Four Winds Casino Resort News
July = Nissan 370Z convertibles & Cash
The Four Winds Casino Resort will give away two new 2010 Nissan® 370Z convertibles, each valued at over $40,000, and a share of $10,000 in July.
The Four Winds Casino Resort, has been voted "Best Casino" by readers of The Times of Northwest Indiana in addition to winning six other "reader" awards.
Granger mom wins 1.7 Million on Mother's Day
Louise L. won an incredible $1,771,619
MegaJackpot® on a Wheel of Fortune® Special Edition™ quarter machine on Sunday,
May 9 at Four Winds Casino Resort.
The winner, a retiree from Granger, Ind., said her daughter brought her to the casino to
celebrate Mother’s Day. “This is my favorite casino” she said. Interestingly, Louise reported
being quite familiar with the winning machine. “[I] play this type of machine when I come
here. I’ve won money on these machines before.” After investing around $60, the new
millionaire said she was shocked to find she had won the top progressive prize saying,
“How much did I win? I couldn’t figure it out!” Louise went on to say she was thrilled to have
her daughter join in the excitement of her win, and couldn’t wait to share her Megajackpot
news with her husband and family. Louise added that she plans to use some of her
winnings to help a food pantry and homeless shelter in South Bend.
Sunday’s MegaJackpot is the largest single Megajackpot payout at Four Winds Casino
Resort to date. Four Winds Casino Resort has now awarded eleven MegaJackpot prizes
totaling over $5 million in prize money on a variety of IGT progressive systems since 2007.
Four Winds Casino Resort, along with over 300 other tribal casinos across the nation,
belongs to a seventeen-state Native American progressive gaming network. Anytime a coin
is played in a linked machine, anywhere in the network, the cumulative jackpot continues to
grow until it is won.
Buffet Menu Changes
The Buffet at Four Winds Casino Resort is offering a new dinner menu beginning Monday, March 1, for a limited time including three distinct options. The International Buffet, featuring cuisine from around the world, includes a new Mediterranean station, is offered on Sundays through Thursdays for $16. The Steak and Shrimp Buffet is available on Fridays for $22, which includes delicious steak and all-you-can-eat shrimp. On Saturdays, the Signature Seafood and Prime Rib Buffet is available for $28, which features prime rib along with a bountiful seafood selection including Alaskan snow crab legs.
Copper Rock Steakhouse introduces $35 Copper Classics
The Copper Rock Steakhouse at Four Winds Casino Resort recently launched a new three course Copper Classics dinner for $35. This includes a choice of starters including Roasted Lobster Bisque, French Onion Soup, or the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake. Entrées include Prime Rib, Filet Mignon, Chicken Saltimbocca, Atlantic Salmon, or Crab Stuffed Shrimp. Dessert options include Seven Layer Chocolate Cake, Carrot Cake, Crème Brulee, or Vanilla Gelato.
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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