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Colorado should legalize sports betting

on business and support for the By the time, you read free-enterprise system. Host cities this edition of the Colomakes millions from these games. rado Gambler, the Final Hopefully, state government gets Four will be history and a little money back for taxpayers another national champifrom sales tax and ticket fees. onship will be won. That brings me to one of my faThe amount of legal and illegal wagering on vorite topics, bringing legalized these games could reach sports books to Colorado casinos. To a $1 billion through Nemy knowledge, there is no legal way to make a sports wager on college vada, offshore and illegal and professional sporting events in sources. the state. I believe that we do have What an opportunity BY BOB SWEENEY some off-track horseracing facilities for states with legalized gaming to have sportsbooks and collect that are active along with Centennial Race Track that offers pari-mutuel betting on the some taxable revenue from these games. sumThere should be some taxable revenues going to state governments since most of these teams come from tax-supported state universities. They play in sports facilities that have been paid for by public tax-supported bonds. The private business world really profits from the travel, meals, hotels and apparel sales. Schools receive money back for their NCCA athletic programs. I recall CU football moving to the PAC 12 made them far more money than the Big 12, millions more. This gives more scholarships, and of course schools can recruit better players. March Madness is about basketball, but these games have a significant impact

Publisher Subscriptions mer horseracing season. If you can bet on craps, rouRobert Sweeney B.T. Galloway 303-773-8313 x301 lette and blackjack, why not bsween1@aol.com subscribe@villager on the Super Bowl or the Final V.P. Marketing publishing.com Four? Sharon Sweeney There are some federal reContributing Writers cogambler@mac.com quirements for sportsbooks, To advertise, call Sharon but if Nevada could become 303-503-1388 a sports-wagering state, why Managing Editor can’t Colorado have such faBecky Osterwald cilities? Some of our major cagambler@villagerpublishing. sinos have Las Vegas and Reno com connections and they should lead the way. Design/Production Manager We have the Colorado GamTom McTighe ing Commission in place, and production@villagerpublishing. great casinos who could procom vide the space and technology, Design/Production and we have every profesRenee Novitsky sional sports team that renee@villagerpublishing.com exists. The place to start would be with legislators who www.coloradogambler.com coloradogambler cogambler would support a bill to include “sports wagering” into the mix of legal casino games that are allowed. The state wins with taxes on the bets, casinos bring in I like it when everyone wins. new customers who can watch these games Just make sure that your team wins the in sports parlors with complimentary hot bet. dogs, and everyone is happy.

Playing Poker in the Southwest

If you have played in other poker rooms across the country, you know that here in Colorado we have some of the best poker to be found anywhere across America based on the variety and availability of games along with the heavy BY betting that LARRY occurs. F r o m JOHNSON our very active $30 - $60 Hold em games with a half kill, to the wide range of tournaments including multiple stops by the Heartland Poker Tour, to the wide variety of smaller limit games that are going 24 hours a day - poker in Colorado is alive and well. But, while we have great poker in our mountain towns, it’s always good to get away and play in some unknown rooms with some new faces. And for me it’s that time of year

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as a couple friends and I are preparing to take our annual week long poker trip in early April WHOO HOO! This year we are driving the Denver/ A l b u querque/ Phoenix/ Las Vegas and back to Denver circuit through the southwest with each stop having some great poker. The first leg is from Denver to Albuquerque, New Mexico. The drive is approximately 450 miles, usually takes six to seven hours, and goes through some very scenic country. The idea is to leave Denver on a Friday afternoon and take a nice leisurely drive straight south on Interstate 25, checking into the hotel and playing Friday night and Saturday. The main poker room in town is at the Sandia Resort and Casino

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and has 15 poker tables. The room has good low limit Omaha Hi-Lo Split games, $4 - $8 Limit Hold em games, $2 - $5 No Limit Hold em games, the occasional $10 $20 or higher game, and is usually busiest on the weekends. The resort is newer and has very nice hotel rooms, an outstanding 18hole golf course, and a ride up the nearby Sandia Peak Tramway (the longest aerial tram in the U.S.) is a must if time allows. After playing Friday and Saturday in Albuquerque, it’s time to head just over 450 miles (an easy seven-hour drive) west then south to Phoenix, Arizona checking into the hotel and playing Sunday night and Monday. While there are a few good poker rooms in Phoenix, the Talking Stick Resort and Casino in Scottsdale (just east of Phoenix) is the largest poker room in Arizona with 47 poker tables and is the place to play. This is a very professionally run poker room that offers limit and no-limit Hold em poker

games, Stud poker games, all types of Omaha poker games, and daily tournaments. One hint for first-timers is to try the $6 - $12 limit Hold em poker game with a half kill. Each time I have played the game it has been wild and on one occasion, I held the kill for six straight hands dragging over $1,500 in chips. Then on Tuesday its time to leave Phoenix and head northwest just under 300 miles to Las Vegas, Nevada - a drive of only five hours but which crosses the unique new bridge that straddles the border between Arizona and Nevada near the Hoover Dam. Be sure to take a few minutes and walk up the pedestrian walkway to the top of the bridge as the views are spectacular. The final stop of the southwest circuit is fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada - which had more than 320 poker tables just on the famous Las Vegas Strip alone at the end of 2015. Check into the hotel and plan on playing Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday. The

