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Dan Ippolito Gaming Guru  Casino City’s Friday Five: Jackpots, openings and poker edition24 January 2025
By Dan Ippolito A lucky guest at Mohegan Sun was fortunate enough to land a massive jackpot worth more than $1 million. In addition, we had another jackpot winner from South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas. Other news this week included a new Las Vegas Loop station opening, an Atlantic City property reopening its sportsbook, and the winners announced for Lucky Hearts Poker Open in Florida. Let’s begin with a few big winners: 5. $500,000 Pai Gow Poker win at South Point Hotel Casino and Spa South Point Hotel Casino and Spa in Las Vegas announced that one lucky local hit the Pai Gow Progressive with a seven-card straight flush, winning $526,283 on Sunday, 19 January. This player also scored a bonus bet, adding an extra $5,000 to their winnings.
4. Mohegan Sun awards $1.3 million slot win On 14 January, a Mohegan Sun guest was playing on a Jumanji Next Level slot machine in Casino of the Sky when they hit for $1,374,307. The lucky guest was betting $3 per spin at the time the massive progressive jackpot was hit at the Connecticut casino.
3. Westgate Las Vegas and The Boring Company open newest Vegas Loop station Earlier this week, Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino announced the official opening of the Vegas Loop – Westgate Station. The Vegas Loop connects Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino to the Las Vegas Convention Center, offering guests unprecedented ease of access between these locations. In addition, to the Las Vegas Convention Center the Westgate Station will connect to Resorts World Las Vegas and integrate with future Vegas Loop expansions, including connections to Harry Reid International Airport, Allegiant Stadium, and the Las Vegas Strip. Once fully developed, the Vegas Loop will feature 68 miles of tunnel and more than 100 stations, with the capacity to transport more than 90,000 passengers per hour. 2. Winners of 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open announced Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood concluded its 2025 Lucky Hearts Poker Open on Wednesday, 22 January. In the headliner event, Martins Adeniya of London, England bested 1,162 entries to take home $512,600 following a two-way deal. The $3,500 LHPO finale boasted a final prize pool of more than $3.7 million, easily exceeding the $2 million guarantee. The last 146 spots were all paid a minimum of $6,400. The 54-event LHPO kicked off on Thursday, 9 January with the $1,000,000 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em opener. With 2,784 entries, the event exceeded the $1 million guaranteed, creating a total prize pool of more than $1.4 million. Fabian Foster won the opener, earning $141,365 after the final three players agreed to a deal to end the tournament and split the remaining prize pool. 1. Golden Nugget in Atlantic City reopens sportsbook Golden Nugget - Atlantic City announced the reopening of its sportsbook on 29 January. Relaunching just in time for the Super Bowl, the revamped sportsbook introduces state-of-the-art technology with many new features. The upgraded sportsbook will offer an array of new betting capabilities including UFC/MMA, college baseball, college softball, women’s college basketball, men’s college hockey and the Summer and Winter Olympics. Other features include same game parlays, teasers with both traditional or alternate spreads, a wider range of player and team props options, boosted odds, a bet builder to create personalized bets, and the allowance of an early cashout. The sportsbook boasts over 50 TVs, five video walls, and numerous self-betting kiosks.
Top 10 Super Bowl LIX watch parties20 January 2025
The Conference Championship round is set for the NFL. The Washington Commanders will travel to play the Philadelphia Eagles, while the Kansas City Chiefs will host the Buffalo Bills next Sunday. We are less than three weeks away from Super Bowl LIX taking place at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Many will ... (read more)
Casino City’s Friday Five: Openings and sports betting fraud edition17 January 2025
This week in gambling news, the Washington D.C. Council reached a settlement with Intralot and Veterans Services Corporation regarding a sports betting fraud case. Elsewhere, two lucky players hit jackpots at Seminole Casino Brighton and Seminole Brighton Bay finally announced its grand opening date. ... (read more)
Casino City’s Friday Five: Poker, jackpots, and live dealer edition10 January 2025
Just before we rang in the New Year, a Florida casino guest celebrated with a life-changing $1 million jackpot win. In other gaming news, Caesars Entertainment launched its first live dealer studio in Pennsylvania, GGPoker expanded into the Canadian market with a new partnership in Toronto, the Global Poker ... (read more)
Top 10 casino openings and expansionsAs the calendar turns from summer to fall, resort casinos all over are also changing for the better. About two months ago, we talked about recent casino openings and expansions, and now we already have 10 more to discuss. 10. Resorts World Catskills debuts Crystal Life Spa New York’s newest and closest-to-Manhattan commercial casino resort celebrated the opening of its Crystal Life Spa. ... (read more)Top 10 casino openings and expansionsIn the last couple months, there has been a lot of focus on the 49th World Series of Poker, the legalization of sports betting and the FIFA World Cup. But there are other areas where important stories have been coming up in, with several casino openings and expansions taking place in recent weeks. 10. ... (read more)Casino City’s Friday Five: Las Vegas experience editionAfter covering the final table for the 2018 World Series of Poker Main Event, our own Gary Trask gave us his insights on new things you should be on the lookout for while in Las Vegas. This week, we also have news on a California casino beginning a major expansion, an online casino coming out with eight new games and several jackpot winners.Let’s start with the jackpots, shall we?5. ... (read more)Casino City’s Friday Five: Sports editionWith sports betting coming to America, the FIFA World Cup beginning next week and the World Series of Poker humming along, the world of sports dominates this week's Friday Five. But let's start with the most timely (and for Vegas hockey fans, the most depressing) story of the week: 5. Top 10 tidbits about ... (read more)Casino City’s Friday Five: Big money editionThe 2018 World Series of Poker is underway, but that isn’t the only highlight of the week. Some large amounts have been won on jackpots or spent to expand or acquire a casino. Everyone wants to make money, and, not to be cliché, but sometimes you have to spend money to make money. So, let’s jump right into the stories.5. ... (read more)Dan Ippolito |
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