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The Last Hand

Monarch hosts Monarch Gambling and dining with legendary Sam Zakhem

EVERY FRIDAY • 6PM – 10PM

Be one of five lucky guests to win up to $1,000 PROMO PLAY! Pick from 20 cards – Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and 10s only! Match three cards of the same kind and win up to $500 PROMO PLAY. Uncover the matching fourth card, and you’ll double your winnings! Earn entries for every 100 BASE POINTS or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing. Plus, get 10X ENTRIES on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays!

EVERY SATURDAY • 6PM – 11PM

Partner with a friend to beat the odds! Six lucky players will each pick a friend and play Plynko for up to $300 CASH for each contestant. Earn entries for every 100 BASE POINTS or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing. Plus, get 10X ENTRIES on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays!

Visit Guest Services for details. Must be 21 and a Player Extras Club member. Saratoga Casino reserves all rights. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-522-4700.

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Sam is a “people person” and being semi-retired he boards the bus at Bear Valley and rides up to Black Hawk and Central City as an anonymous passenger and blackjack and slot player. He I have a lifelong friend Sam plays modestly with small bets, Zakhem who resides in Lakeenjoys the people, and enjoys wood. He has been a state repBy Bob Sweeney the buffet. resentative, senator, UniverHe enthusiastically suggested to me sity of Colorado professor and almost a congressman, but didn’t receive quite that we go to the buffet at the newly-reenough votes. He came to my hometown modeled Monarch Casino, I agree and we of Craig more than 40 years ago to sin- drive up the hill last week. First, Carlos, the great Monarch parkgle handedly defeat our high school voling valet, greets us and we pass. After leyball team where I had two daughters on the team. He played for the Lebanon parking, we see Colorado Gambler newsOlympics team and had a wicked serve papers in the lobby to the elevator, and up we go to the top floor of the casino. that the girls couldn’t handle. It is mid-afternoon and the Monarch Sam is a wonderful person and was buffet is busy with people dining on crab born in Lebanon. He immigrated to the United States as a young man with noth- legs and lobster, along with a multitude ing in his pockets. He is another prime of side dishes. I did the driving and Sam picked up example of how a minority immigrant, the tab for lunch on his Monarch Player’s who has the desire to work hard and gain card. He purchased the best buffet lunch an education, can advance rapidly in the that included a choice of lobster tail or the greatest country on earth. His greatest honor was to be ap- entire lobster, we selected a handsome pointed a United States ambassador to Continued on page 15 Bahrain during the Desert Storm war by President H.W. Bush. Sam served his country admirably in the Middle East and became an American legend of popularity with the Sheiks across the various regimes. He was able to get permission for the United States to move our 6th Fleet into the Bahrain harbor during the war. He was able to meet with the ruler of the country every Saturday morning to discuss sensitive issues regarding area challenges. He and Marilyn moved out of the Embassy housing and lived with the people. His life, or that of his family, was never threatened and the people of Bahrain loved and protected him. Protocol is once an ambassador, always an ambassador. Now Sam is semi-retired living with his wife in, and as a Christian he is very concerned about rise of ISIS and the killing of thousands of Christians in the Middle East. Entire towns being wiped out if they are Christians, tortured, buried in pits, shot, burned and drowned in terrible ways. He is leaving again in a few days on his own dime to travel back to the Middle East to do whatever he can to protect and save surviving Christians and to do whatever he can to ease their plights. He is a great speaker for America. What does this have to do with the Colorado Gambler? I have traveled to the UAE with Sam and we have dined like kings with kings. I’ve witnessed the love and respect that these rulers have for Sam Zakhem.

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March 29 - April 4, 2016

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SUNDAYS, APRIL 3 & 17 • 12PM – 7PM

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Earn entries for every 100 BASE POINTS or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing. Plus, get 10X ENTRIES on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays!

One FREE swipe at a promotion kiosk Up to 5 additional swipes for every 200 points earned Must be 40 years or older and an A-Play® Club member to participate. Guests may receive $10 maximum food discount per day. Maximum 6 swipes per day. See Guest Services for complete details. Management reserves all rights. Gambling problem? Call 800-522-4700.

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Weekday Warriors Bus Fare Redemption

Don’t want to pay for Breakfast?

www.zcasinobh.com 10X points

Every Monday and Tuesday this month receive 10X points on slots, just check in at our kiosk. Every Wednesday through Sunday this month win up to 10X Points, just play our kiosk game. See Club Z for complete details for all promos.

Spin and Win

Stop in at the Z Stop gas station each week to spin and win. Winning is as easy as 1) swipe your Club Z card into the promotional kiosk inside the station, 2) play the spin and win game and 3) get up to Z Casino and activate your prize within 30 minutes. If you don’t have your Club Z player’s card, you can print a new one inside at the Z Stop too. Free Z-Play prizes are available at Z Casino (Black Hawk) only.

$100,000 Jeep Renegade Drawings

Every day from April 3 - May 21 join us for out $100,000 Jeep Renegade Drawings from 1 – 11 p.m., win up to $500 in Z-Play at each drawing. We will have two winners per drawing hour. Earn entries with every 100 points for that day of play. On May 28 from 1 p.m. – midnight every hour we will have one drawing winner for $150 in Z-Play. Earn entries from April 3 through May 21 with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will have one Tahiti Trip for two winner and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Free Tote Bag

Stop by Z Casino on Thursday, April 21, to pick up your free Tote Bag. Just earn 50 same day base points. The giveaway will start at 11 a.m., quantities are limited.

Silver Tsunami Clue 60+

Are you 60 years of age or older? Join us every Monday and Tuesday this month for our Silver Tsunami Clue 60+ days. Just earn 60 base points that day and receive one free menu item valued up to $12 and a free nonalcoholic beverage.

Club Z

Sign up for a new Club Z card at Z Casino and receive up to $100 in Z-Play the same day. See Club Z for complete details.

Who Wants a Discount on Gas?

