Red Hawk Casino Celebrates Lunar New Year With Cash Drawings and Traditional Lion Dance

PLACERVILLE, CA--(Marketwire - January 28, 2009) - Red Hawk Casino is holding a series of events and promotions to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Red Hawk Rewards Club members can win a share of $27,200, by playing slot machines and table games between January 25 and February 8.

Slot players can earn one entry for every 100 slot points earned. Table games players can earn entries for achieving a qualifying hand in Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Pai Gow Poker, World Series of Poker®, Let It Ride, or Three Card Poker. Please visit the Red Hawk Rewards Club for more information on qualifying hands. Red Hawk Rewards Club members born in a previous Year of the Ox (1913, 1925, 1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, and 1985) will also receive 80 additional entries.

Winners will be selected on Sunday, February 8 at 6 p.m. for table games players and 8 p.m. for slot players. Seven table games players and seven slots players will each win $800 in free play, and one slot player and one table game player will each win $8,000 in cash.

"Between the traditional Lion Dance and the promotions for slot and table games players, Red Hawk Casino has something for everyone to bring in the Lunar New Year," said Peter Fordham, General Manager of Red Hawk Casino.

Red Hawk Casino will also celebrate the Lunar New Year with a traditional Lion Dance, which is a symbolic ritual to usher in the New Year and evict bad spirits from the premises. Lion Dances will be held on Saturday, January 31 at 6 p.m., 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Sunday, February 8 at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Red Hawk Casino is also proud to announce that it sponsored the Sacramento Vietnamese Tet Festival on January 24-25 and the 2009 Southwest Airlines™ Chinese New Year Flower Market Fair on January 24-25. Red Hawk Casino is also sponsoring the 2009 Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Festival and Parade on February 7-8, and the Chung Ngai drummers.

Please visit www.redhawkcasino.com for more information on the casino or to make a reservation in one of its gourmet restaurants.

About Red Hawk Casino

Red Hawk Casino is owned by the Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority, an instrumentality of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians. It is located near Placerville, Calif., off the Red Hawk Parkway exit of Highway 50, just 20 minutes east of Sacramento. Red Hawk Casino is managed by Lakes Entertainment, Inc. and blends a full complement of gaming excitement with the natural beauty of Northern California. Red Hawk Casino features approximately 2,000 slot machines, 75 table games, six restaurants, four bars, and lighted, covered parking. You must be 21 years of age or older to gamble. More information can be found at www.redhawkcasino.com.

Contact Information: Media Contacts: Joshua Taustein Dresner Corporate Services (312) 780-7219 jtaustein@dresnerco.com Sara DeNio Dresner Corporate Services (312) 780-7223 sdenio@dresnerco.com