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New York Post
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Las Vegas brings popular card game Uno to casino in stunning development
Gambling content 21+. The New York Post may receive an affiliate commission if you sign up through our links. Read our editorial standards for more information. Las Vegas isn't exactly a city synonymous with family friendly fun, but a new venture from the Palms Casino Resort is looking to bring some good, clean fun to Sin City. The Palms launched the first-ever 'UNO Social Club' in Vegas this past weekend,, and there are plans for more locations to launch across the U.S. later this year, according to Mattel, which owns UNO. 'We created UNO Social Clubs to reimagine what game night can be—bringing people together for real-world fun, connection, and a bit of friendly competition,' Ray Adler, Vice President and Global Head of Games at Mattel told Newsweek. 'The UNO Social Club in Las Vegas is just the beginning, and we're excited to see how these new experiences inspire players to show up, play hard, and make unforgettable memories.' 3 A shot from the Uno Social Club. @uno/Instagram The Palms, which is located off the strip in Vegas, turned its Kingpin Suite into a UNO-themed paradise, complete with colorful decor and a private bowling alley. UNO noted on Instagram that the games were not placed on the casino floors directly, despite some rumors. 3 A look at the Uno Social Club. @uno/Instagram 'We hate to be the bearers of bad news, but the casino floor isn't ready for us yet,' the account wrote. 'We've been told that while they do have tight security, it's not robust enough for UNO at this time.' UNO, which was invented by a barber named Merle Robbins in 1971 and was acquired in 1992 by Mattel, the second-largest toymaker in terms of revenue (behind Lego) has grown into one of the most successful brands in gaming over the last 30 years. 3 Uno is going to be bringing in newcomers to the casino in Las Vegas. Getty Images Mattel and the Palms are banking on the game's popularity to be strong enough to get people away from their kitchen tables and into brick-and-mortar UNO-inspired clubs. According to the Palms, more UNO Social Clubs will pop up around the country later in 2025, using bars in major cities as hosts. Get the lowdown on the Best USA Sports Betting Sites and Apps The announcement noted that the events will feature UNO-themed drink menus, tournaments and more. Why Trust New York Post Betting Michael Leboff is a long-suffering Islanders fan, but a long-profiting sports bettor with 10 years of experience in the gambling industry. He loves using game theory to help punters win bracket pools, find long shots, and learn how to beat the market in mainstream and niche sports.
USA Today
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- USA Today
The UNO 'social clubs' opening in Vegas, explained
Those not-so-friendly fights over whether you can stack draw cards in Uno could be coming to a casino near you if the game's manufacturer, Mattel, gets its wish. On Friday, Mattel is opening the doors to the first-ever UNO Social Club, at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, and the plan is to debut more across the country later in the year, the company announced in a May press release. 'We created UNO Social Clubs to reimagine what game night can be—bringing people together for real-world fun, connection, and a bit of friendly competition,' Mattel VP and global head of games Ray Adler said. 'The UNO Social Club in Las Vegas is just the beginning, and we're excited to see how these new experiences inspire players to show up, play hard, and make unforgettable memories.' Here's everything we know about these UNO Social Clubs: What is an UNO Social Club? "Social club" is probably an accurate description of what this is, at least for the debut UNO experience at the Palms. According to the release, it's simply an UNO-themed suite where people can play UNO. And the debut was anchored around a now-over TikTok contest that awarded the winner a trip to the suite: "Once chosen, the winner will enjoy a technicolor suite drenched in the brand's iconic red, yellow, blue, and green colors, packed with UNO-themed features, including a private bowling alley and game-inspired décor. UNO game tables in the suite will also be stocked with more UNO games than you can imagine – including new extensions for even more spirited competition – and a personal UNO game host to shuffle decks in style." Will you be able to gamble on UNO? That part isn't entirely clear, though I'm sure the use of "social club" wasn't accidental. So, my guess is gambling won't be facilitated by whoever's managing the UNO experience, though I'm sure there's nothing stopping people from making their own wagers on the games they're playing. In fact, that should be expected when you debut something like this in a Vegas casino resort. However the release did say UNO Social Clubs would pop up in bars and venues across the country with "tournament-style play," which certainly sounds like something that could eventually have a monetary buy-in if it doesn't already. Will there be security? We can only hope. If these games are anything similar to the ones between friends barely able to exercise restrain when someone tries to get over without saying "UNO" on one card, I don't want to know how they'll go between complete strangers.
