Seminole Casinos Set to Debut Mega Bad Beat Jackpots in Poker Rooms, December 1

Poker Players Guaranteed Minimum Mega Bad Beat Jackpot of $100,000

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. – Seminole Casinos are sweetening the poker pot once again by offering poker players a chance to win Mega Bad Beat Jackpots accumulated from all six Seminole Poker Rooms in the State of Florida. The progressive style poker jackpots will debut at all Seminole Casinos including the Poker Room at Seminole Paradise at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood on December 1, 2009.

Previously the Poker Room at Seminole Paradise had been offering Bad Beat Jackpots to players accrued from its own poker room. On July 13, 2007 a poker player at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood hit a bad beat jackpot of $382,471. The largest regular bad beat jackpot at a Seminole Casino was at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Tampa where a player on June 9, 2008 hit a Bad Beat Jackpot of $564,905. The new Mega Bad Beat Jackpots will offer players larger bad beat jackpots with more frequency. There will always be a minimum $100,000 Mega Bad Beat Jackpot prize pool guaranteed.

"Based on our current weekly play, we estimate the Mega Bad Beat Jackpot will accrue at about $50,000 a week," said Peter Arsenis, Director of Poker Operations for the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood. "Based on those estimates and the frequency of bad beat hands being dealt, our poker players could have a chance to win $250,000, $500,000, $750,000, $1 million or more Mega Bad Beat Jackpots. Obviously the more play we have in our poker rooms, the more those numbers will go up. That's something no other Non-Seminole casino poker rooms can offer."

The Mega Bad Beat Jackpot will be funded by a $1 contribution from each pot of $10 or greater, from each of the six Seminole Poker rooms in the State of Florida  including Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Tampa, Seminole Casino - Coconut Creek, Seminole Casino – Hollywood, Seminole Casino - Immokalee and Seminole Casino – Brighton.  Jackpot amounts will be updated on a daily basis at a time designated by management and displayed at all Seminole Poker rooms.

Here's how a poker player can win the Mega Bad Beat Jackpot…Only the top two hands at the showdown are eligible for the Mega Bad Beat Jackpot and both hands must be the best possible combination of five cards. At least four players must be dealt in a qualifying table.  Tables with less than four players will not have a jackpot drop. Multi-table tournaments are excluded from winning the Mega Bad Beat Jackpot.  Single table tournaments are eligible until less than four players remain. Players must play their hands independently.* 

Texas Hold'em Requirements:

• Four Tens or better, beaten by a better hand.
• Both players must use both hole cards.
• Two of the four of a kind must be hole cards.

The Mega Bad beat Prize Pool will be Awarded as Follows:

• 50% will go to the qualifying losing hand.
• 30% will go to the qualifying winning hand.
• 20% will be divided among the players at the table who were dealt cards when the qualifying hand is dealt.

About Seminole Gaming

In addition to its two Seminole Hard Rock Hotels & Casinos in Tampa and Hollywood, Fla., the Seminole Tribe owns and operates five more Seminole-branded Florida casinos in Coconut Creek and Hollywood on the Southeast coast, in Immokalee near Naples, on the Brighton Reservation north of Lake Okeechobee and on the Big Cypress Reservation south of Lake Okeechobee. The Seminole Tribe has long been recognized for innovation in its gaming and other businesses. It opened the first high-stakes bingo hall and casino in the United States in 1979.  That facility was the forerunner of the Indian Gaming movement throughout North America. 

The Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired Hard Rock International, Inc. and other related entities from The Rank Group Plc in 2007 for approximately $965 million. The purchase is the first of a major international corporation by a Native American Indian Tribe and marks a milestone in the growing economic power and prominence of the Seminole Tribe of Florida and other Indian tribes in today's business world.

About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino provides quality guest experiences where South Floridians can play, stay, dine, and shop. Eighty-nine tables offer Blackjack, Baccarat, Mini-Baccarat, Pai Gow Poker, Three Card Poker, Texas Hold'em Bonus Poker and Let it Ride on a nearly three-acre casino floor. Play one of the more than 2,400 Vegas-style slots including the Native-American casino linked Multi-Area Progressive Jackpots and Mega Jackpots. Separate high-limit rooms for table games and slots, in addition to a non-smoking room are available for guests to enjoy. Loyal Player's Club members experience an exclusive VIP Plum Lounge and celebrity show kitchen. Convene in The Poker Room at Seminole Paradise for Texas Hold 'em, limit Texas Hold 'em, Seven Card Stud and two dollar and four dollar limit Omaha Hi Lo games. Located inside the casino is Hard Rock Café-Hollywood, part of Hard Rock's 127 globally recognized rock 'n roll themed restaurants. The Green Lodging Certified by the State of Florida, AAA, Four Diamond rated resort showcases 500 luxurious guest rooms, 16 restaurants and lounges, 40,000-square-feet of meeting room space, a European-style spa, auto salon, 22 retail shops, 14 nightclubs, Paradise Live, and Hard Rock Live. Located on State Road 7 (U.S. 441) in Hollywood, Florida. Take I-95, exit Stirling Rd. and travel west to 1 Seminole Way. For more information, call (954) 327-ROCK, 1 800-937-0010 or visit us online at www.seminolehardrockhollywood.com.  

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*Management reserves the right to declare a jackpot null and void due to any irregularities and/or collusion.  Management decisions are final.