Earn your base points Monday through Sunday and receive up to $1.50 off the following Tuesday at our Z Stop Gas Station. See Club Z for complete details.

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Just earn 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast at Club Z. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime Rib Dinner

Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib Dinner special. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Want to Convert Your Comps to Free Gas?

Earn Turbo, Nitro or Flame status and redeem your comps for up to $20 in gas each day.

Play and Ride

Earn 75 same day base points, redeem your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 in Z-Play. Earn 500 same day base points and get an additional $5 in Z-Play.

Get reimbursed for your ATM fees

Stop by the Z Stop Gas Station to use our ATM, bring your receipt to Z Casino within 2 hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back.

Catch the free shuttle

The shuttle stops at Z Casino (on Selak Street adjacent to our free parking lot).

Z Cafe

Stop by Z Cafe located on the 2nd floor of Z Casino to get your favorite Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha and much more.

Mustang Grill

Stop by Z Casino’s Mustang Grill and try our specialties which include the amazing Prime Rib dinner or Famous Z Ribs now only $7.77 with your Club Z Card. Located on the 3rd floor of Z Casino.

Birthday

Come celebrate your birthday with us. New and existing members play our kiosk game to win free Z-Play.

Roll the Dice

Join us every Friday through Sunday for our Roll the Dice table game drawings. Win a drawing for your chance to win up to $100 in promo chips at each drawing. Drawings are from 4 – 10 p.m. every other hour.

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Every Friday in April, from 6 – 10 p.m., be one of five lucky guests to win up to $1,000 Promo Play! Pick from 20 cards – Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks and 10s only! Match three cards of the same kind and win up to $500 Promo Play. Uncover the matching fourth card, and you’ll double your winnings. Earn entries for every 100 base points or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing.

$21,000 Plynko Prize Party

Every Saturday in April, from 6 – 10 p.m., partner with a friend to beat the odds! Six lucky players will each pick a friend and play Plynko for up to $300 cash for each contestant. Earn entries for every 100 base points or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing.

$20,000 Test Your Luck

Sundays, April 3 and 17, from noon – 7 p.m., you pick it, you win it! Be one of 10 lucky guests to win from $100 to $1,000 Promo Play, just by choosing an envelope from the game board. Keep the prize you picked or risk it all for another chance at $1,000 Promo Play. Earn entries for every 100 base points or every 30 minutes of rated play on table games. Start accumulating entries on the Sunday before each drawing.

Great Gopher Kiosk Game

Play our new Great Gopher Kiosk Game and reveal a prize of up to $1,000 Promo Play! To win, simply swipe your Player Extras Club card at a kiosk after earning 150 base point or playing 45 minutes of rated table game before 11:59 p.m.

Mega Points Multiplier

Every Monday and Tuesday in April, spin the multiplier wheel at our promotional kiosk and get up to 20X points on your favorite slots! Simply swipe your card at a promotional kiosk before 11:59 p.m. Some restrictions apply. Visit Guest Services for details.

Weekday Warriors Exclusive Menu

All day, Monday – Thursday, and from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Fridays, take advantage of the $2 breakfast, $4 lunch and $6 dinner menu in the Main Street Café. Some

All day, Monday – Thursday, and from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. on Fridays, get $20 cash back or $25 in Promo Play when you redeem your bus ticket at Guest Services. Gold members – only 150 same day base points. Platinum members – only 100 same day base points. Diamond members – FREE. Some restrictions apply. Visit Guest Services for details.

Join Now, Win Now

New Player Extras Club members get up to $210. Visit Guest Services for details.

www.goldenmardi gras.com Roadmap Ready Jeep Compass Giveaway

Get ready for summer fun with a new Jeep. On April 30, win the rugged and stylish 2016 Jeep Compass in our Roadmap Ready Jeep giveaway. Earn an entry for every 100 base points or hour of tracked table games play, April 1 – 30. At 11 p.m. on April 30, we will call 10 lucky finalists and if you get the key, you get the car.

Jeep Giveaway Entry Multiplier

Make sure you are here Fridays through Sundays in April so you can earn even more entries for your play in our 2016 Jeep Compass giveaway. Simply swipe your A-Play Card at any promotional kiosk to active your entry multiplier for that day: 5X entries on Fridays, 10X entries on Saturdays, up to 100X on Sundays and a guaranteed 100X entries on Friday, April 29. Play away so you can drive away, at Golden Mardi Gras and Golden Gates Casinos.

Flower Wheel Kiosk Game

Every Wednesday in April, come in to win up to $1,000 cash or FreePlay and other great prizes in our Flower Wheel Kiosk Game. Swipe your A-Play Club Card at any promotional kiosk with no point requirement for the first swipe and get an additional swipe after earning 200 base points on the day of the promotion.

Thursday Point Multipliers

Make Thursday’s your day to play big and earn points 3X faster with our 3X Points Thursdays. Come in and swipe at any promotional kiosk to activate your point multiplier each Thursday and your slot points will multiply faster than ever. Point multiplier is valid for all card tiers and only valid on slot machines (video poker excluded).

THE COLORADO GAMBLER – Celebrating 23 Years

Fab 40+ Tuesdays

Win up to 500,000 points Tuesdays in April in our Fab 40+. All guests aged 40 and better will receive 50 percent off any food purchase (up to $10 discount) and one free swipe on our kiosk prize wheel for free entries, FreePlay and possibly half a million points. Play 200 base points for additional swipes. All you need is your A-Play Club Card so stop by Guest Services for full details.

Night Owl Specials

If you work in Black Hawk or Central City or you are simply a Night Owl, we have great specials for you from 2 a.m. – 8 a.m. All guests who earn 50 base points may play our Night Owl Kiosk Game to win food or FreePlay. Our Service Industry Special for casino workers offers 1 free premium liquor drink and 30 percent off food (with valid employee ID or gaming license).

