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PRESS RELEASE
CONTACT: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Beth Felty 662.357.7993
Natalie Carlson 662.357.7830
HOLLYWOOD CASINO’S POKER ROOM FEATURES
$10,000 FREE ROLL TOURNAMENT –FOURTH IN A SERIES OF FOUR!
(Tunica, MS, September 22, 2003)--Hollywood Casino’s Poker Room features a $10,000 Free
Roll Tournament September 22-November 10, 2003. This is the fourth $10,000 Free Roll tournament in a series of four tournaments that will end with a bonus Christmas Free Roll December 9, 10 and 11, 2003.
To qualify, players must have 50 hours of poker play in any game beginning noon September 22, 2003 and ending at midnight November 10, 2003. Poker players earn $10 in tournament chips for every hour played up to $2,000 or 200 hours played. As a result, the more hours of Poker played, the more tournament chips a player receives to start.
The game is Hold-Em. Limits will increase every twenty minutes. Qualifying rounds will be on Tuesday, November 18, 2003 at 7pm and Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 7pm. Qualifying rounds will end when there are ten players left. A total of twenty players will be in the finals on Thursday, November 20, 2003 at 7pm. Seating for finals will be done by a random draw. Any player that has not reported to their seat for the first hand dealt will be disqualified. On November 12, 2003, players may contact the Poker Room by calling 800-871-0711 and pressing “5” to find out which qualifying day they are scheduled for.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
First Place $2,000
Second Place $1,500
Third Place $1,000
Fourth Place $ 700
Fifth-Tenth Place $ 300
Eleventh-Twentieth Place $ 200
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$10,000 Free Roll-4th
September 22, 2003
There will be ten $100 cash drawings at the end of the finals on November 20, 2003. Players must be present to win. All poker players who qualify for this tournament will qualify for a bonus $10,000 Christmas Free Roll December 9, 10 and 11, 2003.
Hollywood Casino, located 35 minutes from Memphis, TN, has 1,600 exciting slot machines and more than 35 table games in 54,000 square feet of gaming space. Hollywood offers guests a variety of award-winning dining experiences: Fairbanksâ Steakhouse, the Hollywood Dinerâ, Epicâ Buffet and. While visiting Hollywood Casino guests can stay in the luxurious 500-room hotel including 43 luxury suites, enjoy free weekend entertainment at the Safari Bar and golf at the 18-hole Scottish links at River Bend Links golf course.
Penn National Gaming, a major U.S. gaming company, is a leading owner/operator of casinos, racetracks and off-track wagering (OTW) facilities in seven states and Ontario, Canada. With nine gaming facilities, three racetracks and eleven OTW facilities, Penn National Gaming was named three times to the Fortune Magazine’s list of 100 Fastest Growing Companies. Penn National Gaming is a publicly held company, which trades as PENN on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
**Hollywood Casino reserves the right to modify, change or cancel this promotion with the approval of the Mississippi Gaming Commission.
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