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As Casino City's associate editor, Dan produces and edits all of our weekly newsletters, and he writes about the gaming industry for our websites and the GPWA Times Magazine. Dan graduated from Marist College in 2017 with a degree in Communications and a concentration in Sports.

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Casino City’s Friday Five: Big wins and implosion edition

11 Oct 2024

By Dan Ippolito
Earlier this week, we all said our final goodbyes to the iconic Tropicana Las Vegas as the implosion took place early Wednesday morning. Also this week, we saw a few jackpots hit, a poker tournament in Mississippi announces dates and schedule, and some NBA future prop bets to consider.

Let’s begin with back-to-back jackpots:

5. Couple hits two jackpots within minutes of each other
Last week, Randall and Theresa Davidson of Mahaffey were enjoying a casual night out at Live! Casino Pittsburgh, not knowing what it would turn into as they both hit jackpots within two minutes of each other.

With a total of only $15 in bets, this duo walked away with a payout of over $20,000 combined.

4. Massive blackjack win at Live! Casino Pittsburgh
Also at Live! Casino Pittsburgh, guest David Lambie of Scottsdale, Pennsylvania, struck gold while playing Blazing 7s Blackjack on Tuesday.

He was dealt his first two up cards, both 7 of diamonds, which matched perfectly with the dealer's card leading him to $343,000.

3. Poker action heats up with the Beau Rivage Heater Poker Tournament
Poker action returns in January with The Beau Rivage Heater, 3-13 January 2025. With more than $4 million in guaranteed prize pools and 65 tables, tournament action at Beau Rivage Resort & Casino begins with a $1 million guaranteed event with an entry fee of $400 and features another $1 million guaranteed prize pool in the Main Event with an entry fee of $1,200.

Featured during tournament at the Mississippi casino will be daily events with game formats including No Limit Hold’em, Limit Omaha 8 or Better and more. The $200,000 guaranteed High Roller Freezeout with a $2,000 entry fee will begin on 5 January. A $500,000 guaranteed Mystery Bounty Triple Stack with a $500 entry will be played 7 January.

A Seniors $150,000 guaranteed event with an entry fee of $400 will take place on 10 January, while a Rookies $50,000 guarantee event with an entry fee of $400 will take place on 11 January.

2. Top 10 prop bets for the NBA season
The NBA season is less than two weeks away and teams are working to finalize their 12-man rosters before opening night. Below are a few prop bets to consider for the upcoming year.

Gobert rebounds leader (+400)
One of the bigger blockbuster trades that took place in the offseason recently happened with Karl-Anthony Towns being sent to the New York Knicks in a trade centered around Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo who now are with the Minnesota Timberwolves.

This trade means Rudy Gobert will be the primary rim protector and big man for the TWolves. He will have plenty of opportunities to clean up the glass on both sides of the floor.

Gobert finished second in rebounds last year behind this year’s favorite, Domantas Sabonis (+190) but by less than one rebound per game.

SGA to win MVP
In the blink of an eye, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has become one of the most electrifying players in the NBA to watch. His slippery moves make him able to get the rim nearly anytime he wants. His speed makes players have to guard a few feet off of him but this allows him to pull up and knock down the jumper in a defender’s face.

It always helps an MVP candidate when their team is successful and the Oklahoma City Thunder finished as the best team in the Western Conference in the regular season last year. With being so young, and most of the roster coming back, you should expect this team to be fighting for that top seed again this season.

SGA should be in the MVP conversation with most likely Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets who has won the award three out of the last four years.

Boston to win it all
The defending champion Boston Celtics are again the favorite to win the title. Pretty much the entire team is coming back this season, and they brought in Lonnie Walker IV for possible bench minutes if needed.

Jaylen Brown has added some more muscle to his body, Jayson Tatum had a tough experience in the Summer Olympics, so the Jays are going to be bringing it to the rest of the league again.

The best defensive backcourt in basketball, Jrue Holiday and Derrick White are going to be giving teams fits and making them work hard for every basket.

Kristaps Porzingis is out with an injury until December but the team showed last year they can still win games in his absence.

It will be very tough for someone to beat them in a series when on any given night a different player can lead them in scoring and be the difference maker.

1. Tropicana Las Vegas says final farewell with historic implosion
The iconic Tropicana Las Vegas took its final bow with a spectacle, illuminating the Las Vegas skyline with a drone and fireworks show, followed by the 22-second-long implosion of the Tropicana at 2:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday, 9 October.

The property made room for the Athletics’ state-of-the-art ballpark and an entertainment resort destination in partnership with Bally’s Corporation.

The last remaining casino of its era on the Las Vegas Strip, the implosion of the Tropicana’s two 22-story towers, totaling 917,400 square feet, involved a total of 22,000 lineal feet of detonating cord. The structural steel-framed Paradise Tower featured 220 cut-point locations loaded with 490 pounds of explosives, while the reinforced concrete-framed Club Tower had 1,130 boreholes filled with 1,700 pounds of explosives.
 
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