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Six lucky players become millionaires in first year of Three Card Poker 6 Card Bonus(TM) $1 Million Jackpot16 July 2012LAS VEGAS -- (PRESS RELEASE) -- In May 2011 Caesars Entertainment’s Las Vegas resorts debuted the exclusive $1 Million 6 Card Bonus(TM) side bet for Three Card Poker. After a popular start the side bet was introduced at Caesars Entertainment’s Atlantic City resorts only four months later. In just over a year, six guests have become instant millionaires with a total initial wager as small as $15 by hitting a Super Royal Flush in Diamonds: 9, 10, J, Q, K, A. In line with analysts’ initial estimations, six winners became instant millionaires in two locations in the first year with two million-dollar hands hitting in Las Vegas and four in Atlantic City. The first millionaire was crowned at Harrah’s Atlantic City the evening of Oct. 23, 2011. Harrah’s Atlantic City was also home to the second million-dollar prize shortly after midnight on Dec. 18. Both winners chose to remain anonymous. Las Vegas joined in the festivities when Johnita Ejercito, a practicing attorney and nurse from Woodland Hills, Calif., hit the 6 Card Bonus $1 Million Jackpot at Paris Las Vegas in the early morning hours of Feb. 19. Ejercito said she plans to use the money to send her two daughters to London to get their Master's degree in Economics. Las Vegas’ second winner, and Caesars Entertainment’s fourth winner, arrived courtesy of Flamingo Las Vegas. The winner was Dennis Hart, a retired Ford factory worker visiting from Palm Coast, Fla., with his wife and daughter. Late in the evening on May 11 Hart won the $1 million grand prize and quickly shared his good fortune, giving each of his three fellow players a $500 chip and generously tipping his dealer $20,000. The fifth and sixth wins occurred less than a week apart at Caesars Atlantic City. The first of the set was awarded June 11 and the sixth on June 17. Kathy Wayda, the sixth winner, returned to work in Southgate, Mich., after winning her million dollars and plans to put her windfall toward retirement and the future of her only child. “I love seeing the excitement that has been created amongst our Caesars Entertainment guests with this new life changing $1 million jackpot,” said Jeff Kowalchuk, Enterprise Vice President of Table Games for Caesars Entertainment. “Offering a $1 million payout on a traditional table game, without a progressive meter, is truly unique and the first of its kind in the world of table games. Our guests are having more fun than ever playing Three Card Poker, and we’ve been thrilled to create six instant millionaires with the 6 Card Bonus $1 Million jackpot. I’m looking forward to hearing the story of our next $1 Million winner!” Players enjoy Three Card Poker because of its simplicity, low table minimums and relatively high payouts; the 6 Card Bonus side bet gives guests the opportunity to turn a bad hand into a winning hand, or a good hand into an even better one. With nearly 1,600 tables worldwide Three Card Poker, licensed by Shuffle Master, Inc., is the most popular specialty game of all time. It is a fast-paced game that players can quickly learn and enjoy. Caesars Entertainment holds the exclusive rights to the $1 million payout for Three Card Poker 6 Card Bonus and Las Vegas and Atlantic City are the only cities currently offering the opportunity to win this life-changing jackpot. The game offers the first table-game payout of this size without an escalating progressive jackpot in a traditional brick-and-mortar casino. For years, slot players have enjoyed the opportunity to win mega-jackpots, and now, Caesars Entertainment is offering this same opportunity to table game players where any player can win, on any day, at any time, in just one hand. |