Golden Gulch Casino Promotions

Check out the Golden Gulch exclusive promotions with something fun for everyone. Enjoy Nifty 50+ specials on Tuesdays and Thursdays, $4,000 Hot Seats Fridays and Saturdays and our Wheel of Winnings kiosk game on Sundays. Stop by and pick up your A-Play Club Card and get all the details of our great promotions from our friendly Gulch team. Come and play at the Gulch, where everybody knows your game.

Lucky’s & Full House Café

Feeling hungry? Try our Delicious Double Cheeseburger with Fries for only $4.99 at Full House Cafe and Lucky’s, all day, every day. Lucky’s also offers Pho and daily specials including the best breakfast menu around.

New Member Offer

There has never been a better time to become an A-Play Club Member. Sign up today and you can win up to $1,000 and start receiving all the benefits you deserve. If you earn 350 points on your day of sign-up, you earn a second swipe at our promotional kiosk for even more prizes. Visit guest services for details and see how far your play can take you.

Play your favorite Table Game with us

Try your luck at one of our table games at Mardi Gras or Golden Gates Casinos and reap the rewards. We have so many options for you so feel free to ask any of our experienced and friendly dealers how to play any of our table games.

Golden Gates Casino and Poker Parlour

Play in Black Hawk’s finest Poker Parlour at the Golden Gates Casino. Featuring 20 liveaction poker tables and the best tournaments in Colorado. Check out our current Poker Promotions and get even more cash for your play.

March 29 - April 4, 2016

Crossword Puzzle 1

ACROSS: 1. 4/1 (5, 5, 3) 10. Pea, ape (3) 11. Floating a stock (3) 12. Closest ski area to Blackhawk (7) 14. Iranian island (6) 16. Australian stock index and Chinese surname (3) 17. Religious text of Islam (5) 19. Hebrew and Greek masculine name (3) 20. You’re not allowed on the casino floor if you’re this intoxicated (7)

22. Join together (4) 23. 40’s Jazz style played by Dizzy Gillespie (5) 24. Alternative to AD (2) 25. Natural logarithm (2) 26. Sumerian goddess of earth (4) 28. Country bordering Mexico and Canada (2) 29. Month associated with showers (5) 31. Comes before GYN (2) 33. Curved part of a structure (4)

34. New England seafood dish (8) 38. This local brother won the America’s Cup (4) 40. You can buy this ski pass (4) 41. Bearded top band (2) 43. Most cherished one (7) 45. Irish actor from The Hobbit and John Mitchell (5, 6) 49. Not a French drunk, but a ski slope (5) 50. Hot drink with whisky or brandy (5)

DOWN: 1. Abandoned town just West of Black Hawk (4) 2. The roof of the mouth (6) 3. Roulette color options (3, 2, 5) 4. Home of the Colorado Renaissance Festival (8) 5. Doctor and Wizard of (2) 6. Mountain cat (4) 7. MK12 rifle (3) 8. Places where websites live (7) 9. Northern Iraqi people (7) 13. Irish-American fraternal order (3) 14. Greek god of the underworld (5)

15. Ashes container (3) 18. Remember something (6) 21. US news site (2) 22. Sobbed noisily (9) 23. TV show and Famous Central City casino (7) 27. Napoleon Hill. Think and Grow this (4) 30. Vietnamese restaurant and soup (3) 31. Sacred Sanskrit sound (2) 32. Useful for going down a snowy slope (4)

35. Vigilant, watchful (5) 36. Scrambled drape (5) 37. Abbreviated body type (4) 39. Negative of can (4) 42. Type of file (3) 43. Condoleezza Rice and Pete Coors studied here (2) 44. Grandfather in old German (3) 46. Much loved English Princess (2) 47. Soccer team from Rome (2) 48. Lineman/receiver combo (2)

Crossword puzzle by Tony Thorpe. Answers on page 14

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Central City Nuggets www.johnnyzscasino.com 10X points

– June 17 join us for our $150,000 Camaro Giveaway Drawings from noon – 10 p.m. every other hour with an additional drawing at 11 p.m., win up to $500 in Z-Play at each drawing. We will have two winners per drawing hour. Earn entries with every 100 points for that day of play. On June 18 from 1 p.m. – midnight every hour we will have one drawing winner for $150 in Z-Play. Earn entries from April 3 through June 18 with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will have one Tahiti Trip for two winner and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Tote Bag

Spin and Win

$150,000 Camaro Giveaway Drawings

Every Wednesday through Sunday from April 3

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Stop by Johnny Z’s on Thursday, April 14 to pick up your free Tote Bag. Just earn 50 same day base points. The giveaway will start at 11 a.m., quantities are limited.

Silver Tsunami Clue 60+

Club Z card

Sign up for a new Club Z card at Johnny Z’s and receive up to $100 in Z-Play the same day! See Club Z for complete details.

Who wants a discount on gas?

Earn your base points Monday through Sunday and

receive up to $1.50 off per gallon the following Tuesday at our Z Stop Gas Station. See Club Z for complete details.

Don’t want to pay for Breakfast?

Just earn 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast! Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

$3.99 Prime Rib Dinner

Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib Dinner special. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Want to convert your comps to FREE gas?

Prime Rib and Ribs Try our amazing Prime Rib dinner or Famous Z Ribs now only $7.77 with your Club Z Card, located on the 2nd floor of Johnny Z’s Casino.

Z Cafe Stop by Z Cafe located on the 2nd floor of Johnny Z’s to get your favorite Cappuccino, Latte, Mocha and much more.

Birthday Come celebrate your birthday with us. New and existing members play our kiosk game to win free Z-Play.

Roll the Dice

Earn Turbo, Nitro or Flame status and redeem your comps for up to $20 in gas each day!

Join us every Monday through Thursday this month for our Roll the Dice table game drawings. Win a drawing for your chance to win up to $100 in promo chips at each drawing. Drawings are from 1 – 11 p.m. every other hour.

Play and Ride

Table Games

Earn 75 same day base points, redeem your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 in Z-Play. Earn 500 same day base points and get an additional $5 in Z-Play.

Get reimbursed for ATM fees

Stop by the Z Stop Gas Station to use our ATM and bring your receipt to Johnny Z’s within 2 hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back!

