Blue Chip Casino Awards Second Largest Jackpot in Company's History; Gaming Commission Releases April Revenue Data.MICHIGAN CITY Michigan City, city (1990 pop. 33,822), La Porte co., NW Ind., on Lake Michigan; inc. 1836. Michigan City produces machinery, consumer articles, kitchen and transportation equipment, concrete and wire products, chemicals, apparel, and cast iron boilers. , Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 1999-- Blue Chip Casino executives are proud to announce that Marie Burke of Elkhart, Ind. recently won the second largest jackpot in the casino's history. On Saturday, May 15, Burke was dealt a royal flush royal flush best possible hand in poker; one-suited hand from ten to ace. [Cards: Brewer Dictionary, 940] See : Perfection while playing Caribbean Stud(TM) Poker and won more than $335,000. Coincidentally co·in·ci·den·tal adj. 1. Occurring as or resulting from coincidence. 2. Happening or existing at the same time. co·in , Burke hit her jackpot just a little more than a year after Blue Chip Casino awarded Indiana's largest single Caribbean Stud(TM) Poker jackpot of $565,000 in April 1998. One day after Burke's $335,000 jackpot, another Blue Chip Casino guest won at the casino's Caribbean Stud Poker | Caribbean stud poker is a casino table game with rules similar to five card stud poker. However, unlike standard poker games, Caribbean stud is played against the house rather than against other players (and, like most such games, it cannot be beaten in the long run). tables. James Kalafat of Lakeville, Ind. won a $29,000 jackpot Sunday afternoon. "We're very happy for Ms. Burke and Mr. Kalafat. Caribbean Stud Poker is an exciting game," said Peter Barounes, Blue Chip's director of Table Games. "It is unique since by betting one extra dollar, you become eligible to win the progressive jackpot A progressive jackpot is a jackpot (highest payoff) for a gaming machine (usually a slot machine or video poker machine) where the value of the jackpot increases a small amount for every game played. ." Blue Chip has four Caribbean Stud Poker tables with limits varying from a minimum bet of $5 to a maximum bet of $100. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Barounes, Blue Chip's current Caribbean Stud jackpot is more than $25,000. Note to Editor: According to recent data released by the Indiana Gaming Commission, Blue Chip's table games experienced a drop of $13,103,000 with revenue of $2,593,000 in April 1999. Slot machines recorded a coin-in amount of $191,757,000 generating $11,710,000 in revenue, with total gaming revenue for April being $14,303,000. In addition, Commission data reports Blue Chip Casino welcomed more than 166,000 guests during April. |
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