Rolling Hills Casino

It’s been raining for days and rain is in the forecast for six of the next ten days. Is the gloomy weather starting to get you down?  Here are eight ideas to brighten up your day.

1. Meet a friend for coffee.
Aromas Coffee Shop is my favorite place for a caramel macchiato.

2. Take a bubble bath. 
There’s nothing better than a bubble bath in a Jacuzzi in your room at the Lodge.

Here’s a recipe for a wonderful bath with long lasting fluffy bubbles that will help you retain moisture in your skin : Mix ½ cup mild body soap, 1 tablespoon of honey, and one egg white. Pour the mixture under the water as you draw your bath.

3. Play a new game.
There’s a new Yahtzee game at Rolling Hills.

4. Try a new recipe.
You’ll find a great recipe for our Artichoke Encrusted Halibut on our blog, “Recipes made easy at the Corning, Wine, Food, and Art Festival.”  It’s a favorite at Timber’s Steakhouse.

We’ve also posted some recipes on YouTube.  Here’s one on how to cook a salmon filet in minutes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAjDHvgaVnI.

5. Play a round of golf at Sevillano Links. 
It’s no drearier right now than it is on a summer day in Scottland where the game was invented. Start your game after noon for the best rates and warmest temperatures.

6. Go out for breakfast or lunch at Timber’s or the Rolling Hills Buffet.
If you are 50 or over, enjoy a 50% discount on your Buffet meal on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

7. Get a new look.
There’s a hair stylist at the Traveler’s Center at Rolling Hills.

8. Have a party. 
Invite your friends and make a day — or night — of it. Rolling Hills has everything you need for a fun time including fun and games, and food and drinks. Plan your party for Saturday night, and treat your guests to free live music and dancing in Carlinos. Best part is you don’t have to clean your house before the party starts. 

Have you got your costume ready for the big Halloween Party and Costume Contest at Rolling Hills Casino this Saturday night? There’s $1,500 to win, with prizes for the top 15 contestants.  Registration is from 7PM to 9PM at the Shasta Club, and the contest starts at 10pm in Carlinos.  DJ Brad Bonner will be spinning tunes from 9PM to 1AM for your dancing pleasure.

I heard lots of people from Chico, Corning, Red Bluff, and even Los Molinos plan to participate.  I can’t decide what I want to be yet. For those like me who still haven’t decided on a costume, here’s some ideas and tips:

Real or fake weapons and masks aren’t allowed in the casino, so you can’t be the masked bandit, Zorro, or a fully-wrapped mummy. However, you can be a mommy. In the past, I’ve seen guys masquerading as pregnant women on Halloween. I wonder if the men carrying the extra weight developed more empathy for mothers by the time the night was over. You can also be a big baby, although some people I know don’t need a costume to be one of those.    

I expect to see a lot of news inspired Halloween costumes this year:  Kate and Will, Charlie Sheen, Harry Potter and his fans.  I heard space junk costumes are trendy right now. With a cardboard box and tin foil, you could be a party crashing satellite.  Though technically, you can’t crash a party you are invited to. Band names and movie titles are fun to represent by costume.  Why dress as Natalie Portman’s troubled character in the movie, when you could dress up as a black swan?  Well I guess the character from the movie would be easier to portray. TV is always a good source for costume ideas: Pan Am stewardesses, The Playboy Club bunnies, Smurffs. . .

Do you have a beard?  Wear a pink tutu, tights, make-up and wig and be a bearded lady in the circus.  Do you have a lot of feather’s? Last year’s winner was a peacock.

Costumes don’t have to be expensive. With a cardboard box and some paint you could be a slot machine.  Or you could be an aquarium, rubiks cube, or jack-in the box.  One year's winner was an artist painting a self-portait inside a picture frame. There’s lots of costumes you can create by “thinking in the box”.

You don’t have to spend one dime if you use clothing you already own. Your closet is a treasure trove of costumes just waiting to be created. You probably already own all the clothes and accessories you need to be a tourist, gypsy, pirate, cowboy, nerd, etc.  With a little black dress, you can be a cat, librarian, devil, hag, wizard, witch, zombie, Elvira, evil fairy, the women in a music video. Cut up that old shirt of yours that you never wear into a vest or something else.  If you stretch pantyhose over your hair, you’ll instantly look bald. 

I found some great ideas online from costumeideazone.com including this tip for winning a Halloween contest: “It’s not what you wear, but how you wear it.” Pretend you are in a play and you are your character.   Have fun and interact with people as your character before the contest starts so that party-goers develop an appreciation for your costume.  Strutt your stuff, especially during the judging.  If you are Elvis, put those lips and shake those hips.

Good luck. 