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beauty of Las Vegas is that there are many choices of limits and types of games 24 hours a day. I have found when I do this trip from Denver, to Albuquerque, to Phoenix, and finally to Las Vegas the games I play in Las Vegas depend on how my trip has gone financially. If winning - I tend to play bigger games and more aggressively; but if losing a bit, I tend to stick to the lower limits, play conservatively, and work on getting back to even for the trip. Then it’s time to head home to Denver - a 750 mile, 12 hour drive north then east. And remember that the speed limit in Utah is 80 miles per hour and the drive is usually lots of fun - although more so if the trip was a winning one. So - if interested in a nice trip through the southwest and playing in some great poker rooms; hit the road and enjoy. Remember - have some fun and play your game!

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Easter Easter traditions and how they began By Rosemary Fetter

aster combines both Christian and pagan traditions, celebrating both the arrival of spring and the Resurrection of Jesus, according to Christian theologies. Beliefs and traditions have merged over the centuries to create a pastel festival of religious celebration, family gatherings, blossoming flowers, delicious foods, hardboiled eggs and enough sugar to keep a child bouncing like a bunny until Mother’s Day.

Origin of the word ‘Easter’

The secular version of the Easter celebration dates back to the ancient Saxon feast of Eastre (or Eostre), a tribute to the Teutonic goddess of spring and rebirth. Celts celebrated Beltane Eve on April 30, followed by a festival, dancing around the Maypole and feasting on May 1. In spring, Christians observe the Resurrection of Christ, which, according to the gospels, took place around the time of the Jewish Passover. Since Beltane also took place in spring, it was relatively simple for the Church fathers to substitute one holiday for another. Over the centuries, Eastre became Easter.

Easter Sunday

Confusion over the date of Easter arose among early Christians from different backgrounds. Those brought up in the Jewish tradition regarded Easter as an extension of the Passover Festival, so the holiday fell on a different day of the week from year to year. Non-Jewish Christians, on the other hand, wanted Easter celebrated on a Sunday. To settle the matter, the Roman Emperor Constantine called the Council of Nicaea in A.D. 325. According to the Easter Rule, the

holiday should be observed on the first Sunday after the full moon following the vernal (spring) equinox. If the full moon rose during Passover, Easter would be celebrated the following Sunday. Thus, Eas- ter always falls between March 22 and April 25. Since 1582, the date has been calculated by the Gregorian calendar, which was never accepted by the Eastern churches, which stuck with the Julian calendar. This year, the Eastern churches (Greek Orthodox, Russian Orthodox) will observe Easter on April 15.

Colored Easter eggs

The egg has been a symbol of rebirth for the ancient Egyptians, the Greeks, the Persians and many other early civilizations. In Medieval Europe, eggs were used for decoration on New Year trees, on Maypoles and on St. John’s trees in midsummer. The affluent would exchange eggs covered with gilt or gold leaf, while peasants colored their eggs by boiling them with flowers, leaves or even insects. The gorse blossom was best for yellow, spinach leaves for green, logwood for purple, and the fluid of the cochineal produced red.

Fabergé Easter eggs

The world’s most valuable Easter eggs were produced by the Russian goldsmith, Peter Carl Fabergé between the 1870s and 1917. Working with a team of nearly 500 designers, goldsmiths, jewelers and carvers, he created some of Europe’s greatest treasures, many of which became part of the Forbes collection.

The Easter Bunny

The pagan goddess Eastre took the hare as her mascot, since prolific bunnies understandably symbolized fertility. In one interesting legend, the goddess, obviously having a whimsical, Paris Hilton-type mo-

Easter bunny? Bonnets? Colored eggs? A parade? ment, transformed a robin into a snow hare who could lay colored eggs. The confused creature then proceeded to distribute eggs from a nest – ergo, the Easter bunny. (We have since replaced the nest with that plastic grass that gets stuck on everything.) The Pennsylvania Dutch (i.e. Germans) brought the Oschter Haus, or Easter Bunny, to America. Since Germans are the country’s largest ethnic group, many of their traditions and foods have become incorporated into our culture, like the Christmas tree, Oktoberfest, strudel and sauerkraut.

Easter basket

Because Easter follows Lent, a time of fasting and abstinence, eggs were once a forbidden food until Easter. Traditionally, eggs and other foods would be brought to church in a basket to be blessed on Holy Saturday, and then taken home to be eaten as part of the Easter breakfast.

