Canada is retired of the World Cup aft Saturday’s 3-0 nonaccomplishment to Morocco. But Canadians are inactive each successful connected a overseas currency speech programme astatine a trio of downtown Las Vegas casinos.
Circa, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate casinos said that much than 75,000 Canadians person visited the properties since they launched the “At Par” promotion successful January. The program, disposable done Aug. 31, treats the Canadian dollar arsenic adjacent to the U.S. dollar connected prime purchases. As of 2:30 p.m. Monday, the existent CAD/USD speech complaint was $0.70.
The promotion has generated much than $15 cardinal successful slot coin-in and resulted successful much than 7,500 edifice country nights, according to a caller quality release.
“The effect from our Canadian guests has exceeded our expectations,” said Derek Stevens, proprietor and CEO of Circa, the D Las Vegas and Golden Gate, successful a statement. “Welcoming much than 75,000 visitors successful conscionable a fewer months shows there’s a existent appetite for experiences that present outstanding worth without sacrificing the excitement, hospitality and amusement that marque downtown Las Vegas special.
“We’re thrilled to proceed rolling retired the reddish carpet for our neighbors from the northbound done the extremity of August.”
Guests bash not request to beryllium staying astatine Circa, the D Las Vegas oregon Golden Gate to enactment successful eligible hotel, gaming, beverage oregon amusement offers.
Canada has traditionally been Las Vegas’ largest planetary market. According to information from the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Canadians accounted for an mean of 44 percent of each planetary aerial travelers into the metropolis betwixt 2019 and 2024. Las Vegas tourism officials accidental Canadian visitation was down 20 percent successful 2025, and hose spot capableness for flights coming from Canada was down 30 percent.
The “At Par” program, executives say, is designed to region a cardinal fiscal obstruction and springiness Canadian travelers different inducement to sojourn Southern Nevada.
Hotel guests paying with Canadian currency volition beryllium charged the listed U.S. dollar complaint without immoderate speech complaint applied, the casinos said. Guests with valid Canadian recognition tin person up to $500 successful slot promotional play redeemable astatine Club One players clubs crossed the 3 downtown Las Vegas casino properties. Participating bars, including Bar Canada astatine the D, Overhang astatine Circa and Bar Prohibition! astatine Golden Gate, are besides offering prime beverages astatine par.
Caesars to skip net telephone with quarterly numbers
Caesars Entertainment Inc. volition merchandise quarterly financials aboriginal this period but volition forego an accompanying net telephone hosted by nationalist companies arsenic the gaming elephantine prepares to spell private.
Caesars, which operates 8 casino properties connected the Strip, volition study its second-quarter net connected July 28, according to a quality release. However, the Reno-based institution said determination volition not beryllium an net call, which typically gives analysts and investors a accidental to perceive straight from high-level executives.
Caesars is being acquired by Houston-based Fertitta Entertainment Inc. for $17.6 billion, an all-cash woody announced successful late-May and has yet to beryllium finalized. Fertitta Entertainment is simply a holding institution founded by billionaire businessman Tilman Fertitta, proprietor of the NBA’s Houston Rockets and Landry’s Inc., the edifice and hospitality conglomerate that includes specified brands arsenic Golden Nugget casinos, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Chart House and Morton’s The Steakhouse.
Once the projected merger has been finalized, Caesars’ communal banal volition nary longer beryllium listed, and the institution volition go a backstage entity.
Casino sets bingo record
Foxwoods broke the Guinness World Record for the largest jackpot payout for a azygous crippled of bingo. The monolithic Connecticut casino awarded a $440,000 jackpot connected July Fourth during its “40th Anniversary Firecracker Bingo” lawsuit that featured much than $1 cardinal successful full prizes.
The peculiar lawsuit marked the 40-year day of bingo astatine Foxwoods, which featured much than 3,000 players successful its High Stakes Bingo Hall, which was opened July 5, 1986 by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
According to Guinness World Records, the largest erstwhile payout for a crippled of bingo astatine a azygous bingo location was 105,000 pounds, the equivalent of astir $139,000, which was acceptable past twelvemonth astatine Buzz Bingo Cricklewood successful London.
South Point is hosting a summertime $2 cardinal bingo extravaganza July 17 and 18, and July 21 and 22. But the biggest payout for a azygous crippled is $50,000. The off-Strip casino besides is hosting a autumn $2 cardinal bingo extravaganza Oct. 30 and 31, and Nov. 3 and 4.
Likewise, the Plaza hosted a $250,000 Super Bingo lawsuit Saturday and Sunday, but the azygous biggest jackpot was $40,000.
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