Hard Rock players can vie for ‘holiday relief’ in slot tournament

Earn 50 points ($50 coin-in) at the Hard Rock Hotel on Saturday and receive an entry into that day's Holiday Relief Slot Tournament. Prizes include $500-$2,000 in cash and 80 32-inch Sony LCD TVs. Players receive additional entries with every 100 points, and there is no limit to the number of entries earned. There are four main sessions: 10 a.m.-noon, noon-2 p.m., 2 p.m.-4 p.m. and 4 p.m.-6 p.m.

Every evening through Thursday, the Palms is drawing for six prizes including $100-$350 in free slot play and $1,000-$2,500 in cash. All drawings take place at 7 p.m., and entries can be earned over the previous 24 hours (6:46 p.m.-6:45 p.m.). Players must activate their entries (by swiping their card at a kiosk) and be present at the drawings to win.

Are you one of the "Mystery 500"? This Sunday, the Gold Coast will load $500 of free slot play into 500 accounts, but you have to visit the casino and insert your card into a machine to find out if you are one of them.

Through Wednesday, Green Valley Ranch guests can earn points for a variety of holiday gifts including Christmas ornaments, blankets and holiday edibles.

It's gift card month at the El Cortez. Players hitting a $200 jackpot on slots or a $300 jackpot on video poker receive their choice of free gift cards from Walgreens, Smith's, Walmart, Shell or Chevron plus an entry into the weekly Saturday night 40-inch LCD HDTV giveaway and $2,000 cash prize drawing. 

The Cannery has opened a non-smoking slot parlor in North Las Vegas, equipped with 100 slot and video poker machines in various denominations.

Bonus Point Days: Bighorn (Big Shot Club): 2x every Friday, Saturday and Sunday; Cannery (C.A.N Club): 5x Mondays; Casino Royale (Club Royale): 2x 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 8-11 p.m., 3x 7-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.; Eastside Cannery (C.A.N. Club): 4x Sundays, 5x Dec. 24; El Cortez (Club Cortez): 3x Sunday and Monday 5 p.m.-midnight; Eldorado (Prime Rewards): 9x penny slots Tuesdays and Wednesdays; Ellis Island (Passport Players Club): 6x Sundays and Tuesdays, 5x Mondays and Fridays, 10x 3 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturdays (some machines excluded); Gold Coast (B Connected): 9x reels only Thursday, 11x reels Dec. 31 (3 p.m. - 3 a.m.), Young at Heart 50-plus 7x reels Mondays; Hacienda (Club Matador): 2x Mondays-Thursdays; Hard Rock (RockStar Club): 5x slots Thursdays; Jerry's Nugget (More Club): 3x video poker/5x slots today, Saturday and Dec. 24, 10x slots Dec. 31 10 p.m.-midnight, 11x slots Jan. 1; Jokers Wild (Prime Rewards): 9x penny slots Tuesdays and Wednesdays; Longhorn (Big Shot Club): 2x every Friday, Saturday and Sunday; Opera House (Slot Club): 3x Fridays; Orleans (B Connected): Young at Heart (50-plus) 5x 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays; Railroad Pass (Players Junction): 2x Mondays, 3x Tuesdays; Rampart (Club Rampart): 2x Wednesdays; Sam's Town (B Connected): Young at Heart (50-plus) 7x reels/5x video poker Thursdays; Santa Fe Station (Boarding Pass): 7x reels/slots every Saturday; Silverton (Discovery Card): 2x (reels-only) every day, 3x Fridays, Silver Nugget (Slot Club): 3x Fridays; South Point (The Club): 2x video poker/5x slots Wednesday and Dec. 25; Suncoast (B Connected): 10x Dec. 31; 8x reels/4x video poker Dec. 25-30, Young at Heart (50-plus) 9x slots/7x video poker Tuesdays and Thursdays; Station Casinos (Boarding Pass): 5x for seniors (50-plus) Wednesdays at all Stations and Fiestas; Terrible's (Players Club): 5x Thursdays (some machines excluded), 10x slots-only Sundays; Texas Station (Boarding Pass): 5x reels 3x video poker midnight-6 a.m. Mondays-Thursdays; Tuscany (Players Club): 10x Fridays-Sundays. (Some machines excluded.)

The Player's Edge appears Fridays in Neon. E-mail Jeffrey Compton and Bob Dancer at jeffrey.compton@ compdance. com.