Easter ham

Although in many areas, the Easter food of choice is lamb, referencing the Passover lamb and Christ, the lamb of God, Americans seem to prefer ham. The pig was considered a symbol of luck in pre-Christian Europe. After a long winter, peasants would consume the last of the smoked meats from the previous autumn at Easter.

Hot Cross buns

The Saxons baked the twice-scored biscuits to honor Eastre, and even the Romans enjoyed the food. In ancient Greece, a similar sacred bread was called “bous” meaning ox, from which the word “bun” probably originated. Early church fathers created a Christian version, re-interpreting the oxhorned image as a crucifix. The English custom of eating spiced buns on Good Friday arose during Tudor times, when a London law forbade their sale except on Good Friday, at Christmas and at funerals. The English believed that hanging a hot cross bun in the house on these days offered protection in the coming year.

Easter parade

The Easter parade was first held in New York in 1870s. Originally, churchgoers would carry Easter flowers from St. Thomas Church to St. Luke’s Church. The social lions and lionesses would attend services and parade down Fifth Avenue to give

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onlookers – and each other – a chance to show off their new Easter outfits. The 1948 movie, Easter Parade, with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, takes place in the early 1900s.

Easter bonnet

Interestingly, Easter was not celebrated by the entire nation until after the Civil War. Women who wore the dark colors of mourning for years staged a small rebellion and began wearing colorful flowered hats and elaborate corsages at Easter. Their hats were adorned with blooming and fresh flowers and sometimes paper, ribbon, feathers or seashells.

Easter lily

Popular spring flowers include the tulip and the daffodil, but the beautiful, trumpetshaped white flowers of the lily have long symbolized purity, innocence, hope and new life – the essence of the holiday. In turn-of-the century Denver, society lioness Louise Hill took the Easter lily as her personal symbol.

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Monte Carlo Jackpots make the fun of winning a progressive jackpot that much easier with 12 individual progressive prizes that can hit multiple times a day. There are jackpots for Royal Flushes, Straight Flushes, and any 4 of a kind. Monte Carlo Madness takes effect when our bad beat jackpots all reach $25K and 100% of the jackpot rake gets distributed to the Monte Carlo hands making the amounts increase twice as fast. Visit the Lady Luck Poker Room for details and updated jackpot amounts.

Lady Luck Poker

It’s easier than ever to win big in the Lady Luck Poker Room! The Bad Beat Jackpot now includes a decreasing qualifier element starting at Aces full of Kings. Here at Lady Luck we’re giving you more options, when you play-you pick - Play three hours and receive $23 bus refund back or play six hours and earn a hotel room Sunday – Thursday. See Poker supervisor for more information. Management reserves all rights.

Table Games

Up your odds with the best table games crew in Black Hawk! Play Craps, Roulette, Buffalo Black Jack Bonus and Double Deck Blackjack every day of the week! There are 20X odds on Craps Everyday! $5* games open daily. Here at Lady Luck we’re giving you more options, when you play-you pick - Play two hours and receive $23 bus refund back or play four hours and earn a Play n Stay Sunday – Thursday. See table games supervisor for additional information, promotions and details. Table games is located on the second floor of Lady Luck. *Limits subject to change, management reserves all rights.

Platinum and Millionaire Bonus Points

The tier rewards are racking up with a great point

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multiplier day for Platinum and Millionaire players. Tuesday, April 11. Platinum players will receive 8X points and Millionaire players will receive 10X points. You don’t need to register, come on in and enjoy your favorite slot machine and receive bonus points all day!

Select and Gold Bonus Points

The tier rewards are racking up with a great point multiplier day for Select and Gold players. Tuesday, April 25. Select players will receive 3X points and Gold players will receive 5X points. You don’t need to register, come on in and enjoy your favorite slot machine and receive bonus points all day!

Bus Fare Redemption

Ride in style to Lady Luck! Guests who play with a Fan Club Card can receive up to $23 cash back on bus fare every day. Earn 350 unadjusted points on Lady Luck Player’s Card to receive cash back. Poker and table games guests can earn too! Ask Supervisor for details. Guests must redeem bus ticket at Guest Services. Limit one bus redemption per person per day.

www.zcasino bh.com Free Umbrella

Stop by Z Casino April 12 to pick up your free umbrella! All you need is 50 same day base points, the giveaway will start at 11 a.m. Quantities are limited see Club Z for details.

10X Points

Z Casino is the place for the most points. Every day this month win up to 10X Points, just play our kiosk game!

Get in the Zone!

Featured exclusively at Z Casino in Black Hawk, the Multiplier Zone. Play slots in the Zone and get 10X points all day and night. That’s right, a full 10X points on all of your slot play in the Multiplier Zone! Why settle for less when you can play in the Zone?

