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Pechanga Volunteers Help Deserving Kids Shop for School Year

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Pechanga Volunteers Shop With Deserving Kids

TEMECULA, Calif. – (July 31, 2014) – Hundreds of area children will be going back to school this fall with a fresh look and more confidence thanks to one major retailer and hundreds of volunteers including more than 100 from Pechanga Resort & Casino. Outside the Temecula Promenade mall at 6:00a.m. on a recent Saturday, volunteers were paired up with a child from a low income family. The duos were each given a $125 JC Penny gift card so they could walk through the store and pick out new clothing and shoes for the school year. Kids could be seen leaving JC Penny with big bags and beaming faces as they ran to meet their moms and dads who waited for them in the store’s parking lot. The yearly event put on by The Salvation Army helps more than 200 children in Riverside County. Youngsters were accompanied by volunteers from 10 Temecula area businesses including Pechanga Resort & Casino, which had 118 volunteers, the largest showing of people. Read More

Slot & Poker Players Can Win Big By Surprise in Aug.

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Slot Players at Pechanga

TEMECULA, Calif. – (July 25, 2014) – Being in the right place at the right time can pay off for players at Pechanga Resort & Casino on Tuesdays and Saturdays in August. Those playing poker and slots have a chance to win up to $250 just for sitting in a lucky seat. Read More

Dress Like a Nerd, Win $$$ at Pechanga Bingo

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Pechanga Bingo

TEMECULA, Calif. – (July 25, 2014) – Pechanga Bingo invites you to bring out your inner nerd while giving you the chance to win money at the same time. Saturday, August 30, make plans to for the Revenge of the Nerds Cosmik Bingo at Pechanga Resort & Casino. Find those old coke-bottle glasses and pocket protectors and wear them to Pechanga Bingo to win additional prizes for dressing in theme. Doors open at 10:00p.m. and bingo play kicks off at 11:30p.m. Buy-ins start at only $15 for paper games and $25 and $45 for electronic hand held bingo. While at bingo in a bow tie and suspenders, or whatever combination of nerd wear you choose, players are encouraged to have fun with DJ dancing, playing games for more prizes, and more. For more information, visit Pechanga.com or call toll free (855) WE-BINGO. Read More

Pretend Time? Nope. Nick Swardson Invites You to “Taste It” Tour

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Comedian Nick Swardson

Comedian and actor Nick Swardson, known by many fans for his recurring role on the Comedy Central series Reno 911! and for appearing in numerous Adam Sandler movies, plus his own stand-up comedy specials, will be performing in Temecula on Saturday, Nov. 8. Nick Swardson brings his “Taste It” tour to the Pechanga Resort & Casino Theater on November 8 at 8:00p.m. Tickets are $45, $55, $60 and $65 and go on sale Friday, July 18 at 3:00p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the Pechanga Box Office, via telephone at (877) 711-2946 or online at www.Pechanga.com/Entertainment.

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4 Bingo Winners Take Home $82K in 3 Weeks

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Big Winners at Pechanga Bingo

TEMECULA, Calif. – (June 27 2014) – Four bingo winners took home more than $82,000.00 in jackpots within three weeks after playing at Pechanga Resort & Casino. Pechanga Bingo has blown out big jackpots many times since opening on July 4, 2013, but four in 21 days is remarkable anywhere. The winners, all from Southern California, won progressive jackpots inside the comfortable and modern, 700-seat Pechanga Bingo facility.

The most recent big win, a bingo scored by Theodore Tyler of Murrieta, Calif., totaled $11,128. Tyler came into Pechanga Bingo for the matinee session on Monday, June 9 and played in a “Pick 8s in 18” and thrilled himself by getting a bingo. The jackpot prize for this uncommon bingo game carried a progressive amount of $11,128.00. “I’m not sure right now what I’ll do with my windfall, but I’m going to enjoy my summer some more,” he told Pechanga Bingo staff.

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Debra K Won $28,917 at Pechanga Bingo

On May 31, Debra K. from San Marcos, Calif. sat down inside Pechanga Bingo for the evening session and played for five minutes. The shipping supervisor bought in for $65 and in a matter of minutes, called “Bingo!” and realized she had triggered the progressive jackpot for $28,917.00. “I kind of had this weird feeling when I came into the bingo facility, almost like my hands were itching. Some said that means you’re going to get money. I guess they were right.” She says she plans to save some of the winnings and will give some to charity.

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International Showdown of Muay Thai Fighters at Pechanga this June

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Muay Thai Fights @ Pechanga Resort & Casino

TEMECULA, Calif. – (May 14, 2014) – Professional, live action, super-athletic Muay Thai kickboxing comes to Pechanga Resort & Casino for one night this summer – Saturday, June 7 at 6:30p.m. Professional kickboxers including Sam Alvey vs. Jacob Poss in the  WCK Muay Thai Super Cruiserweight ranking bout, Ji Guangjian vs. Adam Rothweiler for the WLF Featherweight International Title, plus five female bouts featuring world champion Jemyma Betrian vs. Christi Brereton for the WBC Women’s Bantamweight World Title, will take place in the Grand Ballroom at Pechanga Resort & Casino in Temecula, Calif. Doors open at 5:30p.m. and tickets are $40 for general admission and $100 for ringside seats. For tickets or more information, visit the Pechanga Box Office, call (877) 711-2946 or visit www.Pechanga.com/Entertainment. Read More

Custom Built Truck Saves Vehicles from Landfill

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Custom Built Service Truck at Pechanga

TEMECULA, Calif. – (April 21, 2014) – Customers at Pechanga Resort & Casino who find themselves with a dead car battery have recently been met by a vehicle that looks more like it should be at a hot rod auto show. For eight months, the five person auto mechanic shop at Pechanga Resort & Casino carefully spent any minute of downtime building a small-profile service truck completely from scrap. In the process, they saved four outdated resort passenger shuttles from hitting the scrapyard indefinitely. Read More

Team Pechanga Laces Up Shoes & Raises Thousands to Fight Diabetes

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People in Team Pechanga

TEMECULA, Calif. – (April 16, 2014) – On a recent Saturday, the largest team of participants in the Temecula Valley Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s annual walk, the team from Pechanga Resort & Casino, put one foot in front of the other at a local minor league baseball stadium. They set out on their journey for the morning to remember a fellow team member who one month earlier passed away from type 1 diabetes, and to raise money for research to work toward eradicating the disease.

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