TROPICANA CASINO & RESORT ------------------------- GAMING INFORMATON ______________________________________________________________________________ LARGEST CARIBBEAN STUD POKER JACKPOT AT TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT AWARDS $233,351.00 TO NEW YORK RESIDENT Atlantic City, NJ --- A Brooklyn, New York, man became the largest Caribbean Stud Poker Jackpot winner at Tropicana Casino and Resort when he was dealt a Royal Flush and won $233,351.00 earlier this week. Joseph Wang, who was visiting the new Tropicana for the first time and usually plays Baccarat was drawn to the Caribbean Stud Poker table when he noticed the large progressive jackpot. "The figure was large and I've played the game before, so I figured I'd take a chance," said Wang. The 28 year-old lead tour bus operator plans to buy a car, a house and take a vacation with his new found winnings. When he realized that he had won, Wang thought, "Now I am a rich man." Wang, who plans to visit Tropicana again, couldn't wait to tell his fellow bus passengers about his new found fortune. Tropicana, which houses more than 150 table games throughout the casino floor, offers players six Caribbean Stud Poker tables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ THE WORLD'S LARGEST SLOT MACHINE AND $250,000 HIGH ROLLER SWEEPSTAKES ONLY AT TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT Atlantic City, NJ --- Experience the thrill of playing the World's Largest Slot machine or enter the $250,000 High Roller Sweepstakes for a chance to win a spectacular weekend at Tropicana Casino and Resort when you participate in these two exciting promotions now through September 28. You could pull down a quick $25,000 or one of many other terrific prizes with your free pull on the World's Largest Slot Machine located in the Grand Concourse from noon to 9:00 PM daily. Just present your Diamond Club card and watch the reels spin on this fabulous promotion where everyone is awarded a fun prize. The stakes increase when you enter our $250,000 High Roller Sweepstakes for a chance to win an experience unlike any other. You'll be dazzled, wined and dined when you are whisked to tropicana in a deluxe limousine and treated to the spacious $10,000 a night luxurious suite as well as a weekend of gourmet dining, a private masseuse, personalized butler service, $1,000 in gift certificates to Tropicana owned shops, access to our exclusive premium player lounges, Diamond Jim's Premium Place and the Shark Club, a year of free tickets to performances in the Tropicana Showroom and a VIP parking permit for future visits. As a special bonus, you could win an extra $50,000 cash if you are present at the High Roller Sweepstakes Drawing Saturday, September 28 at 2:00 PM. Visit the Promotions Booth for your official entry form. Participants must be a member of the Diamond Club which is free and easy to join. Experience Atlantic City's hottest summer promotions -- only at the new Tropicana casino and Resort. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TROP POKER CLUB, TROP TURF CLUB AND TROP KENO CLUB AT TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT Atlantic City, NJ --- Atlantic City's most luxurious gaming areas -- the trop Poker Club, Trop Turf Club and Trop Keno Club -- offers players the comfort, convenience and attention to detail that they deserve when playing at the new Tropicana Casino and Resort. Located adjacent to the Grand Concourse, the Trop Poker Club, Turf club and keno Club, was designed with the serious player in mind. The Trop Poker Club, which features 58 tables that offer Seven Card Stud, Hold 'Em, Omaha, Five Card Stud and Five Card Draw, are available in three separate areas of the room. From the high-limit area to the smoke free area to the common area, the Trop Poker Room caters to each players needs. With more than 100 - 32" television monitors throughout the room, the Trop Poker Club offers players the convenience of tableside food service as well as scalp and shoulder massages. The first of its kind in the nation, the Trop Poker Club uses specially designed photo identification system to track play to ensure that players receive the complimentaries they deserve on each visit to the property. The Poker Smoker Room features its own ventilation system to allow caigar and pipe smokers the convenience of a special lounge. The Turf Club features live simulcasting from racetracks nationwide including Belmont, Churchill Downs, Hollywood Park, Meadowlands and Philadelphia Park to name a few. With daily thoroughbred and harness racing, guests can view the races on the expensive television system throughout the area or 9" personal monitors located at the seats. The Turf Club features smoking and smoke free areas. The Keno Club, which features comforatbly plush seating, offers players the opportunity to play a multi-race or single ticket. With television sets that house a closed captioned feature, the Keno Club is open 24 hours a day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT UNVEILS THE ELEGANT BACCARAT ROOM AND JADE PALACE