Jeep Renegade Getaway Drawings

Every Wednesday through Sunday from March 5 - May 20, join us for out $150,000 Jeep Renegade April 4 - 17, 2017

Getaway Drawings from 1 – 11 p.m., win up to $250 in Z-Play at each drawing. We will have two winners per drawing hour. Earn entries with every 100 same day points. On May 20 from 1 p.m. - Midnight every hour we will have one drawing winner for $150 in Z-Play. Earn entries from March 5 through May 20 with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will have one Jeep Renegade winner and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Silver Tsunami Club

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.

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.

Don’t want to pay for Breakfast?

On Mondays and Tuesdays just earn 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. and receive a voucher for a free Double Down Breakfast and Wednesday through Sunday just earn 20 same day base points before 11 a.m.! Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime rib dinner special

Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib dinner special after you earn 50 same day base points. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime Rib dinner

Everyday earn 25 same day base points and receive your Prime Rib dinner for $7.77. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Free gas

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 two hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back! April 4 - 17, 2017

Batter up for a chance to win up to $1,500 in Cash or FanPlay every Friday and Saturday in April. Drawings will be held between 6 and 10 p.m. Receive one free entry and earn additional entries for every 100 tier points. Excludes Saturday, April 22.

Raindrop Riches

Spring is here and the raindrops are falling with a chance to win big every Monday in April! Winners will get to select a raindrop for a chance to win up to $500 in cash or FanPlay. Plus, the higher your Fan Club status, the more raindrops you get to pick. Receive one free entry and additional entries for every 100 tier points earned

Are you 60 years of age or older? Join us every Monday and Tuesday this month for our Silver Tsunami Club 60+ days. Just earn 60 base points that day and receive one free special of the day and a free nonalcoholic soft drink, coffee or tea. Just one more way to win at the Z!

Club Z

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$10,000 Jackpot Sweepstakes

All jackpot winners are invited to join us for a special giveaway on May 6 from 3 p.m. – 9 p.m. with cash drawings worth up to $5,000! Earn one entry for every taxable jackpot of $1,200 or more starting now through May 6.

Road Trippin’ Giveaway

Drive away a winner in a brand new Ford F-150! Start earning entries on April 17 through May 28. Guests will receive 25X entries every Tuesday in April. Receive one free entry and earn additional entries for every 100 tier points

Garden Gift Wednesdays

Celebrate Spring beginning April 12 when you receive a gift for your garden! Earn 300 tier points and receive a Garden Apron beginning at 1 p.m. on April 12, while supplies last. Earn 300 tier points and receive a 25’ Flex Hose beginning at 1 p.m. on April 19, while supplies last. Earn 300 tier points and receive a Sun and Wind Cover beginning at 1 p.m. on April 16, while supplies last. Limited to one item per guest

The Farmer’s Pick Buffet is now open!

Dine at the Farmer’s Pick Buffet today! We offer many delicious items to choose from on the buffet from the freshest salad bar to our always changing carving station and simply yummy desserts - we offer something for everyone. Plus All-You-Can-Eat crab legs every night.

Earn up to 40X points on all your favorite slot machines every Friday from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.! Plus, enjoy a free buffet after earning 200 tier points. Must register prior to playing; excludes video poker.

40+ Hot Seat & Food

All players age 40 or better join the excitement each Sunday with a chance to win $100 in FanPlay! Actively play at your favorite slot machine from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. and we’ll come find you. Plus, eat free at the new Farmer’s Pick buffet after earning 200 tier points!

All New Player’s Club Members

Sign up today and become a Fan Club member! New members will receive a free buffet at the all-new Farmer’s Pick Buffet after playing 30 minutes. Provide your email address and we will give you 5,000 tier points. You can redeem those points for $5 in FanPlay on a slot machine or use them towards food.

Bus Fare Redemption

Earn 350 tier points to receive $23 for your bus voucher!

Poker Players

Receive up to $23 cash for your bus ticket when you play three consecutive hours OR receive a free hotel stay valid Sunday – Thursday when you play six consecutive hours. Only one offer can be selected per day. Offer valid only on the day it is earned. Promotion subject to change or cancellation. Management reserves all rights.

Table Games Players

Receive up to $23 cash for your bus ticket

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when you play two consecutive hours OR receive a free hotel stay valid Sunday – Thursday when you play four consecutive hours. Only one offer can be selected per day. Offer valid only on the day it is earned. Promotion subject to change or cancellation. Management reserves all rights.

Don’t want to pay for Breakfast?

Prime rib dinner special

Join us every Friday this month for our $3.99 Prime Rib dinner special after you earn 50 same day base points. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Prime Rib dinner

Everyday earn 25 same day base points and receive your Prime Rib dinner for $7.77. Receive your voucher from the promotional kiosk.