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Play the Hottest Table Games every day from 10 a.m. to close. We have all your favorites from Craps with Fire Bet, Three Card poker, Double Deck Blackjack, and Buffalo Blackjack.

Catch the free shuttle The shuttle stops right in front of Johnny Z’s in Central City. With quick, easy access to Z Casino in Black Hawk.

March 29 - April 4, 2016

Central City Nuggets Central-city.cnty.com Chase the Pot ‘O Gold

Fridays/Saturdays, 5 – 10 p.m. and Sundays, 2 – 7 p.m. in March, $100 winner finalists drawn every half hour. Compete for Cash & Insta-Play prizes up to $700. Earn entries with every 150 base points on your Player’s Club card starting Feb. 29. Every half hour we will draw for a $100 Insta-Play winner who becomes a finalist for the Chase the Pot ‘O Gold game board run, at 10 p.m. on Fri/Sat and 7 p.m. on Sun. All our present finalists will then participate in the rainbow chase, winning Cash and Insta-Play prizes up to $700.

Win A New Honda Civic EX!

Qualify on Fridays/Saturdays 4 – 11 p.m. and Sundays 2 – 8 p.m., April 8 – May 30. Two winners drawn each hour race for a share of $250 Insta-Play & CAR FINALIST entries. $300 CASH Prize at 11 p.m. Fri/ Sat, 8 p.m. Sun. Win hourly $1,000 cash prizes, Memorial Day, May 30, 2 – 8 p.m. Win the car on Memorial Day, May 30, at

9 p.m. Earn entries even easier with just 50 base points on your Player’s Club card starting April 4th! Every hour we will draw two winners who will compete on our Race of the Century game board! The winner pulls down $200 Insta-Play and three car finalist entries, and 2nd place is awarded $50 Insta-Play and one finalist entry. For the last drawing of each day, $300 CASH is the prize for our race winner. Memorial Day, Monday, May 30 is our final blowout event. Qualifying drawings and races will be held hourly from 2 – 8 p.m. with $1,000 CASH and 10 finalist entries as the prize for winning! Then, at 9pm we draw ten names from our Finalist Barrel who draw envelopes filled with $100 Insta-Play prizes, or one of them with the key to a Brand New 2016 Honda Civic EX!

Chips Ahoy – Win Playing Table Games Play table games any day at Century and you can take “The Helm” for a spin and win Promo Chips to boost your bets and your chances of winning! You earn spins on the ship’s wheel with specific bonus hands or conditions in all of our table games. Promo prizes on the wheel include prizes up to $100 in promo chips.

Free Prime Rib Tuesdays Every Tuesday you can enjoy the our Prime Rib Special at the Mid City Grill for FREE from 11 a.m. with just 150 base points earned on your Player’s Club card that day. Must redeem for certificate at the Player’s Club prior to being seated for your meal, and must redeem certificate on the same day it is issued. Just play on Tuesdays and eat our most popular meal for FREE.

New Members

Sign up at our Player‘s Club for a free club card to get a FREE SPIN to win up to $1,500. Earn 10 base points on your day of signup and return to the Player’s Club for $5 in Insta-Play added right to your account. Earn 100 base points total on your signup day and redeem at the Club for $5 in Insta-Play added to your account. Earn 200 base points that same day for another $5 Insta-Play bonus. Finally, earn 300 base points that same day for another amazing $5 in Insta-Play bonus available at the Club. That’s up to $20 in Day One Insta-Play for New Members. Wow.

Bigger Bingo –Thursday Bingo Enjoy FREE Bingo every from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., with $100 Insta-Play Play or Table Games

Play Chips prizes, with $250 CASH PRIZES for our BIGGER BINGO games at 11 a.m., 8 p.m., and one random hourly game Thursday! Players with a Player’s Card can pick up their Bingo card at the Player’s Club one hour before each game.

Military Appreciation Monday Guests with military ID will receive a free ice cream, plus 50% off meals (up to $25 in one day) at the Retro Deli or Mid City Grill.

Fantasy Golf Wednesday Earn up to seven Fantasy Golf Card Scratch Tickets Each Wednesday (at 250 base points, 400 base points, and 1,000 base points, and every thousand base points thereafter up to 5,000) and Win your share of $1,000 in Cash and Insta-Play prizes if you have one of the lowest five scores recorded that day. Win DOUBLE PRIZES if your score is under par for the card. Scores are tallied and winners posted the next day and prizes must be claimed within one week. Play, scratch, and win with Fantasy Golf Wednesdays at Century.

$7.99 Prime Rib Every Day Enjoy our 8 oz. slow-roasted Prime Rib

Special, accompanied by choice of potato with seasonal vegetables, for just $7.99 from 11 a.m., just by having a player’s card. Prime Rib special is also available for $14.99 with no card. Not to be combined with any other discount or coupon, except for the Tuesday Play & Eat 150 base points free Prime Rib discount.

Senior Celebration – Wednesday And Thursday Guests aged 50 or better receive 2X points on play ALL DAY from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., plus 50% off purchases (up to $25 in one day) at the Retro Deli or Mid City Grill. Please note that 50% food discount cannot be combined with any other coupon or discount, and including daily food specials.

Birthdays at Century All guests can come in on the day of their birthday and get 2X points plus a free gift. Guests who come in on the day of their 21st birthday receive the 2X points and the gift, plus $10 in comp added to their account, plus a $5 Promo Chip to use at the tables. Guests with a birthday coupon from our mailer redeem it at the Player’s Club for a gift of 10X their age in points.

CHASE THE

FREE

PRIME RIB TUESDAYS

Every Tuesday you can enjoy our Prime Rib Special at the Mid City Grill for FREE from 11am with just 150 base points earned on your Player’s Club card that day!

$100 WINNER FINALIST DRAWN EVERY HALF HOUR!