Newsweek
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
New UNO Casino Club Hits Las Vegas With Nationwide Rollout Planned
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. For many Americans, casinos may conjure up glamourous images of James Bond-style sophistication and high roller strategy playoffs, but now a new venue is due to launch—based around UNO. The card game, popular with families and children thanks to its simple rules, will be the main attraction at a dedicated suite in Sin City this week, with similar UNO venues planned nationwide. Palms Casino Resort has thrown a wild card by opening the first-ever "UNO Social Club" just off the Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. More UNO clubs are expected to open across the U.S. later this year, according to toymaker Mattel, which owns the brand. It is unclear whether players will actually be able to gamble on the game in Vegas and Newsweek has reached out by email, outside of usual working hours, to Mattel and Palms seeking clarification and comment. Newsweek has also sought to find out which other cities can expect to see UNO Social clubs in the future. An Uno card game is underway in this archive stock picture from February 2014. An Uno card game is underway in this archive stock picture from February 2014. Getty Images Why It Matters The popular card game UNO is owned by an estimated 80 percent of American households, according to the National Museum of Play, which dubbed it "America's favorite game." Now, new "UNO Social Clubs" are being planned for venues across the country, with the first one throwing open its doors at Palms. Mattel ran a competition in May offering a free stay at the resort for a winner and their guest, with the pair set to enjoy the UNO Social Club from Friday (July 18) through Sunday. A press release circulated by Palms at the time said the two guests would enjoy "a technicolor suite drenched in the brand's iconic red, yellow, blue, and green colors, packed with UNO-themed features, including a private bowling alley and game-inspired décor." What To Know UNO was invented by a barber called Merle Robbins in 1971, with toy giant Mattel acquiring the rights to the game in 1992. It was a canny decision, because an UNO set was sold in the U.S. almost every second in 2023, with nearly 60 games sold each minute, according to a CNN profile of the game. Even family pets appear to like the game, with one viral video (above) showing a dog beating a 5-year-old. Players each hold a handful of cards, and must try to discard them based around matching the colors, numbers, or symbols, to the last card laid down by a previous player. When they have just one card remaining, they must shout "UNO," which means "one" in both Spanish and Italian, to indicate they've nearly won. Various action cards or wild cards shake up the game throughout. The Uno Social Club will feature a number of UNO game tables, including new extensions, and a personal UNO game dealer who will shuffle the decks "in style," Palms said. UNO decks will include UNO Golf, UNO Teams, and UNO Show 'em No Mercy. The new UNO Social Club at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The new UNO Social Club at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. Palms Casino Resort More UNO Social Clubs are due to "pop-up across the country later this year, with experiences in bars and venues in major U.S. cities," Palms said of the Mattel rollout, adding: "Each event will transform everyday hotspots into the ultimate game night destination with UNO-themed drink menus, tournament-style play, photo moments, and more." Mattel often releases new versions and extensions for the game, and even ran a job advert seeking a "chief UNO player" for a four-week position that would pay $17,000 in August 2023. The brand also moved with the times by launching cell phone apps several years' ago, but seems to be hoping there's still an appetite for real-world play with its new social clubs. What People Are Saying Ray Adler, Vice President and Global Head of Games at Mattel said: "We created UNO Social Clubs to reimagine what game night can be—bringing people together for real-world fun, connection, and a bit of friendly competition. The UNO Social Club in Las Vegas is just the beginning, and we're excited to see how these new experiences inspire players to show up, play hard, and make unforgettable memories." What Happens Next UNO fans should head to Vegas this weekend, or keep an eye on Mattel's publicity announcements to see whether an UNO Social Club is planned for their city later this year.
Vancouver Sun
7 days ago
- Business
- Vancouver Sun
Hum: North Market's garden-to-table dishes should lure foodies to Almonte
78 Mill St., Almonte, 613-897-2676, Open: Tuesday and Wednesday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday to Saturday 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Monday Prices: Lunch and dinner items between $6 and $22 Access: Steps to the front door Between the back door of her restaurant and a large parking lot is chef and co-owner Amanda Herrera's not-that-secret weapon. 'Most restaurants don't have this amount of space behind them,' she says. Discover the best of B.C.'s recipes, restaurants and wine. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of West Coast Table will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. 