Page 13 - MidWeek - June 15, 2022

JUNE 15, 2022 MIDWEEK 13
TLucky Local Hits 2 Big Jackpots
here have been rumors that Las Vegas Circus Circus Hotel and Casino is getting will be the new home for the Oakland a multimillion-dollar makeover. We haven’t Athletics baseball team, and now, it’s stayed at this property since 2008 when we
been said that the Ninth Island will have its came to Vegas to get married, but even back
own professional basketball team in 2024. The NBA recently announced the potential locations of two expansion teams to include Seattle and Las Vegas. The sports betting cap- ital is certainly on its way to becoming the professional sports capital.
then it needed some TLC. And while we did get married in Vegas, we did not get married by El- vis. However, maybe we should have. Sadly, it is looking like the days of Elvis officiating your wedding in Las Vegas may be coming to an end. Several Las Vegas wedding chapels recently received cease-and-desist letters demanding that they stop using Elvis’ image.
Speaking of the NBA, Shaquille O’Neal has put his Las Vegas home on the market. If you have an extra $3 million, you could own Shaq’s former home. I’m curious if all the ceilings are extra tall to accommodate the 7-foot-1 former basketball star and larger- than-life personality. Shaq continues to have close ties with the city through his foundation, as well as his Big Chicken restaurant.
I can’t help falling in love with the news of Hawai‘i residents hitting it big on the Ninth Island. I’m all shook up with these jackpots! One lucky local won back-to-back jackpots. The winner was playing video poker at The Cal and hit a jackpot of $10,000, and a few minutes later doubled that on a second vid- eo poker machine — for a total of $30,000! That’s a lot of oxtail soup!
The World Series of Poker has officially kicked off. The ongoing event is being held at Bally’s, which continues to transition into the Horseshoe. Other exciting Bally’s/Horse- shoe news is the addition of Jack Binion’s Steakhouse. After closing down four of its restaurants last fall, a new eatery is definitely a long-awaited amenity for Bally’s guests.
Catch Sebastian and Ninth Island Connection at 7 p.m. Wednesdays on K5 and 2 p.m. Sundays on KGMB.
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A Hawai‘i resident hit it big on video poker recently. PHOTO COURTESY KEVIN KANESHIRO, VACATIONS HAWAI‘I