COMPETE FOR CASH & INSTA-PLAY PRIZES UP TO

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$5 INSTA-PLAY - sign up for the Player’s Club for free and earn 10 base points that same day! + $5 INSTA-PLAY - earn 100 base points on day of signup! + $5 INSTA-PLAY - earn 200 base points on day of signup! + $5 INSTA-PLAY - earn 300 base points on day of signup!

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I know someday my I went directly to my ship is going to come spam folder to see if I in. I just hope I’m there might have a ship floatto meet it. I’ve been ing around in mine too. worried about it ever And if not a ship, at least a little skiff or an old since I read the story fishing boat. of Australian writer I have two email acHelen Garner. She got counts. The spam folder a message in her junk for the newer one had email folder recently telling her she’d won By Dorothy Rosby just five spam messages in it. None of them a prestigious writing drosby@rushmore.com looked like a ship comprize, but the sender needed her phone number to dis- ing in, though there was an advercuss it with her. What would you tisement for private yacht rentdo? Go meet the ship and email als—all sizes and budgets availthem right back? Not me. I would able. Incidentally, there was also a have deleted the message faster really good deal on bowling shoes. than you can say, “That’s no ship. I’ve had the other email acThat’s a garbage scow.” count since email was invented. Ms. Garner responded, but The spam folder for that account only after doing some research. contained 2032 spam messages And it’s a good thing she did, be- dating back a month. Holy incause that’s how she learned she’d box! That’s an average of 67 spam won the Windham-Campbell messages a day. If I had to read writing prize worth $150,000. Af- all those every day, I’d never get ter reading about Helen Garner, through my legitimate emails. Oh,

wait. I don’t. I didn’t take the time to read all 2,032 spam messages either. But before I emptied the folder, I scanned through the advertisements for DUI lawyers, cat food coupons and lonely singles in my neighborhood. As far as I could tell, there were no ships, just a whole lot of dinghies. It’s just as well. If I had found an email promising large amounts of cash, I wouldn’t have believed it anyway. You get

a little cynical after you’ve deleted a few hundred messages offering easy hair removal and Ph.Ds. without taking classes. No, if anyone wants to alert me I’ve won a $150,000 prize they’re going to need another way to do it. And it won’t be by phone either. I don’t answer unless I recognize the number, thanks to an epidemic of robocalls and helpful people wanting to fix my computer that’s not broken. They can’t just come

knocking either. I stopped opening my front door to people I don’t know after I was scammed by a magazine sales person claiming to be raising money for college. I don’t know if he ever went to college, but I know I never got my magazine. If my ship comes in by mail, it’s likely to get buried by credit card offers and insurance offers from the AARP. By the time I get to it, they’ll have given my prize to someone else. So yes, I’m concerned that someday my ship will come in and I won’t be at the dock to meet it. And if it shows up at my front door, or by email, snail mail or the telephone, the chances are very good I’ll sink it before it gets to shore. (Dorothy Rosby is the author of the humor book, I Used to Think I Was Not That Bad and Then I Got to Know Me Better. Contact drosby@vastbb.net.)

to agree. He went on: “You write about thinking about poker an’ mebbe ya are, I cain’t tell. But yer not playin’ yer game, yer best game. So whadarya gonna do about it?” First things first, then; I rose from the table to take a break and I began – again – to think about poker. To think about what I was doing and to think about what I could do to change things from what they had been [lousy, abysmal, terrible, sh***y, etc.] to something more satisfactory. Larry Johnson also writes about poker in this magazine; he ends his column with “Play your game.” Not only was I forgetting about that which I had spent so much energy thinking about but I wasn’t playing my game, my best game. Resolving to make those changes, I returned to the tables. Now, I wish I could relate the story of an incredible turnaround. I wish I could tell you

of getting hit in the face with the deck and making incredible draw-outs and such. But I cannot; despite my best efforts and exerting incredible discipline and will power to play correctly, nothing seemed to work. And there comes a time every so often when one must read the writing on the wall – and admit to the fact that it just isn’t coming together tonight. So then with equanimity, arise from the table collecting the surviving chips from a decimated stack, bid farewell to the dealer and fellow players and depart the battlefield resolving the thought that Scarlett O’Hara voiced at the end of Gone With The Wind: “Tomorrow is another day.” A day when you can realistically think about poker and [thank you Larry] play your game – your best game. BTW – the next session I played resulted in a 25 percent profit above my buy-in.

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Thinking About Poker: Equanimity Equanimity: e-qua-nimi-ty [noun] Calm temperament; evenness of temper even under stress The last few articles I have written covered, in essence, a ‘back-to-basics’ approach I decided to employ while returning to the poker world after an enforced absence. I detailed the importance of having patience; waiting for the right time and combination of factors with which to enter combat with your chips as ammunition. I stressed the importance of playing quality cards when entering a hand instead of the junk hands and personal favorites which, when realistically viewed in the statistical scheme of things, are ‘way down the line of playable hands. I mentioned the importance

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of your position when considering entering a hand; an attractive card combination in late position may not be playable in early position. Reviewing all that, I related some of the successes I enjoyed when returning to the tables. These successes were heartening and gave me the will to continue down the path I mapped out for myself: Back to basics with the mantra of “Patience – Position – Power” as my guide. Did pretty well, too … until one night about two weeks ago when I sat down to what I expected would be another in my string of profitable excursions into the poker world. Just like any optimist would, my expectations were high and my enthusiasm equal to the task. Well,

pretty soon it became evident that reality was not going to live up to expectations – in a way as if ‘The Duke’ was standing to one side saying “Wahl, just wait a dog-gone minute thar, Pilgrim. What the heck do ya think yer doin’ thar?” “What I’m trying to do here, Duke – and without much luck I might add – is play my game the way I know how to play it. I’m patient; well, I may have gotten a little desperate there those last few hands I’ve played. I’ve waited for good position; well, I may have gotten a little desperate there those last few hands I’ve played. And I’ve waited for powerful hands to …” Duke interrupted: “You say the right things Pilgrim, but yer not doin’ them. I seen ya – ya haven’t had a decently playable hand in over an hour and now yer tryin’ to force things ta go yer way – and it ain’t happenin’, is it?” Sheepishly I was obliged

