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Treasure Island Casino

Treasure Island Casino

Treasure Island Casino is a Caribbean-themed gaming areas with 2,500 high tech slot machines. Treasure Island Casino also features around 44 blackjack tables, video poker, video keno and bingo. All you want to play is at Treasure Island Casino 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. Denominations for the games range from 2 cents to 25 dollars. The progressive jackpot game has an opening of $250,000. Treasure Island Casino has garnered several accolades from the public. Midwest Gaming and Travel Reader Poll voted Treasure Island Casino for the Best Selection of Slots, Best Video Poker and Best Overall Bingo Hall.

At Treasure Island Casino, the game of blackjack demands that the dealer must stand on 17 and draw to 16 or less. When both player and dealer arrive at the same total, the hand is considered a “push”, no one wins a price. Jacks, Queens and Kings have a value of ten each. The rest of the cards have a face value. Aces can be one or eleven depending on the value you want to assign to them. Treasure Island Casino allows you to have fun alone or with your friends by trying bingo. Bingo at Treasure Island Casino is played just like in any other place, with a price attached on designated number or symbols on the card.

Treasure Island Casino has an Island Passport club that lets you play and win in more ways. Membership to Treasure Island casino is free. Members play the games they want and points will accumulate which corresponds to a prize, cash or merchandise.
Membership to Treasure Island Casino allows you access to all casinos, restaurants and showrooms. Members who celebrated their birthday can drop by during the birthday month and will receive 500 Passport Club points. You’ll be provided with a Island Passport Club card of Treasure Island Casino
if you present a valid ID.

To become a member of Treasure Island Casino, one needs to abide by the policies of both Treasure Island Casino and Prairie Island Indian Community. Membership to Treasure Island Casino is non-transferable and for players 18 years and above. Treasure Island Casino lest you earn points for the Island Passport Club Points if you play slot machines. Island Passport Club “comp” dollars can be earned while playing blackjack. Membership is inactive if the card is not used for 12 months or more. The abovementioned rules are just a few of the rules imposed by Treasure Island Casino to its Island Passport Club members.

Las Vegas Hotel Casino

Las Vegas Hotel Casino

The United States gaming industry began in Nevada. As a matter of fact, Nevada had a monopoly to legal casino gaming for almost 50 years. Nevada casinos generated a casino “win” in 1995 of $7.36 billion and makes up more than a half of the state’s revenues.

Las Vegas Hotel Casino is a very popular attraction in Nevada. Las Vegas Hotel Casino has generated a massive and phenomenal tourist industry. Every year millions of people from the United States and around the globe flock to famous Las Vegas Hotel Casinos to indulge in casino gaming. Millions of jobs have been created, directly or indirectly, related to the Las Vegas Hotel Casino industry. To say that Las Vegas Hotel Casino spurs economic activity and growth is an understatement. The contribution of Las Vegas Hotel Casino industry spans beyond the economy. It is the heart of Nevada. It is the very reason why all the other industries exist. Without the Las Vegas Hotel Casino, Nevada wouldn’t be known for what it is today, ‘The Entertainment capital of the World’. The Las Vegas Hotel Casino located particularly in the Las Vegas Strip is considered as the most exciting hotel-casino joints in the world.

Las Vegas Hotel Casino came out to be because of the efforts of several gallant men though the years. Gambling is legal in the state of Nevada – the first state to do so.
A number of hotels and casinos operate in Las Vegas. The most popular and posh hotel-casinos are found in the Las Vegas Hotel Casino strip. Among those Las Vegas Hotel Casino that stands out is: Aladdin Resort and Casino, Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Caesar’s Palace, Flamingo Las Vegas, La Vegas Hilton, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, Mirage Hotel and Casino, Monte Carlo Resort and Casino, New York New York Hotel and Casino, Palms Resort Casino and many others.

Las Vegas Hotel Casinos have plans to venture to internet casinos because of the popularity online casinos are gaining these days. The Gaming Control Board was given the authority to decide on the matter which is currently pending. A tax of 6.25% was levied on real Las Vegas Hotel Casinos including a fee of $1 million for two years. Recently Las Vegas Hotel Casinos introduced keno-lottery games that feature progressive jackpots to counter the popular lottery games. Las Vegas Hotel Casinos are allowed now to open private salons for high stakes players. Kiddie-themed slots in Las Vegas Hotel Casino have been subject to regulations by the Board. The first restriction to a kiddie-themed slot has been passed to IGT’s “Addams Family” slots. Las Vegas Hotel Casinos are required to pay slot jackpots even in cases of machine malfunctions. Las Vegas Hotel Casinos are also allowed to bet on local sports teams. Nevada Gaming Commission now has new “restricted licenses” which requires 15 slot machines maximum to convenience stores, bars, drugstores and supermarkets. The gross-gaming tax levied on the largest Las Vegas Hotel Casinos is the lowest tax rate in the country.

