of venture partner: one that takes the vast, contained energy of a globally-recognized brand from one sector, couples it with deep branding expertise and financial depth, and unleashes it to propel new ventures to prominence in complementary industries. A model that respects the entrepreneur and understands that “ventures synergies” is not some marketing buzzword, but has the potential to be the foundation of an entirely new way of doing business.
BodogBrand.com holds the global rights to license the Bodog brand across all sectors and its mandate is to partner with carefully-selected licensees to license the brand to accelerate partner growth, while extending the BodogBrand.com into new and vibrant markets.
So fellow Canadian players, be sure to check the Bodog.ca website !
August 13th, 2009
The first tournament for the Canada Poker Tournament League (CPTL) will start on the first of October 2009. It will be held in the Maritime Provinces. For their first season, total prizes will be $500,000 in cash besides prizes like trips to the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las Vegas.
The Quebec Poker Tournament League (QCPTL) was launched October 2007 in the province of Quebec. This league has more than 25,000 members and already had more then 250 events. This league was born from a partnership between the Corporation des Propriétaires de Bars, Brasseries et Tavernes du Québec (CPBBTQ), l’Association des Joueurs de Tournois de Poker du Québec (AJTPQ) and Gestion Poker Tour.
Gestion Poker is a company organizing poker events in the province of Quebec.
The QCPTL is a totally free poker tournament league. Anyone, aged over 18, do have a chance to enjoy themselves at poker play while learning the basics of the game. Doing such result for those with proper skills to get very good earnings.
The QCPTL has a policy to give out at least $250,000 in prizes, even as early as the first year.
The QCPTL has a network all over the provice of Quebec in more then 125 districts. Those establishments bring a lot of Hold’Em Poker players.
Lots of tournaments are possible. Ranging from daily, monthly, mega, celebrity, venue and more types of tournaments. There are also championships.
As an example, the Quebec Poker Championship is to grab the title of Quebec’s Champion. The winner will get all expenses paid entry for a major tournament throughout the world. Many other prizes are available for the other players.
Thus Gestion Poker Tour will launch a legal and highly competitive free poker circuit in October 2009 in each of the Canadian Maritime Provinces.
Players can already enjoy such events in Caraquet, St-Leornard, Tracadie-Sheila, Kedgwick and soon, Edmundston.
The medias are invited to be part of the official launch tour of the provincial leagues in the Maritimes. This tour will be part of the CNPTL (Canada Poker Tournament League).
Information sessions, for the venues, will be held in the morning at 10:30am while information sessions, for the players, will be held at 1pm.
Those prosent at the launch will include France Lajoie, Pierre Martel and André Boyer. The latest one being holder of a prestigious WSOP bracelet. All those people will be there to meet you and to answer any of your questions.
A random selection of 10 people, including those amongst the medias, in the afternoon will take place. The winners will play a tournament where the main winner will face the world champion, André Boyer, in a heads-up match. That lucky winner will also receive as prize an unique poker table with accessories.
The cities and dates where those different sessions will be played are:
- August 18th, Bathurst
- August 19th, Moncton
- August 20th, Charlottetown
- August 21st, St-John’s
- August 24th, Halifax
Feel free to check the QCPTL website for more informations.
July 17th, 2009
The Chronicle Herald from Halifax, Canada is running a daily contest where participants can win a 1-night trip to the local Casino Nova Scotia.
Casino Nova Scotia has over 600 slots and table games, ranging from Blackjack to Baccarat and from Slots to Poker. All the table games, except Roulette, are played with what are called ‘Value Chips’. Those chips can be purchased from the dealer at any table. The player simply put his money on the non-betting area of any table and when asked, the dealer will give the appropriate amount in chips. Those chips can be used at any table in the Casino Nova Scotia.
For the roulette, Value Chips can be used or at each roulette table, multi-colored chips can be purchased and they are only usable at the given table. When leaving, they must be exchanged for Value Chips.
The Casino Nova Scotia offers a very nice poker room featuring 8 tables with Texas Hold’em.
There are a couple of restaurants available on the facility, including the Paradise Buffet. Asian, Mexican and Carribean buffets are offered on different week days and during the night.
On site entertainments include at least two main show rooms with special events and of course, nightly ones. Purchasing tickets in advance is the way to go. One of the show room, the Harbourfront, has daily shows past 9pm each Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
There is a Premiere Club where premium guests can receive complimentary services based on their level of play. Rewards may vary depending on the type of gaming being engaged.
The casino opens from Monday to Wednesday from 10 am to 4 am and from Thursday at 10 am up to Monday 4 am. During that latest period, the casino is open 24 hours.
The contest held by the Chronicle Herald will last until July 31st 2009. Each day any person above 19 years old will have a chance to enter an on line entry by going to the Chronicle Herald website. By the deadline a winner for the month will be selected. The prize comprises a 1-night trip package to the Casino Nova Scotia.
Each 1-night trip package includes the following:
- Traditional guest room
- Casino Nova Scotia Coupons: Million Dollar Slot Pull Coupon, $5 Table Games Coupon, $5 Slot Money, $7 in Paradise Buffet Bucks
- Free parking at the casino and hotel
- Possibility to choose from one of ten hotels in downtown Halifax or Oak Island Resort in the nearby Western Shore
The contest has been running since the month of May and we can expect to see it again for the month of August. It costs nothing, but time, to enter the daily ballots and if you happen to be a winner, you will earn a great night at the Casino Nova Scotia !
June 18th, 2008
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June 10th, 2008
Century Casinos, Inc. announced today that its Century Casino & Hotel in Edmonton, Canada, will host the 1st Annual Celebrity Poker Tournament in support of the MS (Multiple Sclerosis) Society of Alberta on June 14, 2008.This celebrity poker tournament will feature stars of Canada’s most popular TV show “Corner Gas”, namely Tara Spencer-Nairn and Lorne Cardinal. Other confirmed celebrities include former Edmonton Eskimo Football Great Singor Mobley, as well as Playboy model and WWE Diva Rochelle Loewen.
Local media will also be represented including CISN morning man Sean Burke along with local poker legend Sandra Sperounes from the Edmonton Journal, and Gene Principe from Sportsnet, the commentator of the world-famous hockey team, the Edmonton Oilers.
The tournament is limited to 77 entries and commences at 2:00 p.m. MDT on June 14 in Century Casino’s new 24 hour poker room. On the day of the tournament, a silent auction will be held from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. MDT to raise funds in support of the MS Society. In addition, a portion of the registration fees will be donated directly to the MS Society.