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A ranch in Wyoming and Utah: Neponset’s sheep on the trail

hen George Chapman and his partner Charles Strong paid off their mortgage on Sections 20 and 24 in Rich County, Utah Territory on Jan. 10, 1884, they immediately took on the new role of sheep ranchers. Included in the mortgage with various items of hardware were sheep dip, access to a dipping pen, and 3,900 sheep with marks, barley, and oats. This was a time of large movements of sheep. The great herds in the far west, which fed into the flocks to the east of there, had originated in Central Asia. They were domesticated at about the same time as dogs, 10,000 years ago. Sheep were brought to the New world by explorers including Columbus on his second voyage and Coronado in 1540. They were a convenient food supply. Some got left behind. These Mexican-Spanish ewes (improved later by purebred rams) were the basis of the great California trail herds that developed after the gold rush of 1849. Part of the California flocks had

been trailed westward from New Mexico. A contract to settle New Mexico was given in 1598 to Juan de Onate, a forward thinking man, who wanted to bring new species of plants and animals to this new colony. © Anna Lee Ames Frohlich He developed an irrigation system and grew a variety of vegetables. He brought to New Mexico large numbers of livestock including sheep. The main trade of the colony became wool, lamb, and other animal byproducts. Sheep had been reared in New Mexico for 250 years by the time wilderness guide, fur trader, and publicly-acclaimed guide to John C. Fremont, Kit Carson, went into the sheep business. Carson had fought in the Mexican-American War, which ended in 1847. At this time he had a wife, Josephina, and a family, and they started raising sheep. 1853 found Carson and his partner, Thomas Boggs, in a position to drive a large

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Sheep-herder’s wagon on Neponset Ranch.

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have their limits. This is a description of a trip eastward from California with new stock. “The Neponset Company’s sheep in 1896 left the northern Nevada trail at Mary’s River and crossed over to the East Fork of the Utah was affected by Humboldt through Fenelon, then folthe terrible winter of lowed the Toana Range south to Dolly 1886, but they raised Varden where they wintered. Here both cattle and sheep. the last of the California drivers ‘froze Their losses may have out’ and they were replaced with men been offset by this. The Neponset from Utah.” (Edward N. Wentworth). Ranch came into the This over-wintering locality is in the sheep business in very northwest corner of Nevada. the second period of Dolly Varden is now a ghost town in the great eastward Elko Co., Nevada. sheep drives, 1880Sheepherders moved the flocks. 1885. The first period, Shepherds tended to the sheep. A lot 1865-1880, had conneeded to be done for the sheep. One centrated on moving breeding stock from California and Oregon to states such task was docking the tails of the to the east like Nevada, Idaho, Mon- lambs. Docking, shortening the natutana, Utah, Wyoming, Nebraska, and rally long tails of the lambs, is more Colorado. Breeding stock including sanitary and helps to prevent a disewes and lambs was harder to move ease called fly strike. It also facilitates because they shearing. were less hardy Dipping and required sheep in fungifiner grasses. cide and insecIn the second ticide helped to period there prevent exterwas a transinal parasites. tion to trailing Earmarkwethers (castrated males) ing helped to and some yearidentify ownerling ewes. The ship and things third period, about a sheep 1885-1891, saw such as birth. the moving of Today mostly wethers. they put so In addi- “Uncle Dick” Wootton many tags on tion to the big drives, smaller drives were taken to the ears of sheep that they look like move the sheep to more temperate modern teenagers with multiple climbs for over-wintering. Neponset piercings! Land and Livestock could have exI have discussed some of the histremes of winter weather. Long drives tory of the sheep business in the took take a long time, and over-wintering could be necessary then too. American west. In the next article I Although sheep are very adaptable as intend to cover shearing and sheep far as altitude temperature, and food dogs, and the war between sheep and sources, etc. are concerned, they do cattle owners. Little girls and little lambs.

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six men had been killed. Doc Susie put the number much higher, and explained there was no count of the injuries, ranging from lost limbs, blindness, pneumonia, or of a diphtheria epidemic. gas poisoning. It was at this point, Doc Susie had become a in 1907, that Susan left beloved member of Fraser Greeley for the crisp high residents. Over the years, altitude of Fraser, in an efDoc Susie improved her fort to relieve her tubercushack in Fraser. The local lar condition. She settled lumberjacks built addiinto a shack near the railtions and a loft. In time, the road tracks, where she set and medical office of home about a rigid routine of Doc Susie’s resembled a exercise, rest and healthy barn-like structure. With nutrition. By spring, word her passion for roses she had spread that Fraser’s managed to grow a small new female resident was a rose garden in her yard, doctor. Unwittingly, Doc despite Fraser’s altitude. Susie resumed her mediInside her home, her office cal practice quite suddenly was cluttered with bottles when a desperate cowboy and medical books, yet appeared at her doorway somehow seemed tidy. shouting, “You gotta save Doc Susie was ninety years Dave. He’s all I got.” Dave, old when she died in April the horse, had gotten tan1960. Due to failing health, gled in barbed wire, but she spent the last two years Doc Susie managed to save of her life in a Denver rest him, and become Fraser’s home. Once asked to reresident doctor at the same flect on her career, she time. said, “It took awhile for For the next 45 years, people here to realize I was Doc Susie administered “Doc Susie” in front of her Fraser “barn” home with competent. No, I didn’t her medical expertise from Mrs. Glenn Wilson and daughter. make any money here. I treating animals to severe Photo courtesy of Glenn Wilson got my pay by seeing my wounds of lumberjacks, 1926, the Moffat Tunnel was In patients get better.” miners, and railroad workers. She under construction. As physician In keeping with her final wishes, made house calls in sub-zero blizzard conditions, sometimes travers- and Grand County Coroner, Doc Doctor Susan Anderson was buried ing several miles, via sleighs, skis, Susie made several trips to the tun- in Cripple Creek’s Mount Pisgah horse, automobile and train. It is be- nel site. Following the death of Cemetery. However, her grave relieved she delivered over 200 babies David Moffat, William R. Freeman mained unmarked until the citiin the Fraser area, including young became the general manager of op- zens of Fraser paid for a gravestone Glenn William Wilson, the son of erations for the Moffat Tunnel. His etched with a medical symbol and Gustaf and Hulda Wilson, lifelong cold disregard for the railroad work- the following words: Susan Anderson M.D. ers did not sit well with Doc Susie. Fraser residents. Jan. 31, 1870-April 16, 1960 Doc Susie was quite inventive. In a published interview just prior Doctor of Grand County She once used a corset to the opening of the historic tunnel, Freeman said “an official count” of 1909-1956 to pull a lumberjack’s