Free gas

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 two 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

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Gemstones & Minerals

The world’s five largest gold nuggets

There have been many claims for the “World’s Largest Gold Nugget.” At the time that some of these large nuggets were found (mostly in the 1800’s) they were indeed the world’s largest. However, as time went on and gold strikes occurred all over the world, larger nuggets were found and the title was shifted from one nugget to another. What was needed was a clear definition of “gold nugget.” The type of nugget that most people are familiar with is the true gold nugget; i.e. a blob of gold formed by nature. The other type is called “reef gold;” i.e. gold that appears imbedded in rock, usually in quartz. When the rock is removed from around the gold, the gold can be recovered in one piece. Reef gold is synonymous with the terms ledge, lode, and vein gold. There are many claims to the world’s largest gold nugget. Some say the world’s largest nugget in existence, others say

the world’s largest recorded nugget and some say the world’s largest nugget on display. These five nuggets are graded by weight. Now, the largest five. (This list has changed since I first wrote this article in February, 2009.)

5th Largest Nugget

Hand of Faith Nugget: This 54.69 lb. nugget was found in 1980 in Western Australia and is the largest nugget on public display in the world. Using a metal detector, it was found lying in a vertical position just below the surface by Kevin Hillier behind his trailer home. It was sold to the Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino for a $1 million and is now on display at that casino in Las Vegas.

4th Largest Nugget

Newmont’s Normandy Nugget: This 56.18 lb. nugget was found near Kalgoorlie,

Western Australia in 1995. It is currently on display in the Perth Mint in Australia.

3rd Largest Nugget

The Golden Eagle Nugget weighing in at 71 lbs. was found by 16-year-old Jack Larcombe on January 8, 1931 in Larkenville, Western Australia. The nugget required two men to lift it and was given the name due to its resemblance to a bird.

2nd Largest Nugget

The Pepita Canaa Nugget weighing in at 134.06 lbs. was found on September 13, 1983 by miners at the Serra Pelada Mine in the State of Para, Brazil. It currently resides in the Banco Central Museum in Brazil.

1st World’s Largest Nugget

The Welcome Stranger Nugget weighing in at about 158 pounds was found three inches deep in Victoria, Australia in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oats. Since

there were no scales capable of weighing a nugget of this size at the time, it was broken up into three pieces and weighed at a bank. In 1897, an obelisk was erected near the spot where the nugget was discovered. A replica of the nugget is in the City Museum, in Melbourne, Victoria.

Honorable Mention

The Holtermann Nugget was by far the largest single mass of gold ever found: however, it was not a true nugget - it was reef gold, meaning it was composed of other minerals imbedded in the gold. It was found in New South Wales, Australia, in 1872. It weighed about 630 pounds (about 400 pounds of gold when melted). Holtermann was the manager and part owner of the Star of Hope Mine where it was found. The “nugget” was broken up and smelted except for a piece that Holtermann chipped off for a souvenir.

Rollin’ Dough Send us your recipes! To be featured in Rollin’ in the Dough: Send us a recipe, your name, a little about yourself, why you chose that recipe, a little about your cooking style, and of course your phone number in case we have questions. Email gambler@ villagerpublishing.com or mail to 8933 E Union Ave., Suite 230, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. Questions? Call Sharon at 303503-1388. PAGE 8

Hot Cross Buns

2 2/3 ½ 1½ ½ 5½ ¾ ½

packages active dry yeast cup sugar cup mashed potato flakes teaspoons salt teaspoon ground nutmeg cups all-purpose flour cup milk cup butter

About five hours before serving or early in the day: Combine yeast, sugar, potato flakes, salt, nutmeg and 1 ½ cups flour in a bowl. In a saucepan, heat milk, margarine and ¾ cup water until very warm. With mixer at low speed, beat liquid into dry ingredients. At medium speed, beat 2 minutes. Beat in 2 eggs and 1 cup flour. Beat 2 more minutes, and then stir in currants, raisins, orange peel and 2 ½ cups flour. On floured surface, knead dough 10 minutes working in about ¼ cup flour. Place in greased bowl, turning to grease top. Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled, approximately 1 ½ hours.

