Celebrate Wind Creek’s Rebrand With $2M In Prizes

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Written By Kevin Shelly on September 6, 2019

The rebranding of the casino now known as Wind Creek Bethlehem continues with millions in grand opening prizes.

The central giveaways are a $1 million slot sweepstakes drawing set for Oct. 12 at 9 p.m. at the casino, followed by a blackjack tournament with a $500,000 cash prize set for Oct. 19 at 7 p.m.

The former Sand’s Bethlehem property became Wind Creek after it sold earlier in the year to Alabama’s Poarch Band of Creek Indians for $1.3 billion. Wind Creek is the gaming and hospitality arm of the tribe.

Wind Creek slots sweepstakes

The top slots prize in the sweepstakes is awarded as either a 20-year annuity of $500,000 in cash, or $350,000 in cash plus $250,000 in free slot play.

There are also drawings for 24 additional cash winners that will collect between $1,000 and $25,000.

To qualify for the drawing, patrons must earn 500 points through rated slot play during September.

Fridays between 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. offers a chance t automatically qualify. Every hour two winners get a free entry into the prize drawing. Each $5 wagered equals a point.

Players can earn 5x points on Monday.

Activation of entries is between 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 12. Entries are activated by inserting a Rewards Card into any slot machine.

Blackjack tournament offers a $500K prize

To enter the blackjack tournament, you must earn points from rated play. Twenty dollars in theoretical win equals one table point from 6 a.m. Sept. 7 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 4.

Once qualified, you can enter into the week’s Sit and Go Blackjack Tournaments.

The preliminary tourneys are all on Fridays (Sept. 20, 27, or Oct.4). Times are from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. Registration begins at 2 p.m.

Each preliminary tournament offers a $20,000 cash prize and there is a $10,000 cash second prize.

The four top chip-holders from each of the Friday Sit and Go tournaments will move on to the Grand Finale preliminary on Oct. 18 at 9 p.m.

The final is on Saturday, Oct.19 at 7 p.m.

Prizes totaling $750,000, including a $500,000 cash grand prize, are up for grabs.

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Kevin C. Shelly is an award-winning career journalist who has spent most of his career in South Jersey. He’s the former assistant city editor of The Press of Atlantic City, where he covered the casino industry and Atlantic City government as a reporter. He was also an investigative, narrative enterprise, and features reporter for Gannett’s Courier-Post.

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