I can’t believe its October already!  It’s pouring outside, but by Friday the sun will be shining bringing with it warmer weather in time for Sunday’s Orange Ball event at Sevillano Links and this weekend’s pheasant hunt at Clearcreek Sportsclub. Rain or shine, there’s plenty of entertainment at Rolling Hills Casino this week, including Comedy night with Bruce Baum and Jimmy Shubert on Friday and live music with the band “All Fired Up” on Saturday.

When I think of autumn, I think of comfort foods, pumpkins, and Gingerbread Houses.    The annual Gingerbread House project completed in November/December is a “must see” at Rolling Hills.  Each year, our Food and Beverage team constructs a wonderland extravaganza with a magnificent gingerbread house as the centerpiece.  The gingerbread houses are at least 3 feet tall. One year, the project featured an elaborate castle with moat and bridge, another year it was a beautiful mansion. The theme is different every year. We don’t have a theme yet for this year’s gingerbread house, and we need your help.

Gingerbread House Theme Contest: We need a theme for this year’s Gingerbread House to help our team get started on the design.  Submit your theme idea on our Facebook page or by emailing info@rollinghillscasino.com.  The person with the winning theme idea will receive dinner for two each week in December.  In addition, we will donate $500 to the charity of the winner’s choice.

I don’t know about you, but I get a little hungrier with cooler weather.  I’ve been in the mood for steak and seafood lately, so I’m pretty excited about this month’s featured dinner in Timbers Steakhouse: A mouth-watering four-ounce petite filet mignon with six deep fried or skewered shrimp for only $18. Timbers is open Wednesday through Sunday from 5pm to 10pm.  For reservations, call (530) 528-3506. 

After a good dinner, I like to laugh. There will be plenty of laughter at this Friday’s Comedy Night featuring Jimmy Shubert and Bruce Baum. With his large mustache and long hair, Baum looks like David Crosby, but he will swear he is not. He can sing, however, and has several songs on YouTube with his band the Nogginblasts. He co-authored the Letters From a Nut series of books, written under the pseudonym Ted L. Nancy. He even appeared on the Simpsons as an animated version of himself, and is the creater of the comedy web-desitination “ theOuterNet.com. Perhaps you saw one of Bruce’s numerous appearances on Hollywood Squares, Full House, Growing Pains, Comedy Central, HBO and / or Showtime — Or perhaps not. Some of us have better things to do than sit around and watch TV all day: Such as coming to Rolling Hills and seeing Bruce Baum perform live.

Jimmy Shubert also has an impressive resume as an actor and comedian, both in film and on television His hour-long stand-up comedy special was named a top ten comedy DVD  for 2010 by Punchline Magazine, and is available on itunes. You may have seen him in his recurring role on “King of Queens” for five years and several appearances on “Entourage”. He has released three comedy albums, “Animal Instincts” “Pandemonium” & “Alive & kickin.”

The Comedy Club doors open Friday, October 8 at 7:30pm; the show starts at 8:30pm. Reserved table seats are $15; general admission tickets are only $10.  Get your tickets early, as they often sell out for Comedy Club nights. You can get tickets at the Casino coat check, online at www.ticketforce.com, or by phone at (877) 840-0457.

Come back on Saturday and get “All Fired Up” for dancing.  Meet your friends in Carlinos for a night of live classic rock from 9pm to 1am.  Admission is free.

World Tourism Day is this Tuesday.  Too often, we think we have to travel far to be a tourist. Perhaps we should change our thinking and explore all the reasons tourists from all over the world visit our area.  The North State has many wonderful assets: the Sundial Bridge, art galleries and antique stores in Red Bluff, Shasta Lake, the New Clairvaux Winery, the Sacramento Discovery Center, and of course Rolling Hills Casino and Sevillano Links. This week, think like a tourist and start your world tour with a trip to the Rolling Hills Casino and Resort.  

If you like to play golf and want to make a day and night of it, Sevillano Links has Play and Stay packages available that include hotel accommodations, all-you can-eat breakfast, a round of golf, cart usage, and range balls. Visit http://www.sevillanolinks.com/stayandplay/ for more information. 

If you like to hunt, fish, and sport shoot, the Clear Creek Sports Club offers upland game bird and duck hunting, wild boar hunting, fly fishing, and trap/sporting clays. Contact the Clear Creek Sports Club at (530) 520-9464 for the full range of opportunities.

A tourist has to eat. Rolling Hills Casino has several dining options that make it worth being a tourist. The all-you-can-eat Rolling Hills Buffet features prime rib every day for lunch and dinner as well as a wide assortment of popular dishes.  If you want a dinner cooked to perfection just for you, Timbers Restaurant is open Wednesday through Sunday from 5pm to 10pm.  Tucked away from the gaming floor, Timbers is the ideal place for a romantic getaway or special dinner.  For a quick bite to eat close to the action, Aroma’s Coffeeshop offers pizza, hot dogs, gourmet sandwiches, gelato, and specialty coffee drinks.