3 ¾ 1 1 1½ ¾ 2

large eggs cup golden raisins cup dry currants tablespoon grated orange peel cups confectioners’ sugar cup water Tablespoons water

Punch down dough. Divide into 24 pieces, Cover and let rest 15 minutes. Grease 15 ½ by 10 ½ inch roasting pan. Shape dough into balls and place in pan. Cover and let rise 1 hour. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Beat remaining egg and use to brush buns. Bake 25 – 30 minutes until golden. Cool in pan on rack. In bowl, mix confectioners’ sugar with 2 tablespoons water. Spoon icing into decorating bag with a medium writing tube and pipe a cross on each bun, or drizzle icing on buns with a spoon. Makes 24 buns, each bun approximately 230 calories

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Rosemary Fetter This recipe is from our very own Trail’s End writer, Rosemary Fetter. She said, “My father, stepmother and I spent many Easter Sundays with my stepbrother Karl and his wife Dorthea. She was of Danish ancestry and an incredible cook. Among my favorites were her Hot Cross Buns, which I’d never tasted before.” April 4 - 17, 2017

Central City Nuggets $9,000 End of Month Progressive Drawings

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Earn entries starting April 1 - April 29. Drawings will be held every Friday and Saturday starting April 7 from 12 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. One winner will be randomly selected at each drawing. Friday, April, 28 there will be one bonus drawing and the final drawing will be held Sat, April, 29. There will be no drawing on April 15. *See Guest Services for full details.

$3000 April Showers Slot Tournament

Join us Saturday, April 8 from 1-5 p.m. for a free slot tournament. First round is free with an additional entry with 300 base points earned that day. *See Guest Services for full details.

If you earned 2,000 points in the month of March to qualify for our End of Month drawing on April, 25. Ten lucky guests will be called at 7 and 9 p.m. *If progressive is hit the jackpot resets to $1500. See Guest Services for full details.

$3,000 Mid month drawings

If you earn 2000 points in the month of March you qualified for our Mid Month drawing on April 15. Ten lucky guests will be called at 7, 8 and 9 p.m. Guests can play the progressive board for a chance to win $25 -$1,000. See Guest Services for full details.

$1,500 Free roll Blackjack Tournament

Come and try out your blackjack skills at our $1,500 free roll blackjack tournament on Friday, April 21. Registration starts at 5 p.m. Guests must RSVP at the blackjack pit by April 21. See Blackjack Pit for full details.

Winning Wednesday’s

Every Wednesday in April guests can Live in concert participate in a free slot tournament. Reserve Casino Hotel presents Y&T The top 10 high scores of the day will be Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. Purchase paid out in Reserve Play. We also have tickets today at reservecasinohotel. a drawing at 6 p.m. where one lucky com. guest will win $500 in Reserve Play.

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Central City Nuggets 10X Points

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Stop by Johnny Z’s April 11 to pick up your free umbrella! All you need is 50 same day base points, the giveaway will start at 11 a.m. Quantities are limited see Club Z for details.

Get in the Zone!

Featured exclusively at Johnny Z’s in Central City, the Multiplier Zone. Play slots in the Zone and get 10X points all day and night. That’s right, a full 10X points on all of your slot play in the Multiplier Zone! Why settle for less when you can play in the Zone?

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this month for our Silver Tsunami Club earn 50 same day base points. Receive Johnny Z’s Casino is the place for the 60+ days. Just earn 60 base points that your voucher from the promotional kiosk. most points. Every day this month win day and receive one free special of the up to 10X Points, just play our kiosk game! day and a free nonalcoholic soft drink, Prime Rib dinner coffee or tea. Just one more way to win Everyday earn 25 same day base Bahama Mama Tropical at the Z! points and receive your Prime Rib dinner Getaway Drawings for $7.77. Receive your voucher from the Every Wednesday through Sunday Club Z promotional kiosk. from April 2 through June 17 join us for Sign up for a new Club Z card at Johnour $77,000 Bahama Mama Tropical Get- ny Z’s and receive up to $100 in Z-Play the Want to convert your away Drawings from noon- 10 p.m. every same day! See Club Z for complete details. comps to free gas? other hour with an additional drawing at Earn Turbo, Nitro or Flame status and 11 p.m., win up to $500 in Z-Play at each Don’t want to pay for redeem your comps for up to $20 in gas drawing. We will have two winners per each day! Breakfast? drawing hour. Earn entries with every On Mondays and Tuesdays just earn 100 points for that day of play. On June 10 same day base points before 11 a.m. Play and Ride! 17 from 1 p.m. to Midnight every hour we Earn 75 same day base points, redeem and receive a voucher for a free Double will have one drawing winner for $150 in your bus ticket at Club Z and receive $25 Z-Play. Earn entries from April 2-June 17 Down Breakfast and Wednesday through with every 250 points at 9:30 p.m. we will Sunday just earn 20 same day base points in Z-Play. Earn 500 same day base points have one Bahamas Trip for two winners before 11 a.m.! Receive your voucher from and get an additional $5 in Z-Play. the promotional kiosk. and four $500 in Z-Play winners.

Are you 60 years of age or older?

$3.99 prime rib

Get reimbursed for your ATM fees

Z’s within two hours from the time on your receipt. You will receive $5 in Z-Play or $3 Cash back!

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.

Come celebrate your birthday with us

New and existing members play our kiosk game to win free Z-Play.

