Palms offering Mexican cruises; Plaza, Vegas Club giving out cash

Every Friday evening through July 2, the Palms is giving away five seven-day Mexican Riviera cruises (no cash option) and five $350 free slot play awards. Players automatically earn drawing entries Mondays through Fridays when playing the machines with their Club Palms cards. Machines marked as nonpromotional are not valid. Players must swipe their Club Palms cards before 6:50 p.m. to be eligible for that day's 7 p.m. drawing, and all winners must be present. This Sunday through Thursday, all Club Palms members can swipe their cards once per day (8 a.m.-10 p.m.) to win prizes including up to $200 in gift cards, up to $100 in free play, food credits, movie tickets and point multipliers.

Both the Plaza and the Vegas Club are randomly giving out cash, free slot play and other prizes from 4 p.m.-midnight Thursday through May 22. You must have your Players Club card inserted in the machine to qualify.

On Saturday and May 22, the Western will draw for a 32-inch LCD TV and three $100 cash prizes. On May 29, a grand prize drawing will award a 42-inch flat screen LCD TV, a home theater audio system with DVD, and an entertainment stand. Players receive one entry for every $50-plus jackpot, a suited blackjack, a keno purchase, a $20 poker buy-in, or a $5 food purchase at the Eazy Cafe.

On Sundays, From 4-8 p.m., Sam's Town is drawing 10 winners (who must be present) to win up to $1,000. Entries can be earned playing in the pit.

Every half-hour, all table game players at the Cannery receive a ticket into that weekend's drawings for a $500 Lowe's gift certificate. Second prize is $100 in table game chips. The Saturday and Sunday drawings are at 9 p.m., and winners must be present.

Bonus Point Days: Binion's (Club Binion's): 2x Sundays and Tuesdays; Cannery (C.A.N. Club): 5x midnight-6 a.m. and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays; Casino Royale (Club Royale): 2x 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 8 -11 p.m., 3x 7-9 a.m. and 4-7 p.m.; Eastside Cannery (C.A.N. Club): 4x Sundays (some machines excluded); Eldorado (Prime Rewards): 9x Mondays-Wednesdays (penny slots only); Ellis Island (Passport Players Club): 6x Sundays and Tuesdays, 5x Fridays, 10x 3 p.m.-11 p.m. Saturdays (some machines excluded); Gold Coast (Club Coast): 9x reels 5x video poker May 31, 9x reels Thursdays, Young at Heart (50-plus) Mondays; Hacienda (Club Matador): 2x Mondays-Thursdays; Hard Rock (Rockstar Club): 6x Sunday and May 23; Jerry's Nugget (More Club): 5x Mondays and Wednesdays (slots only), 3x midnight-6 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays (all machines); Jokers Wild (Prime Rewards): 9x Mondays-Wednesdays (penny slots only); Opera House (Slot Club): 3x Fridays; Orleans (Club Coast): Young at Heart (50-plus) 5x 8 a.m-4 p.m. Tuesdays; Railroad Pass (Players Junction): 2x Mondays, 3x Tuesdays; Rampart (Club Rampart): 2x Mondays and Wednesdays; Sahara (Club Sahara): 2x Fridays; Sam's Town (Club Coast): 7x slots 5x video poker May 31, Young at Heart (50-plus) Thursdays; Silver Nugget (Slot Club): 3x Fridays; South Point (The Club): 5x slots/2x video poker May 31; Suncoast (Club Coast): 7x slots 5x video poker May 31, Young at Heart (50-plus) 9x slots 7x video poker Tuesdays and Thursdays; Station Casinos: 5x for seniors (50-plus) Wednesdays at all Stations and Fiestas; Terrible's (Players Club): 5x Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10x slots-only Sundays; Texas Station (Boarding Pass): 5x reels 3x video poker midnight-6 a.m. Monday-Thursday; Tuscany (Players Club): 10x Wednesdays and Fridays, 5x Sundays, 5x midnight to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday (some machines excluded).

The Player's Edge appears Fridays in Neon. E-mail Jeffrey Compton and Bob Dancer at jeffrey.compton@ compdance. com.