Ring in the New Year at Red Hawk Casino With $80,000 in Cash Drawings

SACRAMENTO, CA--(Marketwire - December 29, 2009) - Red Hawk Casino is pleased to announce $80,000 in cash drawings and a performance by Double Funk Crunch to celebrate New Year's Eve.

Red Hawk Casino is ringing in New Year's across each time zone with cash drawings. A total of 35 cash drawings will be held between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. on Thursday, December 31. Five winners will each be selected at 9 p.m., 10 p.m. 11 p.m., 1 a.m. and 2 a.m. to win $1,000. At midnight, ten winners will be selected to win $1,000. New Year's drawings continue all weekend.

On Friday, January 1 and Saturday, January 2, at 8 p.m., and on Sunday, January 3 at 6 p.m., 10 winners will be randomly selected for cash drawings for $1,000 each, and one winner will be drawn for $5,000. Drawings will be held at the Stage Bar. Players can earn entries by using their Rewards Card while playing slots or table games.

Rewards Club members can also continue to earn entries for the 100 million points giveaway. On Friday, January 22, thirteen winners will be selected at 8 p.m. for drawings totaling 50,000,000 points or $50,000.

Double Funk Crunch (www.doublefunkcrunch.com), a nine-piece party band, will bring in the New Year with a live performance on the Stage Bar from 9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. on New Year's Eve. Double Funk Crunch was formed in 1997 and plays all types of dance music from Big Band to Smooth Jazz, Latin to Hip-Hop, R&B to Blues, and Disco to Rock.

Local Sacramento band Aftershock (www.aftershocktheband.com) will be performing on Friday, January 1 and Saturday, January 2 at 8 p.m. on the Stage Bar. Aftershock features high-energy music mixed with up-tempo funk, hip-hop, R&B, and Blues.

To start earning great prizes and exclusive members-only offers, sign up at the Red Hawk Rewards Club in the casino. New members have a winning guarantee with a rebate for 25 percent on their first trip's play. The rebate, up to $400 in free slot play, will be added to the player's Club card for use on their next trip to Red Hawk Casino.

For more information on Red Hawk Casino, please call 1-888-5REDHWK (888-573-3495) or visit www.redhawkcasino.com.

Contact Information: Media Contacts: Joshua Taustein Dresner Corporate Services 312-780-7219 jtaustein@dresnerco.com David Gutierrez Dresner Corporate Services 312-780-7204 dgutierrez@dresnerco.com