Chile, The Ultimate Adventure

I’ve written a great deal on Chile but I’ve for the most part concentrated on Santiago and the major outlying areas. In this article I’ll concentrate more on the beach and coastal areas.
I frequent these areas just about every single weekend and had, for a time, planned on building my cottage near the coastal areas. I can say there’s still a great deal of readily available land for purchase in the coastal areas also.
Prices for a lot range about $3500 to $7500, depending on the size and locations desired. In my ebook on Chile, I have specified some websites you can go to look at that have photos of available land lots and surrounding areas. These areas are very attractive and rustic. The kind of places, where a small cabin would make one feel so cozy and at home in the environment.
The coastal areas of Chile have a lot to offer anyone who is thinking of living there. The most popular area or city is Viña Del Mar. It’s the most popular beach or coastal town due to the fact that, it has a casino, which makes it the central focal point. People travel for miles around to go to the casino and this is where the Chilean elite and well to do play. It’s very common to run into local tv personalities at the casino and Saturday’s are the best for casino action. The casino hotel itself almost rivals the MGM in Las Vegas, in terms of luxury.
If you’re not a gambler that’s ok also, because Viña Del Mar has a wealth of shops, restaurants and waterfront activity for any and all to enjoy. Right next door to the casino is a large city park where you can rent scooters, bicycles and more for the kids, if you’re looking for a bit of romance, then try a “Victoria”, which is a horse drawn carriage ride around the city center.
Right behind the casino is the carriage stand, where you and your loved one can take a slow ride down one of the side streets that is parallel with the ocean. You can ride and see the waves and the sunset.
Going into the main part of downtown Viña, you will find tons of street vendors selling anything from oil on canvas paintings of seascapes, to handcrafted leather items and more. There’s much to see and do and there are more small curio shops then I’ve ever seen in my life in Viña. If you’re looking to collect unique and rare items, this would be the place to start.
Now as far as accommodations, the cheapest places are called “residenciales”. These are old family houses where you can rent a room for a very low price, you won’t find luxury but it’s cheap and clean. One of the best places can be found at:
Residencial Blanchait
Avenida Valparaiso 82-A
Viña Del Mar
Singles USD 20.00 – 25.00
There’s fine dining in Viña but if you want something fast and simple there are tons of cafes and fast food type of restaurants. Fine dining is great but this city is one with people on the move who don’t always want to take the time to enjoy a fine cuisine. Everybody’s coming and going at all times of day and night. The city is not as lit up as Las Vegas but believe me when I say it has the same feel, the same energy and the same excitement.
During the month of February, the Viña Del Mar International Song Festival has been held each year since 1970, lasting all of six days. The venue for this major event is the Quinta Vergara amphitheatre, and it’s organized in three parts: the first is the international competition, which traditionally has around ten countries taking part; then there is the folk section, with performers coming from all over Chile; and finally the international show, sprinkled with international stars, and the ever-hopefuls who wish to win over the demanding audience, and let me tell you, Chilean crowds are very tough to please when it comes to entertainment.
Many american cruise ships are starting to make regular stops now in Viña Del Mar which is quickly making it a very international city. One of my other favorite cities is Valparaiso. Valparaiso is only ten minutes by car from Viña Del Mar and it’s considered a historic city. This city has the same protection as that of Prague; nothing in this town can be changed. It all must be preserved exactly as is.
Valparaiso is more or less a historical monument, the whole city! It’s very old but this is its charm and character. A real treat in Valparaiso, is a ride on an ascensore. The city of Valparaiso has been called “The Vertical City” because it was built on large hills, and so the city is truly divided. The shops and stores are in the lower part of the city but the residential living is in the hilltop areas, and to get from the hills to the lower part of the city you can take an ascensore.
That is, basically a large elevator car that takes you from the upper to the lower part of the city and vice versa. It’s only a couple hundred pesos for the ride but it’s a thrill you’ll always remember and cherish. The ascensores where first built and put into use sometime in 1883 and then there were over 83 working units throughout the city giving the townspeople access to the lower parts of the city.
Now there are only 15 working units left. It’s amazing to see these little boxes going up and down tracks built into the sides of hills. They work just like old time elevators in that they use a counterweight system to provide the lift. It’s highly suggested if you plan on coming to Chile you make this one of the things you want to experience.
If you want more info on them you may want to get your hands on my eMag, that’s free at my website. Valparaiso has always reminded me of a European city, due to its architecture and styling. Narrow, cramped cobble stoned streets, give a definite air of old world European charm.