The winter of 1907 had been was also very determined. Suan unusually harsh one. After san attended school by day and a three hour grueling haul over worked long, grueling hours at night as an intern. During this snow-blinding Rollins Pass, time, Susan never had a comwhich crosses the Contiplete night’s sleep and her diet nental Divide, the Northalso suffered. Years later, Doc western and Pacific RailSusie would attribute this lack way Train Number One of physical care to her tubersteamed and hissed into the tiny lumber cular condition. camp of Fraser. The Yet this is the life Doc Susie chose. She had a gifted snow swirled about as the thin air grew colder and the talent, and with female determinatrain ground to a halt at the Fra- tion, Doc Susie heeded her calling. ser train station. Fraser, located in With degree in hand, in 1897, deGrand County, approximately 80 spite her tuberculosis, she returned miles west from Denver, lies in an to her family in Cripple Creek. Beginning her medical practice area where mountain peaks well over 13,000 feet nearly surround in Cripple Creek, Doc Susie soon the community, making this stretch learned that a pioneer female physiof railway, the highest in North cian in a crude mining town full of America, reaching an altitude of men, as well as over 50 male doc11,600 feet. In the winter, the train tors already in residence, was not is the only transportation, as Ber- the best place for her to practice her thoud Pass, a wagon road in 1907, is trade. impassable with deep snows. By 1901, tragedy had struck One of the passengers to step off young Susan. It was during this the train that day was a tiny invalid time, Susan was mysteriously left of a woman, clutching a leather bag standing alone at the altar. She bein one hand and a small dog in the lieved her father was somehow inother. Dr. Susan Anderson, M.D., volved, and their relationship then age 37, had arrived in Fraser to re- became strained. Shortly thereafgain her ill health, and offer her ter, Susan’s brother John, suddenly medical practice to the townsfolk. died. Susan left Cripple Creek after “Doc Susie,” as she was known, John’s burial at the Mount Pisgah hailed from Wichita, Kansas. Her Cemetery. father had read of the rich gold Susan first arrived in Denver, strike at Cripple Creek. By 1892, he where the demand for doctors was had relocated his family to Cripple nonexistent, moving on to SteamCreek, following the hopes and boat Springs for a time, and eventudreams of many others with the idea ally to Greeley, where she worked as of striking it rich. The Anderson’s a nurse. It was at Greeley where her found Cripple Creek a wild and un- illness weakened during the stress tamed mining frontier, far different from the settled cow town of Wichita. On the crude streets of Cripple Creek, young Susan saw rough miners, gamblers and prostitutes. Her father immediately realized that this was no place for his pretty and intelligent daughter. Anderson sent Susan to the University of Michigan to earn her medical degree, while he toiled in the cold, muddy gold mines of Cripple Creek to pay her way. Susan loved college and excelled in her classes. It was perhaps The grave of Dr. Susan Anderson, Mount Pisgah Cemher happiest time. She etery, Cripple Creek Photo by Linda Wommac

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broken ribs together. To close a scalp wound, she tied the woman’s hair together. Doc Susie often performed emergency operations with kerosene lamps as her only light. She was very meticulous, and more often that not, quite precise in her diagnosis process. Knowing her limited medical facilities in Fraser, following a serious diagnosis, she immediately put the patient on a train to Denver where modern hospitals were available, often accompanying the patient herself.

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CANCER - (June 22 - July 22) Quite a time to make all sorts of lasting partnerships. Could be perfect for a business partnership! You’ll be opening your gob much more than usual with Mercury giving you some much needed confidence. Show them what you’re worth and get out of that shell! Lucky Numbers: 3, 15, 16, 22, 26, 37

SCORPIO - (Oct 24- Nov 22) This week will be challenging when communicating with others. They may feel you are being judgmental so be ready to compromise. Relationships are strained this month so take extra care to not overact and try to show more sympathy this month. Lucky numbers: 5, 17, 46, 11, 14, 26

AQUARIUS - (Jan. 21 - Feb. 19) Well check you over flowing with creativity! What a great feeling! Get out that journal and start writing it all down, shake your booty down to a dance class or flex those joints at the yoga school! You really are full of creativity so here’s to your masterpiece and enjoy! Lucky Numbers 4, 8, 13, 21, 32, 41 PISCES - (Feb 20 - March 20) With mercury entering your second house you’ll be looking for somewhere to drop your cash. A piece of art maybe? A new project? Maybe Mercury will even get you on the path to being a bit thrifty. Get yourself some down time and enjoy mooching round some old markets or antique shop! Lucky Numbers: 1, 12, 17, 19, 33, 45

1. Colorado 1. April Fools Day

ACROSS

10. Pae 11. IPO 12. Eldora 14. Hormuz

16. XAO 17. Koran 19. Ari 20. Trashed

22. Bind 23. Bebop 24. CE 25. Ln

26. Uras 28. US 29. April 31. OB

33. Arch 34. Clambake 38. Koch 40. Epic

41. ZZ 43. Dearest 45. Aidan Turner

49. Piste 50. Toddy

4. Larkspur DOWN 5. Oz 1. Apex 6. Lion 2. Palate 3. Red or black 7. SPR

8. Domains 9. Yazidis 13. AOH 14. Hades

15. Urn 18. Recall 21. AO 22. Blubbered

23. Bonanza 27. Rich 30. Pho 31. Om

32. Skis 35. Alert 36. Aperd 37. Ecto

39. Can’t 42. Zip 43. DU 44. Ano

46. Di 47. AS 48. TE

Contact Mary Nightstar at marynihtstar@yahoo.com and type “horoscope” in the subject line.

