Everi, the casino industry’s single source provider of gaming products and payments solutions, will host its annual TournEvent for Charities slot tournament, pitting celebrities and media-about-town against one another within the ultimate slot machine showdown benefitting each player’s charity of choice. With a lineup including popular Vegas acts like Penn & Teller, Carrot Top, Terry Fator and more, onlookers are certain to have SLOTS of fun watching the TournEvent-for-a-Cause unfold!

TournEvent for Charities kicks off at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 27 in Everi’s booth #1116 on the 2016 Global Gaming Expo (“G2E”) on the Sands Expo Center. Twenty-four top media, performers and personalities including George Wallace, Chef Rick Moonen and Robin Leach can help Everi and TournEvent for Charities contribute to many worthy causes, with the celebs’ prize money donated to their preferred philanthropic organizations. Everi will provide a complete of $40,000 in charitable donations to the celebrities’ selected charities and every participant is sure to win a minimum of $1,000 for his or her selected charity.

“For the past few years, TournEvent for Charities have been a G2E highlight for Everi and we encourage G2E attendees to forestall by our booth to cheer at the celebrities as they compete on this one-of-a-kind slot tournament for charity,” said Linda Trinh, Everi Vp of selling & Promotions. “This event serves as a singular way for celebrities to have fun, get their competitive juices flowing and win money for his or her favorite charities. Everi is very pleased to support such a lot of worthy charitable organizations through TournEvent of Charities and we glance forward to learning which celebrity may also help their charity of choice walk away with the $10,000 top prize.”

TournEvent for Charities serves as precursor to the TournEvent of Champions championship tournament that occurs at 5 p.m. PT on Wednesday, September 28 at XS Nightclub within the Wynn/Encore resort. This year, 143 slot players representing 89 casinos from around the U.S., Canada, and Peru will face off and compete for slot tournament supremacy and the $1 million* grand prize. TournEvent of Champions can be streamed live over the web at https://www.twitch.tv/everigames, providing slot tournament fans at home with a front row seat to all of the action.

As an added bonus, Everi will celebrate the discharge of 2 of its newest licensed brand games, Penn & Teller and for Warner Bros.’ timeless romantic film, Casablanca, with ribbon-cutting ceremonies in booth #1116 on September 27 and 28, respectively, during G2E.

At 12 noon on Tuesday, September 27, Las Vegas legends Penn & Teller might be available to chop the ribbon for his or her first actual slot machine and sign autographs for fans. Stephen Bogart, son of film legends Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, can be available to chop the ribbon for Everi’s new Casablanca slot machine at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, September 28. Bogart will even autograph DVD copies of the 1942 film classic that ranks second at the American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time list. G2E attendees are invited to forestall by Everi’s booth #1116 to look at both ribbon-cutting ceremonies and meet the celebrities.

*The 1,000,000 Dollar Grand Prize awarded using periodic payments over TWO DECADES or in a lump sum, contemporary cash value payment.

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