Strictly Slots December 2022

SNOQUALMIE CASINO FOR THE WIN! GUEST HITS $1M JACKPOT ON TREAS URES EXPLOSION SLOT MACHINE T hanksgiving weekend will be one to remember for a Snoqualmie Casino Crescent Club member who hit a life-changing progressive jackpot totaling $1,039,633.73 while playing a 5Treasures Explosion slot machine from slot manufacturer Light & Wonder . Casino team members and fellow guests alike helped the guest celebrate the seven-figure pay

out when the lucky guest hit the $1M+ jack pot on a $5.88 bet.Over the past two weeks, players from the states of Texas, Nevada and now Washington have each taken home jackpot win nings of up to $1.1M on the 5 Treasures Explo sion game.

The three big winners took home a combined $700,000 in prizes, with a half-million going to the first-place finisher.

CRUISING FOR A JACKPOT V acations on the high seas recently had the opportunity to get in the action in Carnival Cruise Line’s largest-ever slot tournament.The Carnival $1 Million SlotTournament was a hit in November with 100 prizes up for grabs, including a top prize of $500,000 for first-place winner. More than 1,600 players took part, also making the event Carnival’s largest casino tournament event. An awards ceremony concluded the week-long competition. Heather Raub took home the grand prize of $500,000 with Jeffrey Moore finishing runner-up for $150,000 and Mark Dobrowski taking third for $50,000. “It’s fitting that the biggest casino event in our company’s history coincides with our 50th birthday,” Carnival Vice President of Casino and Performance Marketing Jonathan Lask said.“Seeing firsthand the enthusiasm for the $1M Slot Tournament from our guests,I’m looking forward to us building on this with similar events.” Carnival is now planning more tournaments, including two additional million dollar slot competitions over the next two years. Next year’s event takes place

5Treasures Explosion offers players free-spin opportunities and popular Light & Wonder bonus features to enhance the highly animated slot play experience. Snoqualmie Casino, known as Seattle’s closest casino, is less than 30 minutes from downtown, offers a variety of table games, one of the region’s only cigar lounges, national entertainment, fine dining andWashington state’s first sportsbook and mobile sports wagering app. Targeting early 2025, Snoqualmie Casino is also expanding to add a new 210-room luxury hotel, an additional 11,000 square feet of gaming floor space, an immersive full service spa, fitness center and indoor pool with outdoor deck, an expansive 2,000-seat entertainment and convention center, a new onsite parking structure, and two brand-new restaurants.

on Carnival Celebration , departing Miami on Oct. 29, 2023.The tournament returns the following spring and will be held on the new Excel-class ship, Carnival Jubilee , departing Galveston,TX, on May 18, 2024.

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