'Most restaurants that have this amount of space behind them would turn it into a patio,' says her husband, Rick Herrera, co-owner and general manager of North Market in Almonte . Instead, Herrera has been cultivating a backyard garden for years. Now, its four beds are stunningly filled with herbs, plants, edible flowers, peas on trestles, cherry tomatoes on vines, horse rhubarb, onions, sunflowers and more. Bounty from North Market's garden, along with produce from nearby farmers, starred in most of the dishes that we ate and enjoyed at our dinner there last weekend. Herrera's from-scratch, garden- and farm-to-table small plates won us over, starting with the rich, delicious chicken liver mousse ($18) with a brûléed canopy, offset by a intensely celery-like lovage leaf and ending with some tour de force ice cream ($6) made with rose geranium leaves, topped with dried herbs and sitting in a puddle of olive oil. Like its garden, North Market's been a work in progress since it opened seven years ago in what had been Palms, a coffee shop on Almonte's historic main drag. North Market began as a coffee shop. Lunch service and baked goods drew people in. Then came the pandemic, and the Herreras pivoted to offer to-go and frozen foods, along with bottles of well-chosen organic and natural wines. Dinner service eventually resumed, but was phased in as North Market's grocery and bakery business lines continued. It reached its 30-seat limit for diners last November, and guests still eat in the high-ceilinged, spacious, rustic ambiance, flanked by shelves filled with pastas, gourmet chips, wine bottles, and other groceries. Beside the cash is a counter stocked with pastry chef Brandy Nieto's tempting treats. North Market serves both lunch and dinner, with different, concise, constantly changing menus in force, and Rick Herrera says the eatery is busiest at lunch. But the four of us ate almost everything off Amanda Herrera's concise dinner menu, which consisted of about a dozen items, and thought the half-hour trip from west-end Ottawa to Almonte was well worth it. We kicked off our meal with six impeccably fresh Northern Belle oysters from P.E.I. ($20), topped with some strawberry shallot mignonette and garden-fresh basil that added layers of flavour. Having visited Halifax less than a month ago, I've eaten an inordinate number of oysters recently, and North Market's might be my favourites. The next wave of food consisted of three items that left us shaking our heads with appreciation. Strawberry habanero aguachile with ahi tuna ($18), served with house-made tortilla chips, was eye-poppingly attractive and its balanced flavours made it as tasty as it was beautiful. (The Herreras both have fine arts in their background, and Amanda Herrera is self-taught as a chef.) Hakurei turnips ($14) were wading in a generous puddle of bagna cauda, the irresistible dip made principally with olive oil, chipped anchovies and garlic. While the turnips were fine, the dip was the star, and we greedily finished all of it with the pillowy challah ($8) that Herrera sent out. (She had recognized me, I have to say.) Next came more convivial food to eat with our hands, namely that fine chicken liver mousse, and 'coconut shrimp cocktail' ($17), which I'll put in quotation marks because while those crisp shrimps with a sweet-sour-spicy mayo-based sauce were good, no less tasty were the crudites on the platter. Before desserts, we had three more plates. Garden salad with local greens, snap peas, lemon ricotta, herb vinaigrette and crisp prosciutto ($18) extended the streak of excellent garden-to-table eating. Beef carpaccio ($22), perked up by a beet relish and horseradish aioli, ticked off our animal-protein requirements during our plant-forward dinner. Roast beets on a bed of whipped tahini ($18), starred on yet another pretty plate, garnished with pistachio lilac dukkah and pickled leeks and splashed with orange vinaigrette. Our night ended sweetly with that rose geranium ice cream, plus two of Nieto's creations freed from behind the showcase, Dubai chocolate eclair with pistachio kataifi crunch and chocolate mousse ($5.25) and almond and pistachio baklava ($3.50). What could have been improved upon at North Market? While service was attentive and gracious, the pace of dinner was a touch slow. The absence of cocktails was a wee letdown. That said, the wines on offer made me feel better, especially as we had arrived early enough for the tail-end of happy hour pricing. As far as garden-to-table dining goes, I had been aware, before I went to North Market, of Ottawa chef Marc Lepine's new restaurant Sauterelle . In mid-May, when I checked in with Lepine, best known for his acclaimed restaurant Atelier on Rochester Street, he said two things about Sauterelle. Construction of that Somerset Street West restaurant, which is to feature a year-round indoor garden, was imminent, Lepine said. He added that when it opens, Sauterelle will be the kind of restaurant that Michelin Guide inspectors ought to inspect . Until Sauterelle opens, I can warmly suggest that if you want some garden-to-table fare, you head to North Market in Almonte. The Herreras' take on that kind of restaurant is very persuasive. Frankly, given North Market's distinctiveness, quality and price point, I'd point Michelin inspectors in its direction too. phum@ For more smart picks and offbeat stories from around the city, subscribe to Out of Office , our weekly newsletter on local arts, food and things to do.
Miami Herald
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
Out-of-town gambler wins big bingo jackpot in Vegas after 53 balls are called
An out-of-town gambler goes to a Las Vegas casino to honor her mom. She ended up winning a big bingo jackpot during a recent visit. The woman went to Palace Station Hotel & Casino on June 9 and played the Jumbo Bingo Progressive, the casino said in a Facebook post. After the 53rd ball was called, she hit the jackpot. Now she's $136,410 richer. 'She Loves Palace even more than before!' the casino said. The woman's mom used to love playing at the casino. Palace Station Hotel & Casino is just west of the Las Vegas Strip. Another gambler also got lucky on a casino game in Vegas this week. The gambler bet 88 cents on a Dancing Drums slot machine at Palms Casino Resort and won more than $28,000, McClatchy News reported.