It has always reminded me of Paris, and once you’ve walked down the streets you’ll feel the European influence too, even some of the street names are French. There are several good cafes that are French in name also. One place I can recommend for cozy eating with Euro flair is the Le Filou De Montpellier Café. Stop by and get a sandwich and a cup of tea, you’ll be glad you did.
There’s also Casa Museo, the museum for Pablo Neruda, a great Chilean writer. This is definitely a cultural event and worth seeing. The Brighton Hotel is a great place to stay that also has a lounge with lots of excitement! There are all types of places to find action in Valparaiso.
Just try to get here before June which is the rainiest month for this area, and when it rains it truly pours!
So now comes the big question; is this a good place to potentially live in? The answer is yes it is. Rents are cheap here and that‘s because there are no modern buildings here, remember Valparaiso is a historical city, so there’s no new building going on.
Do keep in mind though; it’s a bohemian lifestyle here in the real sense of the word.
The apartment buildings are old and Chile is a country that is only interested in what’s new and seemingly modern. Most do not wish to live in an older building, as I’ve said in my previous writings. Landlords find it difficult to rent older buildings out. This is why rents are so low here but this is not the case in all places. No, in some parts of the city the rent is high, because you’re living near the ocean. Overall, for the right person, this can be an ideal situation though.
There’s very little work in Valparaiso. Most work in Santiago and commute everyday. It’s just a little over an hour from Santiago to Valparaiso and Viña Del Mar and for many this is the only way to make a living. But due to the fact that cruise ships are making regular stops here and the casino is the big draw, I suspect a persona can make a great living teaching casino personnel English.
There are also smaller areas that are all along the coast, that make great hideaways, and places to live. If you have a car, I’d say take a drive down the coastal highway to Con Con (pronounced, Cone Cone). This is a great coastal town. Sleepy, rustic but with real spirit, several hundred apartment complexes line the ocean with the only thing separating them from the sand is the two lane highway.
Don’t be alarmed if you happen to see so many Greek styled apartments in this area. That’s normal. Remember what I said about Santiago being an eclectic and diverse city? The same is true for the coastal areas also. You’ll swear that you’re taking a drive in Greece when you see the stylings and the color schemes of the apartments and that’s one of the things that make Con Con so interesting. It almost seems to be a misplaced city.
Whether you’re going to this area or coming back from it you will pass Edelweiss. It’s a Swiss restaurant that has a breathtaking view of the ocean and nearby cliffs. Stop and soak up more Euro styled culture at this great restaurant and have a piece of cake and coffee. Check out the menu for other traditional Swiss and German dishes. The best time to go is around 4pm, any later than that and you risk running into the early evening crowd. Just look for the large Swiss flag and you’ll know you’re there.
Ah yes, you’re wondering now, what’s the average rent for a place in Con Con right? Well it averages around $375 give or take, depending again on how new or old the building is. Always expect to pay more if the building is newer and as I have said in my past writings, you don’t want a newer building.
Here in Chile, the newer apartment buildings do look all modern and such but they are oh so small space-wise. The older buildings have way more character and are alot more spacious in size. Again, go to my website and download a free copy of Global Living and check out the pictorial on Valparaiso and you’ll see what I’m talking about.
My only complaint, and the reason why in the end I chose to start building my cabin elsewhere, is that the airport is very far from the Valparaiso-Viña Del Mar area. From the airport, these areas are almost two hours away. So I thought to myself, if I arrive from traveling and have been on a plane for ten hours, I don’t want to spend an additional two hours in a car just to get home.
So I ruled out building near the beach and coastal areas but I love them so much that I spend just about every weekend in these areas. My friends like to go to gamble at the casino (they’re gambling addicts, but that’s another story in itself) but I like to explore and look around or find a good place to eat.
If you love photography, then these areas are a photographers dream! Even if you’re not a great photographer, take lots of pictures anyway! You’ll be glad later you did. There’s no way you can come to any of these towns and not leave with a good feeling. I personally, doubt one can come here and not entertain the idea of moving and living there.
Don’t think for a moment you can’t live and make it in any one of these cities or places, because chances are with a bit of resourcefulness you can. There’s nothing like staring out over the cities from a hilltop and enjoying the lights and the sound of the waves hitting the shores.
It’s then that you’ll realize, just as I did, there’s so much the world has to offer, and that there’s a place for everyone. You just have to find your place and make it your home. Who knows, maybe the beach areas of Chile will one day become your new home.

