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Monster Jam Poker at Wild Coast

30 August 2018

News 24

THE larger than life MonsterJam Poker Tour tournament is heading for the Wild Coast Sun.

“We are thrilled to be hosting the MonsterJam Poker Tour at the Wild Coast Sun. MonsterJam Poker Tour is inclusive and caters to players of diverse ability, from novices to those keen to take their poker sporting ability to the next level in a credible, national competition,” said Sandi Burger, the public relations and promotions manager of Wild Coast Sun.

The MonsterJam Poker Tour invites both professional and amateur players to pit their skills in a nationwide series and stand the chance to win substantial cash prizes. Registration for the competition at Wild Coast Sun is now open.

Over the course of the next few months, the MonsterJam Poker Tour will also venture to GrandWest (Cape Town), and Time Square South Africa (Gauteng). Each tour stop will feature a number of competitions and events to suit a wide range of players.

For tour dates or to register, please visit www.monsterjampoker.com or contact Caitlin Fox at caitlin@monsterjampoker.com or phone 082 923 0845.

Membership to Sun International’s Sun MVG programme is a prerequisite to register for the MonsterJam Poker Tour. However, registration to the Sun MVG programme is free of charge at the Sun MVG desks at all Sun International casinos in South Africa or online.

Sun International recently reinvented its well-recognised most valued guest (MVG) loyalty programme to deliver more rewards, exciting benefits and exclusive offers to guests visiting its casinos and hotels in South Africa.

Sun International supports responsible gambling. Winners know when to stop. The national Responsible Gambling Programme toll-free counselling line is 080 000 6008 or SMS 076 675 0710. Gambling and promotions for over 18s only.

Tsogo Sun & Gold Reef Resorts Merger Approved

Business Day - 11 February 2011

Michael Bleby

The Competition Tribunal ruled today in favour of Tsogo Sun, saying the owner of Johannesburg’s Montecasino could buy smaller rival Gold Reef Resorts without having to sell Gold Reef’s Silverstar casino on the West Rand.

The decision paves the way for Tsogo to complete its long-standing ambition of buying the owner of Johannesburg’s Gold Reef City and Silverstar casinos. Speaking outside this week’s tribunal hearing, Tsogo MD Marcel von Aulock said if the regulator ruled in their favour, Tsogo could wrap up the acquisition "within a week".

Antitrust watchdog the Competition Commission had recommended that the tribunal allow the merger, which would place three of Gauteng’s seven casinos in the hands of one owner, on condition the merged entity sold the Krugersdorp casino. Tsogo owns only Montecasino in the province, while the other four properties are variously owned by Sun International, Peermont Global and London Clubs International.

In the final day of the tribunal’s hearing on Wednesday, the commission argued that Silverstar was the main competitor to Montecasino, in Johannesburg’s Fourways, and that competition would end, to the detriment of customers, if they became part of the same stable.

Counsel representing the casinos, which agreed last year on a R21bn merger, disputed that the casinos were rivals, arguing that casinos competed against other entertainment and leisure outlets such as restaurants and cinemas for disposable income, rather than against other casinos.

The merger of the two groups has been down a long and tortured road that started back in 2005 and has seen a series of twists and turns including Tsogo making a hostile bid for the smaller company.