Stay overnight at the Rolling Hills Lodge or Inn.  Both beautiful hotels offer comfortable accomdations, and all-you-can eat breakfast.  

Or park your “home away from home” in our RV Park with full electrical and water hookups. It’s safe and secure with 24-hour patrol.  Private showers and laundry are available at the Traveler’s Center.  Sevillano Links also offers Golf Play and Stay packages for the RV Park.  To take advantage of the RV Park Stay and Play, check in at Sevillano Links before checking into the RV Park.

No vacation is complete without entertainment.  Rolling Hills Casino is the North State’s premier entertainment destination with over 800 slot machines and the most popular table games including Blackjack, Emperor Pai Gow Poker, Texas Shootout, and Three-Card Poker. 

This week’s Entertainment Calendar highlights include Monday Night Football, the $10,000 Piggy Smash finale on Friday, and the James Slack band on Saturday night.  Visit our entertainment calendar for more information about these and other upcoming events. http://rollinghillscasino.com/calendar/

We hope you have a fun journey to Rolling Hills Casino and Resort, your local tourist destination.

We have a slogan at Rolling Hills Casino: “It’s better to play.”  

Sometimes watching others play is just as fun.  That’s certainly the case with Monday Night Football at Rolling Hills, where you can watch the big game each week on gigantic 14 foot screens, enjoy all-you-can eat appetizers, and have a shot at winning cash and prizes.

It’s also fun to watch someone put on goggles and grab a hammer to smash a piggy bank.  Every 30 minutes from 8pm to 11pm on Fridays in September, our computer randomly selects a table game or slot machine. The person playing with their Shasta Club card in the selected seat gets to choose a piggy bank containing $100 to $1,000.  

Watching someone win a big jackpot is exciting.  However, I bet winning the jackpot is significantly more exciting. Just ask Guadalupe, who recently won a $25,000 jackpot playing slots!

Golf is something else that I think is more fun to play than watch.  This Saturday, September 24, there are two opportunities for golfing and camaraderie that benefit our community: Golf for a Cause to benefit Girls Inc. and the Corning Elementary 3^rd Annual CEEF Golf Tournament. For more information on these two awesome events visit www.sevillanolinks.com.

It’s cheaper to play golf on Tuesdays and Thursdays if you are over 50.  Only $45. After you work up an appetite on the course, enjoy the buffet at ½ price.  Age does have its privileges on Senior Days.

Saturday Night Live Music is the same price for everyone regardless of whether you’ve earned extra privileges for age.  ADMISSION IS FREE.  This week Kelly McDonald band plays from 9pm to 1am. Work it up on the dance floor and call it play. 

Why watch pro golf on TV when you can watch it this week live at Sevillano Links? And why watch the big NFL game alone on your couch, when it’s larger than life at Rolling Hills Monday night?  Bottom line, you can’t be part of the action if you are sitting in front of your TV set at home.

Read on for details about tournaments at Sevillano Links, plus Monday Night Football, Fiesta Friday, Piggy Smashes, Live Music Saturday Night and a community program that we applaud.

Monday through Wednesday, Sevillano Links hosts the 84^th Annual Nor Cal Open, one of the most prestigious golf championships in the Western United States. Past Champions include Archer, Lema, Maltbie, Jacobsen, Sutherland, and Boyns, among others. This tournament is an NCPGA and NCGA Point event. Spectators are welcomed.

Sevillano Links at Rolling Hills Casino is a John Daly Signature, 18-hole championship golf course, and named a "Best New Golf Course" by Golfweek magazine. Click here for more information about our golf course: http://www.sevillanolinks.com.

Sevillano Links Golf Club hosts tNassau Tournament, Saturday, September 17. Tee times start at 8:30a.m. All participants must have handicap with Sevillano Links. To register, call the Golf Shop today 530-528-4600

Women, Mark your calendar: Golf Fore a Cause returns September 24.  Spend the afternoon with the girls, learn to play golf, and help raise money for programs that help girls reach their full potential. This annual fundraiser for Girls Inc. is fun and includes a morning tee party, golf clinic, boutiquing, and tee prize lunch. Most important, you get the priceless feeling of giving to empower girls to be smart strong and bold. For more information, visit www.sevillanolinks.com.

Football Fans: Our Monday night football tailgate parties kick off this week.  Watch the big games on a gigantic 14-foot screen.  Your $10 admission includes all you can eat appetizers and a chance to win great prizes.  Monday nights are humongous fun at Rolling Hills during football season.         