Niagara Falls Casino

Niagara Falls Casino

Niagara Falls Casino opened it doors to the public on December 9, 1996. Niagara Falls Casino is found in the city of Niagara Falls in the Niagara region of Canada. It is directly across the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, Canada. Hence, the name Niagara Falls Casino. It is close to the Victoria St. and Clifton Hill. Both places offer a number of tourist attractions, nightlife, restaurants and accommodations for the visitors. Niagara Falls Casino is a few minutes away from Planet Hollywood. As a matter of fact, it is just a short stroll away.

Niagara Falls Casino, for years, has tried to live up to its corporate and community mandates. Niagara Falls Casino earned a phenomenal $1.3 billion in gross sales for the Province of Ontario per year. Even before Niagara Falls Casino was completed, some 9,000 much-needed jobs directly and indirectly were created in Ontario due to Niagara Falls Casino. Niagara Falls Casino clearly helps spur economic activity in the region and provide numerous benefits for the citizens.

Niagara Falls Casino has a total of 100,000 square feet of live gaming action. There are more than 2,400 slot machines available in the casino. Added to this, are the 79 table games, four distinguished restaurants and eight bars. Niagara Falls Casino allows you a number of gaming choices. For those who are new to the casino games, they can bet at low stakes tables or casino slot machines. For high-rollers, they have slot machines and gaming tables that allow you to bet higher stakes. Niagara Falls Casino is opened 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and 365 days a year. If you need a place to stay, there are a number of accommodations are found within the premises of the casino. The casino itself does not provide on-site accommodations. Those who have physical disabilities are housed in properly equipped shuttles at the Park & Ride lots. Niagara Falls Casino has no formal dress code to get inside the gaming premises. But Niagara Falls Casino requires gamers to be at least 19 years old and above in order to be admitted to the gaming area. You need to furnish a government photo ID before you can enter the building. Rate used at the casino is equal to the local chartered bank buy/sell daily rates. Alcoholic beverages are served but these are not offered complimentary to patrons. However, non-alcoholic beverages are available for patrons such as soft drinks and juice. Legal age for consuming alcohol in Ontario is 19 years old. Smoking at the Niagara Falls Casino is allowed on all levels except for level 2 which is a smoke-free zone.

Niagara Falls Casino is a wonderful way to spend your vacation and experience casino gaming. With the Niagara Falls serving as a natural backdrop, Niagara Falls Casino is truly both relaxing and fun way to spend your time. At Niagara Falls Casino you can be sure that you are provided with memorable and the best gaming experience there is.

Biggest Slots Jackpots – How they grow and how you can win them!

A brief History of Progressive Slots

In the beginning there were no such thing as progressive slots; they only became possible in the early 1980’s when microchips were added to slots machines. Even then it wasn’t until March of 1986 that the first multi site linked progressive slot machines were introduced by the slot machine manufacturer IGT.

Having the same jackpot being fed from a number of different machines (which are often spread across a number of different casinos) means these progressive jackpots can quickly grow to be very large indeed. I have heard of casinos in Las Vegas where slots players have won over $8 million in a single win on a progressive jackpot.

How Progressive Jackpots Work

Progressive Jackpots grow by skimming an amount of money from each and every bet; this means that their payout rate on normal wins (non jackpot wins) is lower than that of a regular slots machine. However if you take the progressive jackpot into account the payout would be the same.

For example if you were playing at a Las Vegas casino on a linked progressive slots machine with a fixed $5 bet per spin. Your money could be divided as follows, 25 cents adds to the progressive jackpot, $1.25 goes to the casino and the remaining $3.50 is paid out in non jackpot wins. If however you were playing a non progressive slots game at that same casino it is likely that your money would be divided as follows. $1.25 to the casino and $3.75 paid out on wins.

The example above assumes the casino has a 75% payout rate, in reality slots at land based casinos typically have payout rates ranging from 70% up to 87%. This is in stark contrast to the online casinos which typically have payout rates from 89% up to as much as 99.5%!

So at a typical online casino with a 95% pay out rate the money you pay in for a $5 per spin online progressive jackpot slots would be divided up something like this. $0.25 for the online casino, $0.25 added to the progressive jackpot and the remaining $4.50 is paid out in non jackpot winnings.

Given these statistics it is not hard to see why many hard core slots players are now playing online from their computers.

