Jan 20, 2023 | Gaming, General News, Special Events
The $20,000 Hot Shot Slot Tournament takes place in Casino of the Earth awarding top finishers Cash Prizes and Free Slot Play
Mohegan Sun is inviting its Momentum members to two days of slot tournament
action beginning Sunday, February 19th, that will award a top prize of $5,000 in cash each day. Momentum is Mohegan Sun’s 21+ award-winning rewards loyalty program, that is free to sign-up at any Player’s Club booth at Mohegan Sun. This tournament will also award cash prizes to the runner up, and 2nd and 3rd place finishers. Additionally, the top two scorers during each session will receive $100 in Free Slot Play. Registration will take place each day from 1:00pm – 5:00pm at the Play Event Center, located in Casino of the Earth.
The $20,000 Hot Shot Slot Tournament will allow participants to play in a (1) 5-minute session in both tournament days. The tournaments will be played in the Bravo Slot Zone in Casino of the Earth, where guests will be trying to achieve the highest score possible. The tournaments will run in 15-minute intervals starting at 1:30pm on February 19th & 20th. When the tournament finishes each day, the highest scoring Momentum member will take home the grand prize of $5,000 in cash! In order to qualify, Momentum members will have to earn at least 20 Status Points between 6:00am -4:00pm on the day of the tournament. Mohegan Sun will be awarding $20,000 in total across the two tournaments. Momentum members will also earn Triple Status Points on both dates, making it easier than ever to participate in each tournament! For more details on the $20,000 Hot Shot Slot Tournament, guests can click HERE.
Momentum is Mohegan Sun’s rewards program that awards Momentum Dollars to spend on world-class dining, premium brand shopping, hotel stays, spa treatments, partner benefits and more. Momentum also rewards guests’ level of play with Personal Achievement Awards that may include Free Slot Play, Match Play or other valuable rewards that amplify resort experiences. For more information, visit: mohegansun.com/momentum.html
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Sep 19, 2018 | Entertainment, Gaming, General News
Mega prizes and fun planned for six remaining PokerStars-sponsored stops; players can register at the Mohegan Sun Poker Room
UNCASVILLE, CT (September 19, 2018) – Pokerstars Ambassador Chris Moneymaker will be among hundreds of hopefuls keen to make their mark at Mohegan Sun’s Poker Room October 4th – 7th when the Moneymaker PSPC Tour makes its sixth stop of the series.
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Players will have the chance to win life-changing sums of money by parlaying an $86 buy in into a Platinum Pass, worth $30,000, to the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship (PSPC). They can also stop by the annual Sun Brewfest on Saturday, October 6th in the Earth Expo & Conventions Center where they’ll find live entertainment, games, a cornhole tournament and delicious food.
“We’re ready to host hundreds of poker players for what should be a really exciting weekend here at Mohegan Sun. The Moneymaker PSPC Tour is a great poker event that gives players an incredible opportunity, all for $86. We’re pulling for a Mohegan Sun player to take it all the way to millions in the PSPC.” Stated Ray Pineault, President & General Manager of Mohegan Sun.
Guests can register to play directly at the Mohegan Sun Poker Room, located in Casino of the Wind, near Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville. Call 860-862-5575 for more information.
The ‘Moneymaker PSPC Tour’, Chris’ brain-child, will run six more live $86 buy-in tournaments, each awarding cash prizes and a Platinum Pass.
- September 22nd at Gardens Casino, Los Angeles
- September 30th at PokerStarsNJ.com, available to players in NJ only
- October 4th – October 7th at Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, Connecticut
- October 10th – October 14th at Live!, Baltimore, Maryland
- October 23rd at Run It Up Reno, Reno, Nevada
- October 31st – November 2nd at Talking Stick, Phoenix, Arizona
To date, more than 3,000 entrants have participated in the Moneymaker PSPC Tour with approximately 800 entrants at Stones Gambling Hall in Sacramento, California, approximately 1,000 entrants at Lucky Chances, Colma, San Francisco and approximately 1,300 entrants at Foxwoods, Connecticut.
So far, nine US players will join some of the world’s best poker players in the Bahamas next year, including PokerStars Carribean Adventure (PCA) National Championship winner Maria Konnikova, PCA Day 2 draw winner Thai Ha, PCA Wild Card Winner David Peters, NJSCOOP Main Event Winner (High) Michael Page, NJSCOOP Main Event Winner (Low) Derik Lee, and LIPS National Championship Alice Zheng. There’s also Moneymaker PSPC Tour champion Cliff Ellefson who picked up a Platinum Pass at Stones Gambling Hall, 76-year old John Mokhtari from Belmont, California, who picked up a pass at Lucky Chances and Foxwoods champ Ronald Mici, a 25-year-old janitor at the World Trade Center who comes from Bronx, New York. Find out more about current PSPC winners here.
