Here’s what we found for the week of January 11, 2009...

Here are great Las Vegas coupons, discounts, savings and offers we have for you this week...

Orleans: From January 11-15, earn 500 points and receive a FREE logo sweatshirt. No points are deducted. January 18-22: Earn 1000 points and receive a FREE Fleece Vest. January 25-29: Earn 1000 points and receive a FREE Jacket. 

Ellis Island: MLK Day special: Toast this American icon with a FREE EIB Beer! Just swipe your Passport Player’s Club card thru the kiosk anytime on Monday, January 19 for your FREE voucher to take to the bar. Limit one per person.  

Harrah’s Properties: Properties in Las Vegas have extended their "Play $100 On Us” promotion for new member sign-ups through January 31. This new member sign-up promotion is open to anyone over 21 who is not already a member of Total Rewards, including Las Vegas residents. Harrah's reimburses losses up to $100 incurred on the first day of your Total Rewards membership when you sign-up and play at your choice of Harrah's Las Vegas, Caesars Palace, Bally's, Paris Las Vegas, Rio, Flamingo Las Vegas or the Imperial Palace. All reimbursements are paid by a cash voucher mailed to your home approximately 60 days after your first day of play.

Silverton Casino Lodge: Giving away 54 cars in 37 days now through January 31. Discovery Club card holders have two ways to win.  Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday during the promotion, one person using their Discovery Club card while playing a slot, video poker or video keno machine between 3 and 6 p.m. will be chosen at random to receive a car.  Randomly selected winners must be present at the time of selection to win.  In addition to random weekend winners, a second car will be given away every day of the week during the promotion based on level of play. Players using their Discovery Club card will earn points towards entries into a daily drawing at 8 p.m.  All winners have until 11 p.m. on the day of the drawing to claim their car.  Eight various Honda models are available to choose from.  Visit the Discovery Club for complete details.

Santa Fe Station: Earn designated points on Tuesdays, January 13, 20 and 27 and receive a FREE gift. Gifts vary each week. See details posted at the Boarding Pass Rewards Center. 

Sahara: $500 Daily Cash Drawings thru January 31. See the club booth for drawing details and how to earn entries.

Rampart Casino: Neighborhood Partner Special of the Month:  Fridays “Wal-Mart”.  Earn 300 same day points on Fridays in January and receive a $10 gift card to Wal–Mart. Limit 2 per day.

Mandalay Bay: Charlie Palmer’s Steak at the Four Seasons/Mandalay Bay has a new happy hour daily from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. every day and again from 10 p.m. to midnight featuring all wines by the glass, cocktails and beer for half price and Kobe Beef Sliders and fries for $9.

That's it for this week.
Luck, Royals, Good Food and Jackpots to all..... Regards, H.  Scot  Krause
Author not responsible for omissions, changes and/or errors.

Ongoing January Promotions  

Vegas Values Updates: The American Casino Guide web site has a discussion board where you can read about any updates to each week's Vegas Values report. You can also post any questions or comments you have about any casino promotions. Go to - http://forum.americancasinoguide.com/  

January Gambling Podcast - New Casino Games with John Grochowski. The American Casino Guide has a monthly podcast hosted by the book's author, Steve Bourie, who talks about topics of interest to travelers who like to visit casinos and during the course of each show he  interviews a special guest from the world of casino travel or gambling.

For the January podcast Steve interviews syndicated gaming writer John Grochowski about new table games and slot/video poker machines introduced at the November 2008 Global Gaming Expo (G2E) trade show in Las Vegas.  To visit the podcast page, go to: www.americancasinoguide.com/podcasts.shtml

On that page you can also access past interviews with noted gaming authorities, including: Jean Scott, Max Rubin, Bob Dancer, Stanford Wong, Arnold Snyder, John Grochowski, Henry Tamburin, John Robison, The Wizard of Odds, Bill Burton, Jeffrey Compton, Anthony Curtis and Linda Boyd. 

Silverton Casino Lodge: Through January 31 Discovery Club members purchasing any dinner between 4 and 10 p.m. at Twin Creeks, Shady Grove Lounge, Mermaid Restaurant & Lounge, Mi Casa Grill Cantina, Sundance Grill or entry to Seasons Buffet receive a second dinner or entry of equal or lesser value FREE.  There is no coupon required to participate - Discovery Club members simply need to present their Discovery Club card upon ordering.  The offer does not include alcohol or gratuity and cannot be combined with any other promotion.

Palms: Play, earn and win gifts every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to midnight in January. Gifts include Apple iPods, jackets, sweatshirts, gym bags and more. See Club Palms for complete details.

Gold Coast: Offering a “Young at Heart Buffet Special” every Wednesday in January. Guests age 50+ who earn 200 points can receive a FREE breakfast, lunch or dinner buffet and keep their points. Buffet must be used on the same Wednesday that the points are earned.

Las Vegas Hilton: Players receive a FREE Hooded Jacket when they hit a specific jackpot in slots or a specific hand in table games.Here's how to win playing table games:

• 3 sevens in 1 hand in Blackjack
• 3 of a kind or higher in Three Card Poker
• Ace & Eight of Diamonds in Baccarat or Mini Baccarat
• A winning 40-to-1 $5 bet or higher on the Big 6 Wheel

Here's how to win playing slots:
• Hit a Natural Royal Flush on any Video Poker machine (max coins bet)
• Hit a $1,000 Jackpot on Reel Slots (max coins bet) and Video Slots (max lines bet)

El Cortez: For the month of January, Club Cortez players winning a jackpot of $200 or more on any slot machine, five-cent or lower denomination video poker machine or live keno, or $300 or more on all other denomination video poker machines receive a prize ticket redeemable for a wallet containing $10 - $1,000 in free play, or one $10 gas or gift card.  All jackpot winners receive an entry into the weekly Saturday night LCD HDTV giveaway and $2,000 cash prize drawing.  Gas cards are available for Mobil/Exxon, Arco, Chevron or Shell and gift cards are redeemable at Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Sears or Smith’s Grocery.  There is no limit to the number of tickets that a player can collect for this promotion.  Please see Club Cortez for additional information and to redeem tickets.

Flamingo: Flamingo headliner George Wallace is offering customers two VIP tickets to his show and two dinners at the Paradise Garden Buffet in the Flamingo for $99 through February 14, 2009.

To see a list of ongoing Las Vegas casino promotions, click here