Hottest table games

Play the Hottest Table Games in Central City at Johnny Z’s Casino every day from 10 a.m. to close! We have all your favorites from Craps, Three Card poker, Double Deck Blackjack, and Buffalo Blackjack! Whether you’re in Central City or Black Hawk win at the Z!

Catch the free shuttle!

The shuttle stops right in front of Join us every Friday this month for our Stop by the Z Stop Gas Station to use Johnny Z’s in Central City. With quick, easy Join us every Monday and Tuesday $3.99 Prime Rib dinner special after you our ATM and bring your receipt to Johnny access to Z Casino in Black Hawk.

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on-the-half-hour! At 10 p.m. we draw seven finalists from our finalist barrel. Six of them will open their envelope to reveal $500 cash, and the seventh is the lucky winner of a 2017 Nissan Altima SR!

Central-city.cnty.com Altima Cool Car Frenzy!

Win a 2017 Nissan Altima SR! Fridays 5-11 p.m, Saturdays 3-11 p.m. and Sundays 12-6 p.m.! Winner drawn every half hour! Win $100-$250, plus Car Finalist entries! $500 winner at 11 p.m. Fri./Sat. and 6 p.m. Sun.! Win drawings every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday in April and May for Cash and InstaPlay prizes, plus finalist Entries to win a 2017 Nissan Altima SR on Memorial Day! Every drawing day, each half hour we draw a guaranteed winner. The winner picks a prize from our Cool Car Frenzy Board, scoring from $100 to $250 with bonus car entries! Stay for a guaranteed $500 cash prize at 11 p.m.! Earned entries are valid through Memorial Day. Sunday, May 28 our drawings will proceed from 3-11 p.m. On Memorial Day, Monday May 29, starting at 3 p.m. we draw for winners of $1,000 cash prizes and 50 finalist entries onthe-hour, and we draw for contestants for our Cool Car Frenzy board to win up to $250

Feature food Tuesday

Play & Eat Free every Tuesday when you earn just 100 base points on your Players’ Club card that day. Our April Feature Free Food is Fried Chicken and Sweet Potato Waffle Fries (or you can choose our Prime Rib or Salad Bar Buffet) available from 11 a.m. every Tuesday!

Tuesday bonus entries!

Central City Nuggets you’ll get an entry for our new monthly Jackpot Party! Let us take and share your picture of your ($1,200 or greater) Jackpot for a bonus entry! April handpaids are invited to the #Winnerszone Party on Tuesday, May 9 from 6-7 p.m. for appetizers and cake, plus your chance to win $500 Cash each hour from 6-8 p.m.! Don’t forget, if you had a handpaid jackpot in March, be here for the next #Winnerszone Party on Tuesday, April 11.

$7.99 prime rib every day!

Earn 5X Entries on Penny Slots and 2X entries with all other machine play on April Tuesdays to win our Friday through Sunday Altima Cool Car Frenzy Drawings to win up to $500 plus finalist entries to win a 2017 Nissan Altima SR on Memorial Day at 10 p.m.!

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.

$7.99 Soup n Salad buffet every day!

New members get up to $20 in day one Insta-Play!

Fill up on healthy choices at our new expanded 35-item Soup N Salad Buffet, just $7.99 from 11 a.m., just by having a player’s card! Soup N Salad buffet also available for $11 with no card. Not to be combined with any other discount or coupon.

#Winnerszone Party at Century

Hit a handpaid jackpot at Century and

Sign up for free at our Player‘s Club for a card and 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

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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! Give us your email address and/or phone number for an even more of an extra bonus!

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 for three random hourly games each Thursday! Players with a Player’s Card can pick up their Bingo card at the Player’s Club one hour before each game.

Miltary 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.

Mail-My-Multipler Monday

Guests who play with their Player’s Card enough to receive our direct mail receive our Automatic Weekly Multiplier up to 5X points! Nothing to redeem, just play with your Player’s card to get your multiplier on Mondays 8 a.m. through 10 p.m.!

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!

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!

2017 NISSAN

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May 29th at 10pm!

Apr. 3rd - May 29th! Fridays 5-11pm, Saturdays 3-11pm, Sundays 12-6pm! May 28th 3-11pm, May 29th 3-10pm!

Winners every half hour! Win up to $250 plus car entries!

Guaranteed $500 ﬁnal daily prize!