Online Progressive Jackpot games

So apart from the free drinks playing online sounds more favourable as a player (in that you should win more). However I have already said how large jackpots can be at land based casinos so your next question is no doubt going to be just how large are progressive jackpots at online casinos? The answer to that is that they are growing all the time, the current record is $1.76 million and interestingly the exact same slot machine that paid that out in December 2005 currently has a Jackpot of over $3.6 Million and still rising! The slots game in question is millionaires club progressive jackpot slot and when this jackpot is eventually won it is going to set a new record for being the highest progressive slots jackpot of any online casino to date.

I have no doubt that even after that has been won a new record will be set within a space of less than a year, the rate at which progressive jackpots online are growing is amazing, only a couple of years ago a jackpot of a little over $1 million held the record. It is my opinion that sometime within the next couple of years the highest jackpots will be being paid out from the online casinos.

So how do you pick a winner?

Choosing which progressive jackpot to play is really not all that complicated. Once you know what the progressive jackpot starts at, what its highest payout was and what its average payout amount is. There are a number of slots sites that give you this information including any of the progressive jackpot reviews at slotsjam.com.

Obviously once the jackpot in question is higher than it’s historical average the chances of it paying out are greatly increased, and if it goes higher than its previous highest payout your chances are further increased again. So if you are chasing the biggest jackpots don’t play the games just after the jackpot has been won instead wait until after that games historical average payout has been passed for the best chance of winning big.

An Orlando Jewel

After I had received a general overview of the history of the Orlando area in the Orange County Regional History Center, I wanted to delve a little deeper into the social history of the Orlando area, and the Wells Built Museum of African American History and Culture was going to give me a more in-depth look into Orlando’s African American history.
To this day this area west of I-4 is primarily inhabited by African Americans and the difference in housing and facilities between this area and the downtown area is quite notable. As a matter of fact, the very name “Division Street” points to a distinct historical line of demarcation between black and white residential areas.
The origins of the Wells Built Museum date back to a prominent local African physician by the name of Dr. William Monroe Wells who started building the Well’s Built Hotel in 1926 to provide lodging to African Americans during an era of segregation when accommodations were not available to them in other areas of Central Florida.
Next door to the Wells’ Built was once the South Street Casino, a performance hall, which featured musicians that traveled the ‘Chitlin Circuit’ performing for audiences all over the country. The hotel opened with three storefronts on the first floor and hotel rooms on the second floor.
Dr. William Monroe Wells was one of Orlando’s first black physicians and came to the area in 1917. Born in Ft. Gaines, Georgia, in 1889, Dr. Wells completed his medical training at Meharry Medical College. During part of WWII, Dr. William Monroe Wells was the only African American physician in Orlando.
During segregation, white physicians did not treat African American patients. African American doctors, therefore, earned their money from people of their own race. He worked very hard to serve the growing African American population in Orlando. With the help of his assistant, Mrs. Josie Belle Jackson, Dr. Wells is known to have delivered over 5,000 babies in Orlando.
He treated patients who suffered from pneumonia, influenza, scarlet fever and other serious illnesses before drugs like penicillin were introduced. Many of Dr. Wells’ patients were extremely poor. He treated their illnesses though they many times could not afford to pay his fee. This allowed them to speak forcefully against poor conditions that existed in the African American community without fear of losing their livelihood.
Although African Americans were taxpayers like other residents of Orlando, they did not have access to recreational facilities, good schools, police protection, health care and other services that were provided to white citizens. This led him to build the South Street Casino and the hotel next door.
Dr. Wells booked bands and other big name entertainers to perform at the South Street Casino. Many famous performers that we know today played at South Street Casino within the Chitlin Circuit. A few examples of these performers are:
– Ray Charles
– B.B. King
– Louis Armstrong
– Guitar Slim
– Bo Diddley
African Americans came from all over the surrounding areas to Orlando to shop and take in performances of popular musicians at the South Street Casino. After the performances at the casino, the artists checked in at the historic Wells’ Built Hotel. In its heyday, the Wells’ Built provided lodging for clientele such as Pegleg Bates, Ella Fitzgerald, Roy Campenella, Thurgood Marshall, and Jackie Robinson. The entertainers and athletes who frequented this establishment made it one of the most popular venues for African Americans in the South.
Today the museum features over 6,000 square feet of display space. It retains the original hotel facade, a guestroom featuring authentic furniture, beading and decorations of the 1930’s, and also bears an original interior wall reflecting important architectural elements and designs unique to the period. Exhibition material collected for display include: official hotel documents, an original Negro League baseball jersey, photographs, artifacts, books, multi-media exhibits, slave records and other items of historic significance.
Dr. Well’s home has been moved to the site of the Casino and will be restored and opened to the public. The Well’s Built Museum of African American Culture and History is located just west of I-4 near Church Street at 511 West South Street, Orlando 32801, tel. (407) 245-7535.