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Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday season

December 13, 2011

  Holiday dining, promotions at Black Hawk & Central City casinos are bright            Black Hawk Holiday/New Year’s Deals Ameristar Resort Casino 111 Richman St., 720-946-4000,  www.ameristar.com/Black_Hawk.aspx The Ameristar Casino Resort Spa Black Hawk is “spreading some holiday cheer” at its spa. Buy $100 in spa gift certificates and get a [...]

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Gather together at Colorado Casinos this season: Casinos offer tradional Thanksgiving fare, regular menus

November 22, 2011

      Not in the mood to cook, want to get away and do something a little different this Thanksgiving? Then head on up to Black Hawk and Central City for some fabulous food, fun celebrations and great company. Look for the casinos with a turkey beside its name for those serving up Thanksgiving [...]

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Spin 2 Win Online – A chance to win $100,000 cash!

November 8, 2011

Famous Bonanza, Easy Street offer best slot odds, promos galore     By Jeffrey V. Smith

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Have a Ghostly Halloween at Your Favorite Casino

October 25, 2011

Central City, Black Hawk casinos offer Halloween fun By Jeffrey V. Smith Consolidate your Halloween revelry with a visit to Central City and Back Hawk on Halloween and the weekend before. Experience everything from traditional Halloween activities, including ghost walks and costume contests, to gaming-based events and promotions, as well as live music in a [...]

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Colorado Casinos & The Colorado Gambler Celebrate 20 Years

October 11, 2011

Black Hawk: A look back at the beginning of gaming til now Ameristar 111 Richman St. Opened: April 7, 2006 History: Ameristar’s presence in Black Hawk began before the casino took its name. On Dec. 21, 2004, Ameristar Casinos purchased for $115 million the bankrupt Mountain High Casino from Windsor Woodmont Black Hawk Resort Corp. [...]

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Cover Story — Colorado Gambler is the real deal

September 27, 2011

The story of the Colorado Gambler began for us 20 years ago with a plea to save the publication from the publisher at the time, Marty Chernoff. The phone conversation began, “I’ve heard that you’re a good publisher and I want to talk with you about my publication that is about ready to tank.” A [...]

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Changes underway at Fortune Valley Hotel and Casino

September 13, 2011

Changes underway at Fortune Valley Hotel and Casino: New nightclub, other renovations provide distinctive casino experience   By Jeffrey V. Smith Change continues to be the norm at Central City’s Fortune Valley Hotel and Casino, as it debuts its new nightclub and the ongoing renovations that are part of a $20 million makeover of its [...]

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Black Hawk’s newest poker room at The Isle is a winner: Poker room offers all amenities desired by a serious poker player, with a few extras

August 23, 2011

By Jeffrey V. Smith The Isle Casino Hotel Black Hawk hopes its new poker room will become your favorite. The 24-hour facility opened April 12 with 11 tables, exceptionally comfortable chairs and amenities designed to appeal to the serious poker player. The room ultimately sets itself apart from its competition with a high level of [...]

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Streetscape brings big improvements to Central City: Project to be completed early October

August 9, 2011

By Suzanne Paulman Renovations are underway, and all Central City businesses are open & welcome visitors Central City is undergoing an exciting beautification project of Main Street this summer called Streetscape. This is the first major and comprehensive renovation of downtown’s primary street in more than 135 years and Streetscape’s design plans were more than several [...]

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Duck Races help fund local youth programs

July 26, 2011

By Linda Jones The Golden Mardi Gras patio was the happening place in Black Hawk on Saturday, July 16. The casino served a barbeque beside North Clear Creek, the Swine Flu band sang funny tropical lyrics to old favorites, and the Peak to Peak Rotary launched its 8th annual Peak to Creek Duck Race. Yellow [...]

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