It’s another Pig Smash this Friday. All you have to do to enter is play at Rolling Hills Casino with your Shasta Club card. Every 30 minutes from 8pm to 11pm, a random slot machine or table game set will be drawn.  If your seat is chosen, you’ll grab a mallet, choose your pig, and smash away to instantly win cash prizes from $100 to $1,000.  On Friday September 30^th, the cash prizes increase with pigs containing $500 to $5,000.

Los Felinos and Los Babys in concert, Friday September 16. We are excited to present two legends in Latin Music.   Tickets on sale now at Coat Check. $20 pre-sale, $25 at the door.

James Buell Band Saturday Night.  Speaking of dancing, it’s another night of country with the James Buell Band, Saturday September 17 from 9pm to 1am.  Admission free.

A Community Program That We Applaud: The Expect More Tehama Reading Challenge! Read 100 minutes a week and receive a free pumpkin and other harvest goodies! Visit  http://expectmoretehama.com/ for more information.

Lots of new things to write about for this weekend, September 9 through September 11: New deals, new games, new coffees --- and the pigs are back!   Plus, Northern Heat returns with a new night of live music, Saturday from 9pm to1.  

NEW IN GAMING:

This week a bank of slot machines in the non-smoking underwent a game conversion. The machines are the same, but the games are entirely different.  To convert a machine to a new game, a slot technician removes the old game circuit board and replaces it with a new one.  The software for the game is pre-programed on a chip on the circuit board.   It’s almost like replacing software on your computer, except that the slot machine software is installed on the hardware, which makes it secure and tamperproof.  

The casino gets new games all the time. In fact, the casino has 300 new games that weren’t here last year.  Sometimes the new games are on new machines, such as the Rock Around the Clock games. Other times, existing machines undergo conversions to new games, as is the case with the bank of machines by the south entrance.  We continually replace machines and games because we want your every visit to be a new experience.

Just in case you were wondering: Rolling Hills Casino currently has 820 slot machines.  When we opened we only had 675.

NEW IN AROMA’S COFFEESHOP

Pumpkin Spice Latte.  I was skeptical when James Rosenbalm, Food and Beverage Manager invited me to sample one.  I couldn’t imagine pumpkin and coffee being a compatible taste combination.  I was wrong.  It was absolutely delicious.  And it was so beautiful I had to take a photo. Stop by Aroma’s and try one. 

NEW DEALS

This weekend, we wanted to reward those of you checking in your Rolling Hills location on Facebook through your phone.  When you check in, you will see a screen with a coupon for $10 free slot play. Show that screen to the Shasta Club to redeem the deal.  Only one check-in per person.  The deal ends at 5:30 Sunday, September 11.

Keep checking back to the Rolling Hills Page on Facebook and the blog on our website for other upcoming deals and contests. 

PIGS ARE BACK

It’s a new piggy bank smashing season. This year, the Casino made it even easier to participate. Every 30 minutes from 8pm to 11pm, we will draw a random slot machine or table game seat. If your seat is chosen, you’ll grab a mallet, choose your pig, and smash away to instantly win cash prizes from $100 to $1,000. On Friday September 30th, the cash prizes increase with pigs containing $500 to $5,000.

September arrives this week and with it the $59,600 Piggy Smash Giveaway! Also returning later this month are the pig skin games on the big screen (AKA football.)  

There’s a long list of things to go hog wild about this week including the Comedy Club, DJ Rezdog on Saturday night, daily Hot Seat Drawings, Sunday Skins Games at Sevillano Links, and Senior Days.  If that isn’t enough, the Casino presents the First Annual RSNC Ranch Sorting this Saturday and Sunday. So much happening this week, I could do a daily blog!

Our wackiest promotion of the year begins this Friday.  What can be more fun than grabbing a mallet and smashing a piggy bank for cash?  This year, the Casino made it even easier to participate. Every 30 minutes from 8pm to 11pm, we will draw a random slot machine or table game seat.  If your seat is chosen, you’ll grab a mallet, choose your pig, and smash away to instantly win cash prizes from $100 to $1,000.  On Friday September 30^th, the cash prizes increase with pigs containing $500 to $5,000.

Friday, September 2^nd, Comedy Night returns with Steve Smith and Keith Nelson.  Check out this YouTube clip of Steve Smith:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIXMNutb7i8   Then check out this video of Keith Nelson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SknVLVopTZ0. If these videos are any indication, I expect to be squealing with laughter this Friday night.  Doors open at 7pm. Show starts at 8:30 pm. Tickets are available at www.ticketforce.com, by phone at (877) 840-0457, or at the Coat Check within the Casino   

For a more in depth look at what’s happening this week, check out our website at www.rollinghillscasino.com.