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March 29 - April 4, 2016

Trading Post

The Last Hand

Monarch hosts Monarch Continued from Page 2 lobster tail, a plate full of crab legs, and some prime rib buried underneath a growing pile of gourmet food. Sam knew everyone in the place, and he warmly visited with the staff as we moved from food station to food station finally settling in a booth where I followed his lead in ordering a cranberry juice drink. He immediately shelled his lobster, cracked his crab legs and then assisted me in the same procedure. He is a masterful crab cracker, ha. We were joined by Andrea, food and beverage supervisor, who was so friendly and nice to us both, offering to fetch more food items. At this point Sam and I were full but we opted to go back for lemon pie, chocolate cake and some soft ice cream among a fabulous array of desserts. During the strolls around the buffet area we met many of the staff, Hakim who told us that they are always “improving’ the buffet. Andrea stated that, “this is the best restaurant on the hill.” Christy was checking people into the dining area along with Rose, Mia was manning the reception desk, and I was told that Chef Anthony was hard at work in the kitchen preparing thousands of lobsters every week. Did not meet Bill the manager, but his staff was terrific, hard at work and customer friendly. Monarch held an Easter Brunch, March 27, which featured leg of lamb, ham and many special treats. Monarch is the sister property to Atlantis Casino Resort and Spa in Reno Nevada and they know how to treat their customers. The new parking structure is expected to be completed late in the 2nd quarter of this year and they expect to begin construction on the hotel later this year. The new 23-story tower will nearly double the existing space and will include approximately 500 hotel rooms, an upscale spa and pool facility, three additional restaurants and additional bars. Tower floors will be opened as they are finished, beginning with the casino expansion and additional restaurants. They currently expect completion of the entire tower in 2018. Hotels help the entire Black Hawk/Central City area as more people come as a destination and visit the many casinos. What we need next is a new convention center. Sam and I played some blackjack with pit boss Elizabeth keeping her eye on the play with busy tables and the jingle of slot games through the newly carpeted and remodeled casino area. Black Hawk and Central City are both great cities to visit and the cuisine everywhere is terrific. I still want to get back to the Century for one of those foot-long hot dogs featured downstairs. Whatever your taste and budget, the casinos have it all.

March 29 - April 4, 2016

EMPLOYMENT we take success personally.

The Isle and Lady Luck casinos in Black Hawk, CO are seeking fun, energetic and outgoing individuals to fill the following positions:

Isle Casino Hotel

Cage Cashier • Chief Engineer • Guest Safety Supervisor Guest Safety Agent • Lead Pastry Cook • Revenue Auditor Players Club Representative • EMT PT & FT• Cooks All Levels Maintenance Technician • PT Dealer • PT Beverage Server Poker Supervisor • Hotel Night Auditor • Hotel Front Desk Agent Lady Luck Casino

Cage Cashier • Table Games Dealer • Utility Helper / Dishwasher Guest Safety Agent • Casino Cleaner • Busser • Cook For additional information on these positions, company benefits and online application, please visit our career site at www.islecasinojobs.com.

NOW SERVING ALCOHOL 24 HOURS A DAY! Hiring for all shifts including Grave Shift!

• • • •

CAGE CASHIER COCKTAIL SERVER COOK FRESH MEXICAN GRILLE • GUEST SERVICE ASSOCIATE • PORTER (GRAVEYARD)

• SECURITY OFFICER • SURVEILLANCE OFFICER • BLACK JACK DEALER • CRAPS DEALER • TABLE GAMES SUPERVISOR • WAITPERSON

Apply at the Canyon Casino 131 Main Street, Black Hawk or call 303-777-1111 (8:30-5:00, Mon.-Fri.)

Isle of Capri is an equal opportunity employer. Veterans are encouraged to apply.

Come be part of the Best Team in Black Hawk

• F&B MANAGER • F&B DIRECTOR • CAGE CASHIERS • DEALERS • SECURITY/ SURVEILLANCE • HOUSEKEEPING Apply online at www.affinitygaming.com 300 Main St. Black Hawk, CO 80422

SERVICES

Looking for a career that rocks? Apply today!

THIS COULD BE YOUR AD! Call Sharon today to place an ad

at 303-503-1388

Gambler

Cage

★ Cage Cashier ★ FULL TIME/ GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED

Food & Beverage

★ DISHWASHER ★ FULL TIME ★ COOK ★ FULL TIME ★ DELI ATTENDANT ★ FULL TIME ★ COCKTAIL SERVER ★ VARIOUS SHIFTS/FULL TIME ★ BUFFET ATTENDANT ★ FULL TIME/PART TIME WEEKENDS ★ FOOD SERVER ASSISTANT ★ FULL TIME ★ LEAD PASTRY COOK ★ FULL TIME ★ LEAD COOK ★ FULL TIME ★ HOST/ESS ★ PART TIME ★ BARTENDER ★ FULL TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED ★ BARBACK ★ FULL TIME/PART TIME

★ COOK ★ SPECIALIZING ASIAN CUISINE FULL TIME ★ COOK ★ SPECIALIZING MEXICAN CUISINE FULL TIME

Gaming

★ BLACK JACK DEALER ★ FULL TIME/PART TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED ★ DICE DEALER ★ FULL TIME/PART TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED ★ POKER DEALER FULL TIME/PART TIME /GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED ★ SLOT TECHNICIAN ★ FULL TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED ★ SURVEILLANCE AGENT ★ PART TIME/GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED

Security

★ SECURITY OFFICER ★ FULL TIME/VARIOUS SHIFTS/ GAMING LICENSE REQUIRED

Apply in person at 321 Gregory Street, Central City or complete the online application on the careers tab at www.reservecasinohotel.com

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