Atlantic City, NJ --- The Baccarat Room and Jade Palace, Atlantic City's newest and most luxurious high-limit table games area, are recent additions to the casino floor at Tropicana Casino and Resort. The Baccarat Room, which offers premium players three Baccarat and seven Blackjack tables as well as one roulette table, is a haven for the serious table game player. Set amid chestnut wood, etched mirrors and plush seating, the Baccarat Room offers players the undeniable sophistication they have come to expect from the Tropicana. For comfort and convenience, this exclusive gaming area offers players a private bar and buffet as well as private restrooms and a lounge area. The Jade Palace offers premium players three Mini-Baccarat tables equipped with reader boards, four Pow Gow Poker and four Pow Gow Tile tables as well as one Sic Bo table and one Roulette table exquisitely decorated with a painted dragon. An authentic Oriental Noodle Bar compliments the intimate atmosphere and luxurious decor highlighted with hand painted murals by artist Michael Irvin. In addition, the Jade Palace offers patrons the comfort of a private lounge area as well as a private bar and restrooms. The Baccarat Room and Jade Palace offer the convenience of a cashier cage to service guests. Also, patrons can access these gaming areas via the casino floor or through the private elevator located in our new premium player lounge, the Shark Club. "The Baccarat Club and Jade Palace wwill allow us to cater to a segment of the market who truly appreciate the quality and attention to detail evident in the elegant design of these premium gaming areas," commented Danny Montagna, Tropicana's Vice President of casino Games Operations. The Baccarat Room and the Jade Palace areas coupled with our more than 100,000 square foot casino floor, offers players 105 of the widest variety of table games in Atlantic City. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT SWEEPS LOOSEST SLOT AWARDS FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR Atlantic City, NJ --- The handles have been pulled, the payouts have been tabulated, and the results have been announced. Tropicana Casino and Resort has swept Casino Player magazine's "Loosest Slot Awards" for the second straight year. In the East Coast category, which includes Atlantic City's twelve casinos and Foxwoods in Connecticut, Tropicana won first place for loosest slots overall, loosest 25-cent slots, loosest 50-cent slots, and loosest $1 slots, just as it did in 1994. "Tropicana won it's first-place slot ranking by offering customers consistenly high payouts for the past two years," said James B. Perry, President and General Manager of Tropicana. "Customers can expect to see those high payouts continue, because we're proud of our awards, and we intend to keep them." According to the editors of Casino Player, slot players should look for consistency when deciding where to try their luck. Tropicana certainly offers players consistency, having won the #1 slot ranking for two straight years. The "Loosest Slot Awards" were bestowed on Tropicana based on its slot payout percentages over a twelve-month period. Tropicana's payout percentages for 25- cent slot machines (91.9%), 50-cent slot machines (92.1%), and $1 slot machines (92.5%) were the highest on the East Coast for this twelve-month period, as was Tropicana's overall slot payout percentage of 92.5%. The Second Annual "Loosest Slot Awards" prove what Tropicana's slot customers already know: Tropcana gives players more pull for their dollar! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ TROPICANA CASINO AND RESORT OFFERS LET IT RIDE POKER Atlantic City, NJ --- Continuing its tradition of giving slot and table game players exactly what they want, Tropicana Casino and Resort now offers Let It Ride Poker. Based on the game of Five Card Stud Poker, Let It Ride gives players the opportunity to control two of three bets wagered. Rather than playing against the dealer or other players, Let It Ride Poker players simply try to get a good poker hand using their own three-card hand and two community cards, which are exposed by the dealer. The dealer pays all winning hands according to the following payout schedule; Royal Flus, 1000 to 1; Straight Flush, 200 to 1; Four of a Kind, 50 to 1; Full House, 11 to 1; Flush, 8 to 1; Straight, 5 to 1; Three of a kind, 3 to 1; Two Pair, 2 to 1; and Pair of Tens or better, 1 to 1. Tropicana currently offers two Let It Ride Poker games in its luxurious 90,000-square-foot casino. Tropicana also features Five Times the Action Craps on all tables, all the time. For slot players, Tropicana's slot machines, ranked "Loosest Slots on the East Coast" by Casino Player magazine, mean that Tropicana is Atlantic City's Luckiest Place to Play! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |TROPICANA CASINO & RESORT | | S Brighton & Boardwalk ..609-340-4000 | | Box Office ............609-340-4020 | | Hotel .................609-340-4200 | | Restaurants ...........609-340-4000 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------