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Humor

In like a lion and out like a practical joke

It’s a beautiful long as seasons have spring morning and been around. Spring a coworker shows up weather is Mother at work with a box of Nature’s equivalent doughnuts to celeof pouring a bag of brate. Isn’t that nice! Skittles into a bowl of You take a big bite M&Ms. out of one and disAfter a long cold cover it’s filled. You winter, you walk love filled doughoutside one beautinuts—except when ful morning and say, BY DOROTHY ROSBY they’re filled with “Spring is here.” And drosby@rushmore.com mayonnaise. April the next day, you Fools’! slip on the freezing rain. April Whose idea was it to dedicate Fools’! That’s how spring is. It’s an entire day to practical jokes here! No, it’s not. Yes, it is. No, anyway? There are no other it’s not. March is in like a lion holidays designated specifically and out like a lamb. Then the for bad behavior—except maybe lion comes back and chases the New Year’s Eve. Some blame the lamb around until the lamb goes Romans. Some blame the Celts. into hiding for a few days. Some blame the adoption of the Spring has been making fools Gregorian calendar and the en- of human beings—and lambs— suing change of the New Year. since time began, and humans But I think April Fools’ pranks have followed suit. Luckily, we have been around as long as confine our tricks to one day. April has been around—even as Civilization couldn’t survive an

entire season of mayonnaise in our doughnuts and thumbtacks on our office chairs. I’ve endured a few April Fools’ Day pranks in my life. There was the fake fire alarm that got me out of the shower with the shampoo still in my hair. And there was the false claim that I had a flat tire, which caused me to panic unnecessarily. I retaliated by telling the prankster she had spinach in her teeth. She might have fallen for it too, were it not for the fact that she hadn’t eaten spinach in a good long while. It was the best I could do on short notice. Spring weather has played far worse tricks on me. There are springs I’m forced to use my umbrella and my snow shovel in the same week, and run my air conditioner and my heater on the same day, and eat ice cream

and soup in the same meal. Actually, nothing forces me to do that. I do it of my own free will, and not just in the spring. Many a cool spring morning, I ransack my house looking for a jacket—any jacket—and find none. I finally have to do without. I get to work cold and late, only to find the jacket and three others hanging on the back of my office door, right where I left them yesterday because it was too warm to wear one when I went home. The jokes on me. In the spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Or so said poet Alfred Tennyson. A middle-aged woman’s

fancy lightly turns to thoughts of spring sweaters and cropped pants, which isn’t nearly as poetic. Either way, it all has to wait until the shoveling is done. Despite it all, spring is still my favorite season—except in the fall when fall is my favorite season. And autumn has one big advantage over spring; there’s no October Fools’ Day. (Dorothy Rosby is the author of the humor book, I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch: Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest. Contact drosby@ rushmore.com.)

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Horoscopes ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, take your time on a particular project that requires more than just a cursory glance. Enlist the help of a partner or coworker if you need assistance.

LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Take a few moments to unwind when you can, Leo. It has been a busy time for you and you need to seek respite whenever you can -- even if it’s only for a few minutes.

SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, when someone calls upon you for assistance, jump as quickly as you can. Others know they can count on you to be supportive and quick to support.

TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, if your patience is in short supply, hunker down and try to ride out the week. You can make it through if you keep your eyes on the prize.

VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 Think ahead to later in the week, Virgo. Do you have important plans? Try not to burn the candle at both ends now so you can have more energy down the road.

CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 A situation at home that has been on your mind finally resolves itself, Capricorn. You can breathe a little easier knowing there is one less challenge you have to face.

LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, you may be called upon to take a leadership role or start making more of the tough decisions in a relationship. You have to contribute as much as possible.

AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, with others continually counting on you for answers, you may be hesitant to ask some questions of your own. But speak up, especially if you feel overwhelmed in any way.

SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, even if you cannot see the finish line just yet, realize it is just over the horizon. Your hard work will be well worth the effort.

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ACROSS 1. The Frothy Cup 10. Radha 11. Omit 13. Manini

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sion with the proprietors of the gambling houses, but eventually, Alice was allowed to play cards with the gamblers around the green cloth table. Both Frank and Alice enjoyed their gambling hobby and did fairly well, by all accounts. When Frank was killed in a tragic mining explosion, Alice became a widow, alone and with no support. A bold move in that era, Alice chose to make her living with the gambling skills she had perfected; a make or break move for a female gambler. Reluctant in the beginning, to say the least, Leadville saloons soon saw a boost in business with Alice dealing faro. A petite beauty, with blue eyes as sharp as steel, Alice was soon in high demand, both as a poker player and a dealer, in saloons all over town. A lady gambler running the tables was a first for Leadville, and Alice was certainly a sight for sore eyes to many miners on a Saturday night. Gaining in fame and popularity, Alice left Leadville for the gambling circuit. Gamblers would often move from boom town to boom town, going where the action (and the money) was. In this manner, Alice, nearly always the only female gambler along the circuit, soon acquired the nickname “Poker Alice.” From Alamosa to Pueblo, and from Central City to Georgetown, Alice attracted customers, and thus was welcomed in gambling halls. In short, Poker Alice was good for business. Not all gamblers were taken with the lady gambler. Jack “Lucky” Hardesty sat down for a game of faro. When Alice took a chair at the table, Hardesty loudly voiced his objections to the female card shark. Alice held her own against the verbal assault. Eventually she was dealt a hand with snide

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