Four Winds Casino Resort: News

Four Winds Casino Resort W Club members can win a 2012 Jaguar® XF sedan, valued at over $60,000, or a share of $40,000 in February. Additionally, anyone who Likes Four Winds on Facebook® is eligible for a chance to win a share of $5,000 in cash.

The elegant and streamlined 2012 Jaguar XF comes standard with the Portfolio package, which features a 385 hp, 5.0-liter V8 engine, a 7-inch color touch-screen, active ventilated heated and cooled front seats, and a 10 speaker, 400-watt sound system. The Jaguar XF is valued at over $60,000.

On Saturday, February 25, the drawing for the 2012 Jaguar XF Portfolio will take place at 10 p.m. Eastern. W Club members must be present at either Four Winds location to be eligible to win. Additionally, a share of $40,000 in cash and prizes will be given away to W Club members every hour from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m. Eastern, including drawings for $10,000 at 2 p.m. and 11 p.m. W Club members can receive one free entry daily beginning on Saturday, January 28, by visiting the W Club Players Club at either casino location. Players can earn additional entries by playing slots or table games with their W Club card. More information is available at the W Club inside both casino locations.

$5,000 Love Cash, Like Four Winds Facebook Promotion Four Winds' Facebook page features information on giveaways, exclusive offers and monthly promotions. From Tuesday, February 14 through Wednesday, February 29, anyone who Likes the Four Winds Facebook page is eligible to win a share of $5,000 in cash. Guests need to print a copy of their Facebook page or bring their smart phone proving that they Like Four Winds' Facebook page and show it at the W Club at either casino location to be entered into the drawing. A total of ten winners will be randomly selected to each win $500 and will be notified by phone or email on March 2nd. Winners must then come in to either casino location to collect their prize. More information is available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fourwindscasino.

Hard Rock Café to open at Four Winds Casino Resort

As part of a previously announced casino expansion project that includes a 1,600 seat event center and a nine story hotel tower, the Four Winds Casino Resort will be opening a Hard Rock Café in the Summer of 2012.

The 12,000-square-feet Hard Rock Cafe Four Winds will be located adjacent to the gaming floor and will span two levels with seating for over 275 and a performance stage. The new Hard Rock Cafe Four Winds will also have a unique, high energy atmosphere and feature rock ‘n’ roll memorabilia from its unmatched collection. Hard Rock's menu has something for all appetites including quality, classic American food made from scratch, such as legendary burgers, Smokehouse favorites and a large selection of sandwiches and salads.

With a total of 172 venues in 51 countries, including 135 cafes and 15 hotels and casinos, Hard Rock International is one of the world's most recognized brands.

New Hotel & Event Center under construction

Four Winds Casino Resort will soon expand to include an additional 250 hotel rooms and a multi-use event center. Construction is currently underway and is expected to be completed in summer 2012.

A new nine-story hotel tower containing 250 hotel rooms will be situated adjacent to the current hotel tower. It will contain a mix of suites and standard rooms and will be furnished in the same exquisite style as the current hotel rooms. Once the new hotel tower opens, Four Winds Casino Resort will have a total of 415 hotel rooms.

The multi-use event center will be located next to the casino and can be configured in a variety of ways including a 1,600 seat entertainment space that will feature concerts by major headline acts. The space will also be available for a variety of special events, conferences and banquets.

Blackjack Tournament

The first Tuesday of each month brings the $7500 Monthly Blackjack Tournament to Four Winds Casino in New Buffalo, Mich. Buy-ins are $60, with registration at 6 pm EDT.

New Smoke-free Gambling Area

The Four Winds Casino Resort has opened a new smoke-free slot room. In addition to the state-of-the-art bioclimatic filters already installed throughout the property, the new slot room provides an alternative for guests that prefer a smoke-free gaming experience. The room is conveniently located adjacent to the hotel lobby and features more than 50 games in a variety of denominations.

Da Coach & Four Winds Casino Team up

Four Winds Casino goers who walked through the main entrance (rotunda) on Sunday, August 24th got a little extra excitement. NFL Hall of Famer and former Chicago Bears Coach Mike Ditka was there receiving check from Matt Harkness, General Manager of the Four Winds Casino Resort for $20,000.

You see Mike had brought a few friends to town for a little Blackjack. Notre Dame and Green Packer's legend Paul Hornung, former Bears great Gale Sayers, Conrad Dobler, Mercury Morris, Deacon Jones and Jack Youngblood among those taking part in a fund raiser for Da Coach's charity 'Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund' - benefiting retired and injured NFL players who don't make the big bucks like today's players.

For an entry fee for $750 a player had the opportunity to play next to an NFL legend and a chance to win up to $15,000 if they took first place in the tournament.

Mike Ditka's fund raiser is, as he explained, just a way to help out the guys who played the game, retired early (maybe for medical reasons) and got a very small pension (a few hundred dollars a month) and are now having a rough time. Insisting that his charity is not a solution – only a band-aid, Ditka says the NFL disability system is flawed.

"The only people who aren't getting anything are the people in dire need and the people who took their pension early. "I didn't take my pension early, so I get a good pension. But a lot of guys took their pension early because they were recommended to take it early, so there is a little bit of an injustice there. But that's not what we are complaining about. We are complaining about a disability system that is not a good system. Period," Ditka explained.

The Four Winds Casino donated an additional $15,000 to the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund after the celebrity blackjack tournament had concluded.

The Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund is a non-profit organization that provides financial assistance, social and medical services to retired NFL players in dire need. The organization focuses on the humanitarian side of post-football related issues, providing hands-on assistance to help retired players deal with hardships they may face after football. For more information about the Coach Ditka's Charity, visit www.GridIronGreats.org

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