Chris Moneymaker formulated the new multi-stop ‘Moneymaker PSPC Tour’ to give US players the chance to emulate his WSOP win back in 2003 when he turned $86 into $2,500,000 by beating 838 players at the Main Event, sparking the famous ‘Moneymaker Effect’.
More information about the ‘Moneymaker PSPC Tour’ can be found on the PokerStars Blog.
Keep an eye on PokerStarsLive and Chris’ Twitter channels using #MoneymakerTour for upcoming news and announcements.
For further information, please contact [email protected]
Notes to Editors:
General PSPC T&Cs apply to all routes
About PokerStars: PokerStars operates the world’s most popular online poker sites, serving the global poker community. Since it launched in 2001, PokerStars has become the first choice of players all over the world, with more daily tournaments than anywhere else and with the best online security. More than 182 billion hands have been dealt on PokerStars, which is more than any other site.
The Stars Group owns or licenses gaming and related consumer businesses and brands, including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, Sky Bet, Sky Vegas, Sky Casino, Sky Bingo, Sky Poker and BetEasy as well as live poker tour and event brands, including the PokerStars Players No Limit Hold’em Championship, European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour, Asia Pacific Poker Tour, PokerStars Festival and PokerStars MEGASTACK. The Stars Group is one of the world’s most licensed online gaming operators with its subsidiaries collectively holding licenses or approvals in 19 jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, Australia, and the Americas.
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About Mohegan Sun: Owned by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, Mohegan Sun is one of the largest, most spectacular entertainment, gaming, dining and shopping destinations in the United States. Situated on 185 acres along the Thames River in scenic southeastern Connecticut, Mohegan Sun is home to three unique casinos, 1,600 deluxe hotel rooms, 2 world-class spas, a golf course, over 90 shops, restaurants and bars as well as three award-winning entertainment venues including a 10,000-seat Arena. Mohegan Sun is within easy access of New York, Boston, Hartford and Providence and located 15 minutes from the museums, antique shops and waterfront of Mystic Country. More information is available by calling 1.888.226.7711 or visiting mohegansun.com. Connect with us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @mohegansun, view us on YouTube and find us on Snapchat at username MoheganSun.
Nov 13, 2013 | Entertainment, Special Events, Sports
Tickets for the inaugural Championship taking place at Mohegan Sun Arena available on November 15th
UNCASVILLE, CT (November 13, 2013) — All-session ticket packages for the 2014 American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship will go on sale Friday, November 15th, at 10:00am via all Ticketmaster outlets. The championship will be played at Mohegan Sun Arena, March 7-10, 2014.
All 10 American teams will battle for the conference’s automatic NCAA tournament bid. The 2014 American Women’s Basketball Championship will showcase the 2013 defending national champion UConn, national runner-up Louisville, NCAA Tournament participant USF, and two WNIT competitors in Memphis and SMU. UCF, Cincinnati, Houston, Rutgers, and Temple will also contend for the title.
Package tickets to all nine games of the championship will be priced at $99.00 each, discounted by nearly one third of the face value. Ticket offices at all 10 American institutions will have all-session packages available, and tickets may also be purchased at the Mohegan Sun Box Office beginning November 15th, subject to availability.
Tickets can also be acquired by phone or online. To purchase via phone, call Ticketmaster at 1.800.745.3000. Both the Mohegan Sun website and Ticketmaster will have packages available for online purchase. For group sales (10 or more) information and discounts, please contact the Connecticut Sun Group Sales Department at 860.862.4000
The championship will be telecast via the ESPN family of networks. The first round and quarterfinals, scheduled for March 7th – 8th, will be carried live on ESPN3. The March 9th semifinals will be shown on ESPNU. The championship game, on March 10th, will appear on ESPN or ESPN2.
The American Digital Network, the league’s online home for live streaming audio and video, will provide fans with behind-the-scenes features and wrap-around content from the Championship. For all Championship information, please visit www.TheAmerican.org/WBB.
The American Athletic Conference (The American), which operated as the Big East Conference from 1979 to 2013, is a proud member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and located in Providence, Rhode Island. The American Athletic Conference comprises the following 10 member institutions: the University of Central Florida; University of Cincinnati, University of Connecticut, University of Houston, University of Louisville, University of Memphis, Rutgers University, Southern Methodist University, University of South Florida, and Temple University. In 2014-15, East Carolina University, Tulane University and the University of Tulsa become full members. The U.S. Naval Academy joins in football only in 2015. The American Athletic Conference is a member of the Bowl Championship Series. For more information on the Conference and its membership, please visit www.TheAmerican.org.
Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked 3rd in the U.S. and 5th in the world by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 and 2010 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” Venues Today also ranked Mohegan Sun Arena #3 in 2012 and ranked it in the top six of “Top Stops of The Decade” in 2012. Venues Today also named Mohegan Sun Arena #4 in mid-year Top Stops for 2013. For more information on concerts and other great events visit Mohegan Sun. For information on this week’s schedule, call the Entertainment and Special Events hotline at 1.888.226.7711, ext. 27163.
